LITTLE ITALY NEWS MID -JULY 2010

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TROY LITTLE ITALY SUMMER EVENTS

roys Little Italy neighborhood always has a community event happening. This summer family events are ongoing
every week.
Game Night begins Monday, July 12, Every Monday night at 6:30 pm, Hill St. at Washington, we will be teaching adults
and youths how to play Bocce and Stickball. Join us, learn, play a game and join a tournament. The starting date is July
19th and will continue thru September. Hot Dogs and drinks will be available.
Drop-in Center fr Youths will begin July 12, 9:30 - 4 pm, Mon. - Fri., and run until August 16. Boys and Girls age 12
to 16 are welcome to register and attend. This year the Italian Community Center, Fifth Ave. between Ferry and Liberty
will host the event. See the ad in this newsletter for more information.
Little Italy Farmers Market convenes every Wednesday until October 15, 3-6 pm. at the MarketPlace Hill St. between
Liberty and Washington. Theres nothing finer in the summer than fresh-picked produce. Come shop for supper. You can
also buy prepared foods, ready-made to take home. On July 14, South Central Neighborhood Watch with help from the
Osgood Neighborhood Assn. sponsors the Number our Alley project whereby you can put your street number on the
alley side of your home to aid in identification in times or service or emergency. On July 21, all kids accompanied by an
adult are invited to receive a free bike helmet, sponsored by the City of Troy Police Dept. Call 518 272 49972 or email
troyneighborhoodmkt@gmail.com for information. The Market gladly accepts Food Stamps Cards as well as Debit and
Credit payments. Well-behaved dogs are welcomed.
JUNE 2010 SOUTH CENTRAL
TROY NEIGHBORHOOD
WATCH UPDATE

The last Neighborhood Watch Meeting

was held on Wednesday, June 16th at the
Freihofers Race Headquarters. We had
two Officer McDonaldsat our meeting
this month. Both Chris and Chuck
McDonald were able to attend our and
provided crime statistics for the South
Central Troy Area. Here are the highlights
from the meeting:
There were 52 arrests in the South
Troy area in the month of May. This is an
increase of 100% from the previous month.
The increase is due to increased presence
of officers and also the warmer weather.
Officer McDonald provides a detailed list
and a coded map with the locations of the
arrests at each meeting. Offenses include,
but are not limited to Curfew Violations,
Parole Warrants, Burglary, Possession
of marijuana, Disorderly Conduct, and
Harassment. Just to give clarification to
the curfew violations, if you are under
16, the curfew is 10:30 pm to 6:00 am. If
you are over 16 the curfew is 11:30 pm to
6:00 am..
If you have concerns about garbage in
your neighborhood, please call the Little

Drop in Center for

Youths
12 to 16 years old
You can still register
Call 518-326-0415
or email
littleitalyvisitorcenter@gmail.com
Program starts
July 12 thru August 13

Game Night
in
Little
Italy
Mondays 6:30 pm
Hill St. at Washington
learn to play

Bocce And Stickball

FREE LESSONS
for adults and kids
Check it out, learn the skills,
& play a game.
Tournament play will be forming.
Begins July 19th thru September.
Hot Dogs and drinks will be
available.
Italy Visitors center at 326-0415 and Ron,
our best neighborhood employee will
come over and pick up the area. If you are
calling about a chronic problem, please
also call DPW to report the problem and
have the owner ticketed.
On July 14th at the Little Italy
neighborhood market, we will be giving
residents the opportunity to pick up a
house number for the rear of their property.
Residents can have small placards made

to clearly identify house numbers from

the alley. Thanks to the Osgood group
for being the leaders in this project and
thanks to Councilman Campana for
donating supplies to help offset expenses.
A small fee will be suggested to help
cover costs.
Please report any incidents that
are of concern to you to either Chris
McDonald at chris.mcdonald@troyny.
gov or by calling the SOS confidential

hotline number at 270-5004. As always

for emergencies, call 911. The residents
of South Troy are truly on watch
and it every meeting, we see more and
more progress that is directly related to
information from the community.
If you want to receive regular updates
through email and get crime alerts,
please send an email to sctroywatch@
gmail.com. Feel free to let your friends
know about this address. The next
Neighborhood Watch Meeting will be on
July 18th at 6:00 at the Freihofers Race
Headquarters at the corner of 4th and
Washington.

PAINT YOUR PLANTER?

Do you have a planter like this in front of

your house or business? If your interested
in having it painted like the above picture,
call us at 518-326-0415 and leave your
name, address and phone number or
email littleitalyvisitorcenter@gmail.com.
A neighborhood volunteer will get it
done for you.
On the topic of planters a big thank you to
Troy Little Italy for, purchasing an
maintaining the planters by the Bocce
Courts on Hill St. Joe Popson planted
them and now makes sure they get enough
water during the sweltering months of
Summer..

NEW TROY YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Margaret Weinland, Troy professional

and tireless neighborhood promoter,
has created two new YouTube videos
which depict the good things Troy offers.
One video, http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=rXx2uau0ts0, portrays the

midweek Troy Neighborhood Farmers

Markets. The other is a wonderful
snapshot of the architectural and cultural
highpoints found about town Find
that one at http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=jJH62pF1a4o Check both
vidoes out and share them with your
friends, Margaret Weinland produces
these promotions commercially at a cost
easy to afford. Contact her at 518 272
4263 to promote your business or cause..

INTERNATIONAL DAY,
COMING SOON

Troy Little Italy is planning the

Second Annual International Day
celebrations to be held on Saturday,
Sept. 25, 2010. The firs planning meeting
will convene Tues., July 27, 7 pm at
233 Fourth St. If you or your group
participated last year be sure to attend
or to contact troylittleitaly@gmail.com.
You may also call the TLI Visitors Center
at 518-326-0415 and leave a message.
This event was a great success last year
due to participation by many or our
neighborhood groups. We look forward
to this years event..

SOUTH CENTRAL/LITTLE
ITALY IN THE NEWS

South Central/Little Italy in the News

Times Union, June 21, 2010. Marketplace

planned for former church in Troy by
Chris Churchill.
The Record, June 20, 2010. Former
church will house artisan and antique
market by Cecelia Martinez.
Tom Boglino, owner of the property at
230 Second St. which was formerly St.
Jeans Catholic Church is planning to rent
space in the building to artists, food, wine
and craft vendors. The site will also have
a caf, bakery and other amenities.
Local articles on St. Marys Church
closing:
Evangelist, June 17, 2010. Troy churches
and Catholic Charities regear to serve
poor after closings by Angela Cave. Little
Italys Nancy Russomanno, St. Marys
last pastoral council president interviewed
regarding parish social services, and June
10, 2010, photos by Nate Whitechurch.
Catholics say goodbye to St. Marys, Troy
Times Union, June 5, 2010 A final
blessing at St. Marys by Kenneth Crowe,
II. Citys oldest church closes
The Record, June 7, 2010 St. Marys
church closes by Katie Nowak with
photos by J. S. Carras. Several minute
video of the service, placed on the internet
was seen by Fr. Harry Donaghys family
in Ireland.

The Record, June 16, 2010. Daily

Historian, 1975 photo of Neil Kelleher,
Anthony DeFazio, Joe Bruno, and Samuel
Garzone, Sr. playing bocce at Prospect
Park. Submitted by Samuel Garzone, Jr
The Record, June 17, 2010. With
columns, houses history repeats itself
by Cecilia Martinez with photos by Mike
McMahon. Second Street residence
of Dan Keating regains dignity with
replacement of columns similar to those
originally placed on his historic home.
The Record, June 20, 2010. Former
church will house artisan and antique
market by Cecelia Martinez.
Tom Boglino, owner of the property at
230 Second St. which was formerly St.
Jeans Catholic Church is planning to rent
space in the building to artists, food, wine
and craft vendors. The site will also have
a caf, bakery and other amenities.
Times Union, June 21, 2010. Marketplace
planned for former church in Troy by
Chris Churchill.
The Advertiser, June 24, 2010. Historic
Saint Marys parish calendar available.
The Record, June 25, 2010. Volunteers,
participants sought for free activities at
recreation center by Cecelia Martinez.
The South Central Recreation Dropin Center will once again provide
fun activities for youngsters 12 to 16
beginning Monday, July 12th. This year
many drop-in activities will be held at the
Italian Comunity Center.

TROY POLICE WILL

CRACKDOWN ON NOISE.

In a continuing effort to enhance quality

of life in our neighborhoods, the TPD
have once again that they will issue
tickets when it is necessary to restrict the
excessively loud music from car stereos
and loud muffler pipes on motorcycles
riding through neighborhoods. Cars in
violation are towed because the stereo
systems are considered evidence in
the offense according to Sgt. Terry
Buchanan in a recent Record news item.

SAINT MARYS PARISH

HISTORIC CALENDAR
AVAILABLE

PAVE THE WAY!

We were surprised recently to se a City paving crew laying down fresh asphalt in the
MarketPlace. It seems that Little Italy will benefit from blacktop left over at the end of
the work day from other South Troy DPW street paving projects. We may be able to
get the whole area repaved by the end of the summer, heres hoping!

Parishioners of St. Marys Church in

Troy have compiled a Historic Saint
Marys Parish calendar, dedicated to
the memory of Father Harry Donaghy.
Father Harry, who first served the
Troy community at the Catholic Youth
Organization on Fourth Street, was pastor
at St. Marys from 1981 until his death
in 2003. The 36 page calendar contains

papers are writing about it and everybodys

happy that he did.
Coke met him and went out to a
restaurant with him and some of the
German frauleins who are always
around him. Im glad hes having a good
time, but its pretty dull around the
ranch on Liberty Street without him
playing practical jokes on Uncle Luigi.
Well, it was dull, until today. The new
priest from St. Anthonys came to our
backyard for dinner and the fireworks
that the cousins brought back from
Pennsylvania when they went down to
visit our relatives there. Nobody got
hurt, thank God, and they were pretty
spectacular. I especially liked the Roman
New Bike Racks were installed in June at candles, that kept shooting out different
the Little Italy Marketplace
colors. I dont think the bullheads in the
pond were too happy that we aimed so
100 photographs donated to the church many of the shooting stars to land in the
archives by parishioners over the years water.
as well as text which tells the story of St.
Anyway, I have to tell you about Father
Marys, celebrating the 167 year history John Bosco Pantera. Hes tall, tan and
of the church located in Troys historic in very good shape. I heard him say
Washington Park neighborhood. A limited during the bocce game that he helped
number of calendars have been purchased the Nicaraguans build a school when he
by Troy Little Italy and are for sale at was there, and I guess thats why hes so
$10 per calendar. The proceeds will be muscular. Ive never seen a priest in his
distributed equally to LaSalle Institute undershirt before, and I wouldnt want to
and Catholic Central High School for an see most of them that way, but Father J.B.
award to be named in honor of Father thats what we call him well, I really
Harry. Copies are available for sale every dont mind that so much.
Wednesday, from 3 to 6 pm, at the Hill
Going to confession to him one day, and
Street Farmers Market or may be ordered then seeing him here, almost as part of the
by calling 326-0415 or through email at family, is something Ill have to get used
littleitalyvisitorcenter@gmail.com. The to, I guess. I know he cant tell anybody
Little Italy Visitor Center is located at 39 about what goes on in the confessional, but
Hill Street (near the corner of Washington its kind of weird knowing that he knows
Street). Checks should be made payable so much about me and my sins. Although
to Troy Little Italy. DeFazio Imports, 264 hes different in the confessional, too. He
Fourth Street, and St. Marys Hospital Gift doesnt act like its just a job. He takes
Shop, have agreed to sell the calendars the time to find out the reasons behind the
which are $10. Additional distribution things I do he really seems to understand.
points - gift shops, book stores and other Its like talking to my brother, sort of,
retail outlets - are being considered, as except hes not my brother and hes really
well as sales at community events.
handsome and Ill never tell anyone this
but Ive had the same dream about him
AT LIBERTY
since I first saw him.
The Saga of an Italo-American Family in
Hes on the altar, his vestments are all in
South Troy
red, and Im on the altar, too. But not as
By Frank LaPosta Visco
part of the Altar-Rosary Society, arranging
The Forties, Chapter 9: Michelenas flowers and like that. No, Im serving
Diary
mass, like an altar boy! In the dream, I
Sunday, July 4, 1948, 11 P.M.
know all the Latin responses, and he and I
Dear Diary:, Finally got a letter from are like a team that knows exactly what the
my brother in Germany yesterday. He other one is going to do before we do it.
says hes working and playing hard, and But when it comes time for me to ring the
I believe him. He told me all about the bell, he leaves the altar and comes down
candy man, the pilot who flies low and the steps and kneels next to me. He leans
drops candy for the German children. He over toward me and whispers something
wasnt supposed to do it, but now the its not Latin, but I cant quite make out

what it is. Then I turn to him and I drop

the bell! Thats when the alarm clock
goes off, and I wake up.
Actually, I wake up with such a good,
warm feeling that I dont want to get out
of bed, but I have to get ready for work
and with only one bathroom and all these
brothers,if I dont get in there ahead of
them, Ill never be on time. And I think
the time clock at Tiny Town Togs is
fast, anyway. At least in the morning.
At quitting time, Im sure they change
something and make it slow down.
Anyway, theres just one more thing I
wanted to tell you about today. Of course,
everybodys kitchens were going all day,
so that we could have a bigger than usual
backyard dinner. My uncles, brothers,
cousins and Father J.B. had set up the sawhorses and tabletops while the women
were cooking, then they started choosing
sides for another bocce game. I brought
out the tablecloths and dishes, and Father
was the only one who noticed and came
over and helped me. When he took some
of the stuff from me, I noticed his hands.
They were big and strong, of course, but
they were soft, too. Oh, I didnt say that
our hands touched. But when they did,
everything seemed to stop for a minute. I
looked up from what I was going to do
set the table and he was smiling at me,
with his eyes. Theyre hazel, like mine,
and I felt like they were looking very
deep into me. He sat next to me at dinner.
He smelled like incense and sweat. And
then, when it got dark and the fireworks
started...
Im really sleepy Ill finish this
tomorrow, after work. Sweet dreams,
diary. I think thats what Im going to
have.
Next: The rest of the story.
The author invites you to visit 2 of his
websites: cafepress.com/writegood
and ad-missions.blogspot.com
TROY LITTLE ITALY ANNUAL
EVENTS
June- October - Little Italy Farmers
Market, the MaarketPlace, Wed., 3-6pm
July - Drop in Center for young adults
July 12 - Sept. - Game Night, Mondays,
the MarketPlace, 6:30 pm
August National Night Out
September - Italian Community Center
Shrine Festa
September 25 - International Day in
Little Italy
December - Victorian Stroll and
Christmas in Little Italy

REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES

IN TROY LITTLE ITALY

$99,500

James

$99,900

Douglas

$95,000

Kareem

$79,500

Brian

235 4th Street Apt. 2

A Warnock-Graham property is available
Aug. 1, 2010 in Little Italy, $700/mo. This
renovated 2 bedroom apt. with office is at
the corner of 4th and Washington Street
less than a block east of Washington
Park, and one block west of the Little
Italy Farmers Market. It is located
directly between and within easy walking
distance to Sage College and the Sage
sports facility in South Troy. RPI is just a
5 minute drive and Albany is 15. Terrific
restaurants, Troy Night Out, the library,
and art galleries are also well within
walking distance. Take a thorough look
at the apartment here: http://livejournal.
com/users/235_4th_street and call Harriet
at 419 304 7854 or Dave at 518 892 6767
for an appointment to see this unit.

$16,900

Barbara

FREE KIDS BIKE HELMETS

$209,900

Ian

$84,900

Anne

$169,900

John

$99,999

Sandra

$215,500

Richard

Little Italy Real Estate For Sale

1 FAMILY
164 Second St.
$249,000 Michael
813-6049
56 Havermans Ave. $129,900 Deb
383-8347
1023 Fifth Ave.
$109,900 Cindy
269-8728
2 FAMILY
198 Hill St.
857-5427
121 Adam St.
724-6871
62 Ida St.
542-3566
118 Adams St.
253-7094
186 Hill St.
424-5291
304 Fourth St.
339-3248
504 Washington St.
424-4099
MULTI UNITS
341 Fourth St.
640-4276
80 Havermans Ave.
858-8083
I Irving Place
852-1365
167 Second St.
424-4099
326 Fourth St.
495-0099

The City of Troy Weed and Seed Program

joined by the Police Dept and Troy
Neighborhod Markets will sponsor a Bike

Helmet give-away at the Troy Little Italy

Farmers Market on Wednesday, July 21,
from 4 pm until 5pm. Bike helmets will
be distributed free of charge to kids age
16 and under accompanied by a parent or
guardian.

HELP RESOURCES
Emergencies
911
Traffic Safety
270-5157
Non-Emergencies
270-4411
Downtown Station
270-4421
North Station
237-2398
South Station
273-1682
Community Police
270-4689
Special Operations
270-5854
Animal Control
270-4640
Tip Line, Anonymous 270-5004
Detective Unit
270-4426

$435,500 Anne
$111,500

Ellen

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

IN LITTLE ITALY
245 2nd St., 3rd fl., apt in Victorian
Rowhouse. 1BR, K, liv, bcxath, great
light, 2 walk-in closets. Smoke -free hse.
no dogs. $625 incl. heat. Regerences &
sec. req. Call Berniice, 518 273-1692
245 2nd St., 3rd fl. Apt. in Victorian

PIONEER FOOD COOP

Are ou interested in following the

progress of the Pioneer Food Coop?
They have a really nice online newsletter
that you may receive. Contact them to be
added to the mailing list.
Troy Community Food Cooperative, Inc.
79 3rd St, Troy, NY 12180, 518-7203183
Pioneer Food Market, 77-81 Congress
St, Troy, NY 12180
info@troyfoodcoop.com

LITTLE ITALY FARMERS MARKET

local and fresh, get the best summer has to offer
right here in the neighborhood.
WIC, EBT, Credit and Debit accepted

every Wednesday, Hill St between Liberty

and Washington, 3-6PM