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S ARATOGIAN Sunday, April 15, 2012 Ser vin g Sa rat oga Cou nty Sinc e 1855 $2 • The Sunday Saratoga Central Catholic goes up against Fonda and Corinth in season openers. Page 1B Michael Veitch discusses Arkansas Derby and Blue Grass Stakes. Page 1B 38 CAROLINE STREET, SARATOGA SPRINGS 518-587-2022 Patio Open,Watch all the Games Inside or Out! 2 FOR 1 B LOODY MARYS AND STEAMERS 1:35pm 6pm 8pm Myriad myths start to surface By PAUL POST [email protected] Twitter.com/paulvpost SARATOGA SPRINGS — The screams, the hor- ror, the utter darkness that survivors lived through after the Titanic sank to its watery grave are beyond imagination. 911 dispatch revisits policy Weighs charging for-profits to use the system By MICHAEL CIGNOLI [email protected] Twitter.com/MCSaratogian BALLSTON SPA — County officials are trying to develop a policy for allowing for-profit compa- nies to use the county’s taxpayer-funded 911 dis- patch system. The discussions stemmed from the town of Greenfield’s March deci- sion to award a $50,000 contract to Cohoes-based Empire Ambulance to pro- vide emergency services with the town. The for-profit company is slated to replace the nonprofit Saratoga Emer- gency Medical Services, which in 2011 announced plans to fold in the wake of financial difficulties that many local emergency service providers are cur- rently experiencing. The contract took effect April 1, but Empire Ambu- lance hasn’t been able to respond to calls in Green- field because it’s currently not signed on to the coun- ty’s 911 dispatch system. The county used a $1.8 mil- lion state grant to upgrade the dispatch center at the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office in 2007, which made the facility the primary dis- patch center for county fire, police and ambulance calls. Most of Saratoga County receives its ambulance protection from nonprofit agencies like Wilton EMS, the Ballston Lake Emer- S ARATOGA COUNTY Titanic: 100 years entombed UNTHINKABLE Local legend sparks intrigue Was former Corinth man aboard Titanic? By PAUL POST [email protected] Twitter.com/paulvpost Crowds gather around the bulletin board of the New York American Called ‘unsinkable’ by her designers and builders, Titanic departs from docks in Southampton in 1912.
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SARATOGIANSunday, April 15, 2012 Serving Saratoga County Since 1855
$2•
TheSunday
Saratoga Central Catholic goes up against
Fonda and Corinth in season openers. Page 1B
Michael Veitch discusses Arkansas Derby
and Blue Grass Stakes. Page 1B
38 CAROLINE STREET, SARATOGA SPRINGS
518-587-2022
Patio Open,Watch all the
Games Inside or Out!
2 FOR 1 B LOODY MARYS
AND STEAMERS
1:35pm 6pm 8pm
Myriadmythsstart tosurface
By PAUL POST [email protected]
Twitter.com/paulvpost
SARATOGA SPRINGS— The screams, the hor-ror, the utter darknessthat survivors livedthrough after the Titanicsank to its watery graveare beyond imagination.
911dispatchrevisitspolicy
Weighs chargingfor-profits to
use the systemBy MICHAEL CIGNOLI
Twitter.com/MCSaratogian
BALLSTON SPA —County officials are tryingto develop a policy for allowing for-profit compa-nies to use the county’staxpayer-funded 911 dis-patch system.
The discussionsstemmed from the town of Greenfield’s March deci-sion to award a $50,000contract to Cohoes-basedEmpire Ambulance to pro-vide emergency serviceswith the town.
The for-profit company is slated to replace thenonprofit Saratoga Emer-gency Medical Services,which in 2011 announcedplans to fold in the wake of financial difficulties thatmany local emergency service providers are cur-rently experiencing.
The contract took effectApril 1, but Empire Ambu-lance hasn’t been able torespond to calls in Green-field because it’s currently not signed on to the coun-ty’s 911 dispatch system.The county used a $1.8 mil-lion state grant to upgradethe dispatch center at theSaratoga County Sheriff’sOffice in 2007, which madethe facility the primary dis-patch center for county fire, police and ambulancecalls.
Most of Saratoga County receives its ambulanceprotection from nonprofitagencies like Wilton EMS,the Ballston Lake Emer-
S ARATOGA
COUNTY Titanic: 100 years entombed
UNTHINKABLE
Locallegendsparksintrigue Was formerCorinth man
aboard Titanic?
By PAUL POST [email protected]
Twitter.com/paulvpost
Crowdsgather aroundthe bulletinboard of theNew York American
Called ‘unsinkable’ by her designersand builders, Titanic departs from
docks in Southampton in 1912.
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are beyond imagination. A century later, this
maritime tragedy stillranks among the great-est disasters of all time,a product of numeroushuman errors andincredibly bad fortune.
However, the notionthat Titanic was not a well-built vessel is one of many myths surroundingits fateful demise.
the Ballston Lake Emer-gency Squad and the MaltaAmbulance Corps. County EMS Coordinator MikeMcEvoy said all but ahandful of those calls aredispatched through thesheriff’s office.
But SEMS’ demise andEmpire’s arrival hasprompted county officialsto ask whether a for-profitcompany should simply beallowed to join the county’sdispatch network withouthaving to pay. Northum-
See 911, Page 7A
See MYTHS, Page 6A
Twitter.com/paulvpost
CORINTH — There’sconsiderable speculationthat a boiler room worker who survived the Titanic’ssinking once lived inCorinth.
Shortly after the disas-ter, a man named JohnThompson was called totestify about how muchcoal was fed into the ship’s
In photos madeavailable by the
Library of Congress,surviving wireless
operator of theTitanic Harold Bride,
left, with his feetbandaged, is carried
up the ramp of aship, and at right,
rescued passengersare comforted
aboard the rescuevessel, Carpathia.
AP
Americannewspaper in New York,where thenames ofpassengersrescued fromthe sinkingTitanic aredisplayed. Itwas a storythat wouldchange thenews industry. AP See LOCAL, Page 7A
