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FINANCIAL FOCU$ What’s Smarter – Paying Off Debts or Investing?

It probably doesn’t happen as much as you’d like, but you may occasionally have some extra disposable income. For example, perhaps you have recently received, or will soon receive, a year-end bonus. Or maybe you will get a sizable tax refund in just a few months. Wherever this money comes from, you will want to put it to good use. Should you use the cash to pay down debts or should you invest it instead?

There’s no simple answer, and everyone’s situation is different, but here are a few suggestions for helping you make a good choice: Evaluate your cash flow. If you already have enough cash to meet your daily living expenses, you might lean toward investing the money, but if you are just getting by, possibly due to heavy debt payments, then you might be better off using your newfound funds to reduce your debt load.

Another way of possibly reducing your debt load is to build an emergency fund containing three to six months’ worth of living expenses, with the money kept in a liquid, lowrisk account. Once you have such a fund, you could use it, instead of going into debt, to pay for unexpected costs, such as a new furnace or a major car repair.

Evaluate your debts. Some of your debts are actually more “expensive” to you than others. This expense level doesn’t necessarily refer to the size of the debt, however. You might have a large mortgage, for instance, but because your interest payments are typically tax deductible, your “aftertax” interest rate may be relatively modest. Therefore, you might consider using your excess cash for investments, rather than paying down your mortgage. But if you have consumer loans or credit cards that carry a high interest rate and whose interest payments are not deductible, you might be better off paying down this debt.

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Evaluate your investment opportunities. You may have heard that one season or another is a “better” time to invest – but there’s really no strong evidence to support this claim. However, now that we are nearing the end of the calendar year, and only a few months away from the taxfiling deadline on April 15, you may want to take advantage of at least one time-related investment opportunity.

Specifically, you could use whatever extra money you have to fully fund your IRA, if you haven’t done so already. For the 2018 tax year, you can contribute $5,500 to a traditional or Roth IRA, or $6,500 if you are 50 or older. (Depending on your income, you may not be able to contribute the full amount to a Roth IRA.) You’ve got until the April 15 deadline to fully fund your IRA, but if you have the money sooner, why wait? The quicker it’s in your account, the faster it can go to work for you.

One final suggestion: If you have a company match as part of your 401(k) or similar retirement plan at work, consider contributing enough to get your employer’s full matching contribution before you pay down debts – don't leave this “free money” on the table.

Your year-end bonus, tax refund or other source of beyondthe-paycheck money can help you make progress toward your financial goals – so evaluate your situation and options carefully before making any moves. It will be time well spent.

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Transportation for independently living town residents, aged 60 and over, will be provided by Bethlehem Senior Transportation Services.

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Bethlehem School District personnel, local clergy, Bethlehem Senior Services and other service providers make most of the requests for assistance.

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Assistance is given anonymously with the utmost respect for the pride and privacy of the recipients.

This is a long-standing tradition of the Bethlehem Community Fund.

Funds are used to help individuals, families and students with short-term needs such as medical expenses, utility bills, auto/home repairs, school-related expenses and other costs that arise from unforeseen hardships.

The Fund has experienced an increase in requests this year and we anticipate a record number of individuals and families needing assistance this winter. Our 2018 Holiday fundraising goal of $30,000 will make it possible for us to meet many of the needs of our Bethlehem neighbors throughout the upcoming year.

Your gift will touch the lives of our neighbors in the Bethlehem community.

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John Comstock and Bethlehem Center

By Susan E. Leath

What do you think of when you are sitting in traffic at the intersection of 9W and Feura Bush Road? Let your mind drift back to when this was a quiet, country hamlet known as Bethlehem Center. You could even imagine back the 1840s and 50s when this was known as Babcock Corners after prominent land owner Bethlehem Center’s one room schoolhouse is seen here about Joshua Babcock.

1925 when the new school in the background was built.

Imagine the one room school, District No.7, which was right in front of Bethlehem Preschool. The building that houses Akira restaurant used to be a hotel run by Mr. Haswell. A little further north was another hotel, G. R. Mosher’s. Across the street (the Price Chopper corner) was a blacksmith shop and wheel wright.

There has been a gas station on the other corner since 1941.

not durable and was soon replaced by other materials including crushed stone. Old deeds and documents refer to 9W as the Stone Road.

The tollgate building straddled the road. The wood frame structure consisted of a house on one side for the gatekeeper and a storage shed or barn on the other with the roadway in the middle. Those traveling the road stopped at the gate, under the Another feature of this crossroads was the tollgate shelter of the connecting roof, and paid their toll: building located a little further south from the modern six cents for a carriage drawn by two horses, twelve gas station. From here on southward, 9W was part of cents for a four-horse coach or stage. Mrs. Babcock the South Bethlehem Plank Road. Incorporated in was the first gatekeeper. She also kept the post office July of 1851, the plank road went to Beckers Corners in the building and ran a candy counter. By 1906, the (where there was another tollgate) before heading road had been taken over by Albany County and the southwest into the hamlet of South Bethlehem (then company dissolved. No more tolls were collected. known as Jaynes Corners.) The initial capital raised was $12,000, and the first directors were John B. After the toll company closed, John Martin, who Vanderzee, Barent S. Winne, Philip Kimmey, James operated a blacksmith shop at the corner, acquired Schoonmaker and John A. Sickles. John Soop was the property and buildings. He disconnected them secretary/ treasurer. Originally, the road was literally and moved them back from the road creating a rental “paved” with planks of wood. However, wood was property. In 1941, his nephew, John Comstock along with John’s wife Loretta Degenaar, took over the property. John and Loretta’s substantial renovations created a warm home in the larger structure and a carriage barn in the smaller. About the same time, John opened a gas filling station in his uncle’s former shop.

John Comstock was an accomplished builder beginning his career as an apprentice carpenter in 1925 at age 18. At the same time, he began substitute work for the Post Office. Over the years, John built many houses in the Delmar/Glenmont area including the first house constructed on Fernbank Avenue in 1929.

In 1958 when John was appointed Postmaster of the Glenmont office (a position he held until 1972), he gave an interview to the Knickerbocker News. He said that he built 45 homes during his “building years.”

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Years later in 1981, John Comstock was interviewed again by a reporter from the Knickerbocker News. He spoke about the old turnpike road, the many historic

The Center Inn is seen here in a 1959 advertisement after recent renovations by the Fleahman family. The brackets under the eaves and shutters on the windows speak to the age of the building which has been an inn since at least 1900.

artifacts in his private museum and the changes he had seen at the four corners in Bethlehem Center.

“A lot of things have changed in these few years,” said Comstock, remembering construction of a new shopping center, two gas stations and a car wash.

“Not too many of the old neighbors are left,” said the former postmaster, who served in a post office in the same buildings as the family gas station and grocery store.

One wonders what John would say about the changes that have happened in Bethlehem Center in the last 37 years!

This model of the Bethlehem Center Tollgate, made by John Comstock, is now on display at the Bethlehem Historical Association

Susan E. Leath presently serves as Bethlehem’s Town Historian and the author of Historic Tales of Bethlehem, New York.

Susan welcomes suggestions for Then and Now articles.

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PS: You might be curious to know that John Comstock’s private museum was located in the former tollgate building. This building was donated to the Bethlehem Historical Association and moved to the grounds of the Cedar Hill Schoolhouse Museum in 1988. The Comstock’s house, also part of the tollgate building, was torn down in 1989.

This view of Comstock’s gas station, circa 1947, looks down Feura Bush Road. The first white house in the distance on the right is still standing today (number 381, built in 1947 for the Heilmann family.) p. 13

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Avoid the following perilous pet presents: -Toys with eyes, buttons, or other small parts that can be torn or chewed off -Anything string related, whether it’s yarn, ribbon, gift wrapping, or toys that contain stringy material -Bones, antlers, and rawhide chews which can splinter or be ripped into smaller pieces and be choking hazards or fracture teeth - Items containing toxic chemicals or fillers -Toys too small for your pet’s size, breed, and type, which could pose a choking hazard - Any items that can be easily torn or chewed into pieces or break apart easily or become sharp - Plush toys containing plastic “squeaky” centers The best way to avoid possible problems is to focus on the specific needs of your pet and what may be most enticing to him or her.

For example, if they are prone to eating or destroying everything, you’ll want to explore some extra durable toy options.

Now that you’ve considered the possible problems some toys may present, let’s take a look at all the awesome, safe gifts that are available. The following are some recommendations for toys that are safe for your pet.

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Sunday, Dec. 2 MAKE IT YOURSELF: NO-SEW SOCK SNOWMAN These super-cute sock snowmen make great gifts and decorations, 2-3 p.m. Teens welcome! Sign Wednesday, Dec. 5 TRIVIA NIGHT FOR ADULTS: FRIENDS VS. up online or call.

SEINFELD EDITION Come alone or as a team and match wits with Monday, Dec. 3 others as you compete for trivia supremacy, ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 2018 TRAINING Learn how to edit videos, create titles, insert 7-8:30 p.m. Limit of 10 teams. Prizes donated by transitions, add special effects, adjust audio the Friends of Bethlehem Public Library. and more to create a professional looking video suitable for a variety of media, 2-4 p.m. Sign up Thursday, Dec. 6 HOUR OF CODE: SNAP CIRCUITS online or call.

Join us as we celebrate Hour of Code during Computer Science Education Week and try out Monday, Dec. 3 some of the library’s cool STEM equipment, 3:30HOUR OF CODE: 3D PRINTING Join us as we celebrate Hour of Code during 4:45 p.m. Stop by the Teen Area after school and Computer Science Education Week and try out get ready to crack the code! some of the library’s cool STEM equipment, 3:304:45 p.m. Stop by the Teen Area after school and Thursday, Dec. 6 DAYBOOKS get ready to crack the code!

Discuss “Manhattan Beach” by Jennifer Egan, 1:30 p.m. Copies are available at the information Tuesday, Dec. 3 desk. Large-print audio and downloadable copies TAI CHI FOR HEALTH Weekly class explores the Tai Chi for Energy may be available. form. No experience is needed, and all ages and abilities are welcome. Wear loose, comfortable Friday, Dec. 7 clothes, 4 p.m. Participants will build on skills LIBRARY CLOSED FOR STAFF DEVELOPMENT from week to week. Teens welcome!

Sunday, Dec. 9 KNIT ONE PURL ONE Monday, Dec. 3 If you’re an experienced knitter, bring your OPEN SEWING Sewing machines will be available for current project. If you’re a beginner, bring size 8 independent projects, 6-8 p.m. Bring your own knitting needles; we’ll provide yarn and get you supplies. Volunteers may be on hand to assist started, 2-3 p.m. For adults, teens and kids age 9 and up. you. Register for up to two sessions.

Monday, Dec. 10 PHILOSOPHY OF PHILANTHROPY: WHAT AND HOW MUCH TO GIVE = What are the costs and rewards of philanthropic giving? In a fourpart series grant-funded and sponsored by Humanities New York, Dr. Erzsebet Fazekas will talk about the key issues behind charitable giving: motivation, the selection of recipients and worthy causes, and the impact of giving on the donors and society in general, 7-8:30 p.m. Join us for one or more of the programs in this series.

Sunday, Dec. 9 A LITTLE SUNDAY, MUSIC: GUITARIST ERIC ROTH Enjoy a program of primarily 19th century guitar music performed on a period instrument, along with historical commentary, 2-3 p.m. Sponsored

by Friends of Bethlehem Public Library. All ages welcome!

A WWI 100th Anniversary event! Film series with titles suitable for adult audiences, 2:30 p.m.

Shown with Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing when possible.

Monday, Dec. 3 FUN AND GAMES FOR GROWNUPS An adults-only gathering where you can play g a.m.es and socialize, 6-8:30 p.m. Snacks served!

Tuesday, Dec. 11 TAI CHI FOR HEALTH Weekly class explores the Tai Chi for Energy form. No experience is needed, and all ages and abilities are welcome. Wear loose, comfortable clothes, 4 p.m. Participants will build on skills from week to week. Teens welcome!

Tuesday, Dec. 11 AFTERDINNER TOO Discuss “Dead Wake” by Erik Larson, 7 p.m.

Copies are available at the information desk.

Large-print audio and downloadable copies may be available.

Friday, Dec. 14 STORIES AND MORE: SNOWY FINGERPRINTS Hear a snowy story, then decorate a snowy scene using your fingertips and white paint, 10 a.m. For children up to age 6 with family.

Friday, Dec. 14 FRIDAY CINEMA: ‘ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT’ (NR, 133 MIN., UNIVERSAL)

Sunday, Dec. 16 SUNDAY CINEMA: ‘WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR’ (PG-13, 94 MIN., UNIVERSAL) Film series with titles suitable for adult audiences, Monday, Dec. 10 MORNING CONCERT: SKIP PARSONS’ CLARINET 2:30 p.m. Shown with Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing when possible.

MARMALADE TRIO We’re joining our friends from the Center for Disability Services for a morning of music Monday, Dec. 17 featuring a banjo, tuba and clarinet playing old- FRIENDS BOARD MEETS Tuesday, Dec. 4 time classics like “Sweet Georgia Brown,” 10:30- Meetings are open to the public. New Friends CHESS CLUB always welcome, 6:30 p.m.

Sign up for one session per night and try your 11:15 a.m. Refreshments will be served. hand at chess with our teen volunteers, 5:30-6:30 Tuesday, Dec. 18 OR 6:30-7:30 p.m. All experience levels welcome. Monday, Dec. 10 KBA: KIDS BUILDER ASSOCIATION DAYBOOKS For grades K-5.

Discuss “Manhattan Beach” by Jennifer Egan, Build your own fun with Legos, Snap Circuits, 1:30 p.m. Copies are available at the information K’nex, blocks, origami and more, 4-4:45 p.m. For Wednesday, Dec. 5 desk. Large-print audio and downloadable copies kids and families.

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Tuesday, Dec. 18 Computer Science Education Week and try out CHESS CLUB some of the library’s cool STEM equipment, 3:30- Monday, Dec. 10 Sign up for one session per night and try your 4:45 p.m. Stop by the Teen Area after school and LIBRARY BOARD MEETS hand at chess with our teen volunteers, 5:30-6:30 Meetings are open to the public, 6 p.m. get ready to crack the code!

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Monday-Tuesday, Dec. 24-25 LIBRARY CLOSED FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY Thursday, Dec. 27 TEEN SEWCIAL: BEAN BAG CHAIRS Bring 1.5 yards of non-stretchy fabric for a DIY bean bag chair, 10:30 a.m.noon. Project is OK for beginners who have not used a sewing machine before. For grades 6-12. Sign up online or call.

Thursday, Dec. 27 SUPER SMASH TOURNAMENT Will you be the champion of the ultimate Super Smash Bros. battle on the WiiU? Winners get bragging rights and a 3D printed trophy, 2-4 p.m. For grades 6-12. Sign up online or call.

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Friday, Dec. 28 WEAVING ON STRAWS Learn the basics of weaving on a loom made of straws, 3 p.m. For ages 9 and up.

Monday, Dec. 31 NEW YEAR’S EVE UNTIL NOON Enjoy a celebration with bubbles, dancing and g a.m.es as we count down to noon. Wear something fancy or keep it casual, 11 a.m.-noon. For kids and families.

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As another year comes to an end, I am a bit more reflective than usual. I have many family members and beloved friends pass away this year, starting with my Darlin' Dad at the age of 89. I have mentioned before that I have now come to view life like an incredible book! With some you can see that there are just a few chapters left, others end suddenly leaving you wondering and wandering about a bit trying to make sense of it. It is difficult going on with our "ordinary" life when they are no longer a part of it.

Some of my dear friends did want the formality that often follows death. It is hard when you struggle with closure.

I have found comfort in my memories and even sharing with family and friends little anecdotes and personal experiences. Books often can bring comfort or a way of escaping as you process this change in your life. I found great comfort in the poem by Linda Ellis. My Uncle Frank's granddaughter read this as we reflected upon his all too short life! : "He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth. For it matters not, how much we own, the cars… the house… the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash." This had a great impact on many. We pondered the words of Psalm 23, Paul's Letter to the Corinthian's on love and a reflection given by his daughter, my cousin Tammy. For the last chapter, last pages, last words of love were spent with his family wondering why his parents and his big sister, my Mom, hadn't come for him yet. No one wanted Frank's journey on earth to be over, but no one wanted him to struggle with his earthly confines of pain, fear & confusion.

The written word, which has comforted so many others, also comforted us as we made it personal. Took those words and applied it to someone we loved personally.

In this Holiday Season, books often bring us back to a simpler time with the wonderful smells from the kitchen, fir trees, crackling fires in the fireplace, peppermint, ginger, and cinnamon filling the air. I have been overwhelmed with the number of customers who have come in to purchase Christmas books for their young ones, Holiday Romances and stories of times long ago! Tattered Pages has tried to connect each shopper with just what they are searching for.

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book, over e-books. The report stated that many people wish to browse the stacks, the genres, and hold the book in their hand. Not all books are as affordable on e-book over the price in a next to new store such as Tattered Pages.

Remember if you are part of the trade credit program, you always get a discount of an additional 20% long as you have the credits to back that up. You can bring in 6 books and up to 12 children's books to earn the credit. Of course, it goes without saying, books must be resellable, clean and free of dirt and odor.

Recent additions in the shop have been books in the classic Literature section, children's section, mysteries and romance. There is a nice selection of cookbooks and craft books that look brand new. You never know what I am going to have on the shelves, for it always varies and surprises me when readers bring them in. I would love to help you gather the books to go into a personalized gift bag or basket. Last Christmas I gave my youngest son a series of cookbooks with the necessary food items to make many of the recipes. You could make a gift basket of romance novels, a candle and a bottle of wine. You could gather together kids books with popcorn, hot cocoa etc. Craft books with some materials for that craft. Just use your imagination and how well you know the recipient of your gift...I will help you with the book aspect. Don't assume I don't have a book or a series, give a call (518-447-9910) and I will look for you. All of the shop inventory is on a database, and I do know my inventory well. About 17,000 books in shop currently and many of them are newly published!

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So as we head into this Holiday Season, and the New Year ahead, please don't forget how books can enhance your life and the life of your loved ones. Though I don't buy books, I still offer a great trade credit deal that would build you up to 20% off the price of books you purchase in the shop. No more than 6 books and 12 children's books. * During this Winter season, remember that I follow the Bethlehem School District snow code. If they are closed, so am I. In the matter of delay or early dismissal I follow the same. I always note that on Facebook: Tattered Pages, LLC. I would love to see you this Holiday Season...to all of you good health, happiness and a good book!

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Wide Awake (Fellowship Hall: Dance Rock/Party Band) Stellar Face & Body Art (Lounge) First United Methodist Church Therapy Dogs International (Lounge) 428 Kenwood Avenue Three Quarter North (Sanctuary: Bluegrass/Americana)

Red Dirt Highway (Downstairs: Folk/Country/Bluegrass) The Cue Theatre (Upstairs)

Bethlehem's Got Teen Talent (Auditorium)

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Mendelssohn Club of Albany (Sanctuary: Holiday Choral)

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St. Thomas the Apostle Church

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About Face Airbrush Face Painting & Body Art (Story Room) Bethlehem Public Library 7-9:30pm Green Screen Photo Fun (Board Room) 451 Delaware Avenue 7:15, 8:45pm Andy the Music Man (Community Room) 8-8:45pm Broadway Bound Performing Arts Academy (Community Room)

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Borrello Adamczyk Dobeck Jazz

FIREWORKS! Ice Sculpture by the Ice Man Custom Ice Sculptures and Ice Luges

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Don't underestimate the power of

Over 640 homes sold!

Abbey Road Adams Place Adams Street Adriance Lane Albin Road Alden Court Amsterdam Avenue Ashgrove Lane Axbridge Lane Bartlett Lane Beacon Road Beaver Dam Road Bender Lane Berwick Road Betsy Lane Birchwood Place Bittersweet Lane Bobwhite Drive Borthwick Avenue Bridge Street Brightonwood Road Brockley Drive Brookman Avenue Brookview Avenue Cambridge Drive Candlewood Lane Capitol Avenue Carriage Road Carstead Drive Cass Hill Road Center Lane

Here's to a joyous Holiday Season and fantastic New Year!

I look forward to helping make all your new home dreams come true!

Sandy

Elm Avenue East Charles Boulevard Elsmere Avenue Cherry Ave Elwood Road Clarkson Road Esplande Street Clermont Street Euclid Avenue Columbine Drive Commonwealth Drive Evelyn Drive Constitution Drive Fairway Avenue Fernbank Avenue Corrit Drive Crescent Creek Way Feura Bush Road Fields End Drive Dana Court Font Grove Road Daniel Street Forest Road Darnley Greene Forest Hill Road Darroch Road Fox Hollow Greene Dawson Road Glendale Avenue Delaware Avenue Delaware Turnpike Greenleaf Drive Groesbeck Place Delmar Place Haddington Lane Devon Road Halter Road Devonshire Drive Hampshire Place Domenico Drive Hampton Douglas Road Hancock Drive Dover Drive Harrison Avenue Dumbarton Harvest Ridge Road Dunwoodie Road Harwick Drive Durham Court East Bayberry Road Hasgate Drive Haskell Place East Poplar Drive Hawthorne Dr Egmont Court Heather Lane Ellendale Avenue Helderberg Pkwy Elm Avenue North

Helderberg Pkwy South Herber Avenue Herrick Avenue Honeysuckle Way Hudson Avenue Hunter Road Huntersfield Road Huntswood Lane Huron Road Jefferson Road Jericho Road John Street Jordan Boulevard Journey Lane Kenaware Avenue Kensington Court Kenwood Avenue Laurel Drive Leaf Road Leonard Place Lincoln Avenue Linton Street Longmeadow Drive Louise Street Lyons Avenue Malden Lane Maple Avenue Marlboro Road Martin Drive Maryea Lane

Mayfair Drive Maywood Road McCombe Drive McCormick Lane McGuffey Lane McKinley Drive McMillen Place Meadowland Street Merrifield Place Mosher Road Murray Avenue Nathaniel Boulevard New Scotland Road North Street Northwood Court Oakwood Place Old Quarry Road Old School Road Orchard Street Palmer Avenue Park Place Partridge Road Patterson Drive Paxwood Road Peel Street Penn Lane Penny Lane Pinedale Avenue Placid Lane Plymouth Avenue

Quincy Court Quincy Road Reid Place Reynolds Court River Road Roweland Avenue Royal Boulevard Rural Place Salem Road Salisbury Road Sheffield Drive Sibley Place Slingerlands Avenue Smith Avenue Snowden Avenue Somerset Drive South Albany Road Standish Drive Stony Brook Drive Stratton Place Summit Road Surrey Mall Tamarack Drive Thatcher Street The Crossway Thorndale Road Tierney Drive Van Dyke Road Voyage Drive Walimary Drive Wallace Drive

Weigand Lane Wellington Road Wemple Road West Bayberry Road Westchester Dr. North Westchester Dr. South Whitehead Street Whitman Common Wilshire Drive Windmill Drive Winding Road Winne Road Wisconsin Avenue Woodbine Drive Woodlawn Terrace Woodmont Drive Woodridge Road Woodstream Drive York Road

The above list contains addresses of homes sold in which Sandy Evans has represented either the buyer or the seller.

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