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SARATOGA SPRINGS —

Lorraine Anna DeMarco, a lifelong resident of Saratoga Springs, passed away peacefully at Saratoga Hospital on Friday, July 14, 2023.

Lorraine, the beloved wife of the late Carl Anthony DeMarco, Sr. was born on September 4,

Mary Ellen Tarantino

As a 30+ year employee and head teller at the Saratoga Adirondack Trust Company, she enjoyed working with all of her coworkers and serving those she met along the way.

Lorraine enjoyed family camping, having a musical family and holiday meals together.

Lorraine spent her last years at Embury Apartments, and finally,

The Home of The Good Shepherd on Church Street, with caring and dedicated staff.

Relatives and friends are invited to call from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Saturday, July 22 at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 (518-5845373). A funeral home service will take place immediately after at 12 noon.

Burial will follow at St. Peter’s Cemetery, West Ave. Online remembrances may be made at burkefuneralhome.com

Burke & Bussing Funeral Homes

Burke & Bussing Funeral Homes

Burke & Bussing Funeral Homes

Burke & Bussing Funeral Homes

Doris (Hammond) Baldwin

WILTON — Doris (Hammond)

Baldwin, 93, loving mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend passed away peacefully on July 13, 2023. Calling hours were 7/18/23 at Burke Funeral Home. Burial is 9:30 a.m., Friday, 7/21 at Saratoga National Cemetery. A celebration of life following, 1 p.m. at Princepessa Elena, Saratoga Springs. Please visit burkefuneralhome.com

Burke & Bussing Funeral Homes

Burke & Bussing Funeral Homes

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Mary Ellen Tarantino passed away on July 6, 2023 at Shaker Place in Albany. She was born on April 8, 1938 in Saranac Lake to her parents, the late Bertha Mae Duquette and George LaDue. She came to Saratoga Springs with her family and ultimately graduated from Saratoga Springs High School. She always said some of her best memories were being with her extensive group of friends, where she would hang out at The Victoria Pool and Saratoga State Park. Mary Ellen was a dark-haired beauty with an eye for fashion, who was always beautifully pressed and dressed. Upon graduating high school, she attended Grace Downs Airline School and while there in NYC, she was employed by Union Carbide Corp. for two years. She returned to Saratoga

Springs to take a bank teller job at the Adirondack Trust Company. She then married her beloved husband Joseph Tarantino, and they celebrated their 50th Anniversary in 2010. When her children were grown, she became employed by Congressman Gerald Solomon for 20 years. Her hobbies included sewing adorable dresses for her young daughters and had an eye for art with ceramics, where she made heartfelt lighted Christmas Trees. She volunteered for many organizations, one of which was running lunchroom at St. Peter’s High School. She enjoyed walks through The Avenue of Pines and Congress Park. Her daily “go-to” was Saratoga Casino where she would meet friends for lunch and would smile wryly when she had a big win at the slot machines. She loved a night out at Morton’s Restaurant with family. She enjoyed horse racing and rooting for her favorite horses. Even up to her last day driving at 84 years old, on her nightly ritual she could be seen in her black Rav4 with the designated MET15 license plate going to buy scratch off lotteries at Stewarts and then riding by her loved ones’ houses on her way home to see if they were all tucked in for the night. She will be greatly missed by her family.

She and her husband traveled to many fun places including

Bermuda, Germany, Curacao Island, California, wintered in Flagler Beach, Florida and went on family vacations in Maine. Along with her parents, Mary Ellen was predeceased by her husband Joe Tarantino, Jr. and her brothers Albert (Bing) LaDue and Frank LaDue. She is survived by her loving daughters, Sue Jeffreys and Joanne Tarantino; her beloved grandchildren Andrew Jeffreys (Allie Cox), Mia Jeffreys (Lenny Valvano) and Aspen Witt (Jeff Ridha); her sons-in-law William Jeffreys and John Witt; and her brother Jimmy LaDue (Barbara), all who are from Saratoga Springs. She also leaves behind her brother John LaDue (Karen) from Florida; her sister-in-law Penny LaDue from Georgia; and several nieces and nephews.

Services were private.

Memorial donations may be made in her honor to thsaratoga. org online or by mail to: Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga, 683 NY-29, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.

Online remembrances may be made at burkefuneralhome.com

Burke & Bussing Funeral Homes

Burke & Bussing Funeral Homes

Saratoga Springs Police

Kenneth Rossen, 60, of Charlton, was charged July 5 with petit larceny.

Keenjole Suggs, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 5 with assault.

Brian Smith, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 5 with DWI and additional motor vehicle violations.

Benjamin Fedd, 18, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 4 with robbery and obstructing governmental administration.

William Crain, 42, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 4 with DWI, and driving without an inspection certificate.

David MacIsaac, 38, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 3 with criminal trespass.

Cameron Folts, 38, of Saratoga Springs, was charged July 3 with DWI, and aggravated DWI.

SARATOGA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit and Saratoga Springs Police Department SIU arrested Riley J. Older and Travis L. Smith, both of Greenfield, during a search warrant execution following a lengthy investigation of drug trafficking in Saratoga County. The arrests, which occurred June 16, were announced by the Sheriff’s Office on July 7. The search warrant conducted in the town of Greenfield yielded in locating quantities of powder fentanyl, pressed fentanyl pills, crack/cocaine and an AR-15 assault rifle with (4) thirty round ammunition feeding devices, police said. Smith and Older are accused of distributing and possessing crack/cocaine, powdered fentanyl, pressed fentanyl pills and possessing an AR-15 assault rifle with 30 round capacity feeding devices.

Riley J. Older, 26, was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third-degree, one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third-degree, and five counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third-degree.

Travis L. Smith, 23, was charged with three counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third-degree, one count criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth-degree, one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third-degree, and five counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third-degree. Both Older and Smith were arraigned and sent to the Saratoga County Jail pending further action in the matter, according to the sheriff’s office.

On July 4, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol and New York State Park Police conducted a joint boating enforcement detail on several bodies of water within Saratoga County. During the course of the detail, over two dozen vessels were found to be in violation of one or more navigation laws or local ordinances. While conducting safety inspections and advisements to the operators, four operators were found to be operating a vessel while impaired by alcohol. The NYS Park Police and the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office observed and arrested four vessel operators for Boating While Intoxicated. The two people charged by the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol are: Sara Santos, 23, of Halfmoon; Fernando Monteiro, 42, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts. The two people charged by New York State Park Police were not identified by name.

Saratoga County Court

Matthew R. Merrill, 29, of Albany, pleaded to felony burglary, first charged November 2022 in Waterford. Sentencing Aug. 16.

Nathan A. Lynn, 29, of Middle Grove, was sentenced July 6 to 5 days incarceration and five years’ probation, after pleading to felony DWI, first charged in Saratoga Springs.

Timothy P. Murdick, Jr., 32, of West Sand Lake, was sentenced July 7 to 5 years’ probation, after pleading to felony DWI, charged November 2022 in Clifton Park.

Nancy J. McCowan, 42, of Lexington, Kentucky, pleaded to felony DWI, charged April 2023 in Clifton Park. Sentencing Aug. 25.

James B. Foster, 60, of Northumberland, pleaded to felony criminal contempt, charged May 2023 in Corinth. Sentencing Sept. 15.

William C. Maguire, 28, of Vorheesville, pleaded to attempted rape in the firstdegree, and attempted criminal act in the first-degree – both felonies, charged January 2023 in Providence. Sentencing Sept. 22.