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North Creek man faces murder charges By Christina Scanlon
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QUEENSBURY —A Warren County grand jury filed murder and manslaughter charges last week against the North Creek man who police said assaulted his weeks-old daughter last month. The infant, Gabriella Rose Parker, died two days later. Nicholas Jones, 24, was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter in addition to counts of first-degree assault, a class B felony; reckless assault of a child, a class D felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. Jones was originally arrested and charged by state police
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March 28 after police were summoned at approximately 5 a.m. March 28 for an emergency in his home involving a 22-day-old infant who was reported to not be breathing. The child clung to life for two days before succumbing to suffering injuries authorities said were inflicted by Jones. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed at Albany Medical Center last week, however, any results would be considered evidence and were not be made public by officials. Records show the child was born March 6 at the Glens Falls Hospital to Jones and Nicole Parker. Jones remains in Warren County Jail. He will likely be arraigned this week before Judge John Hall in Warren County Court for all charges.
Sun Community News Editor Pete DeMola named NYPA writer of the year
ELIZABETHTOWN — Sun Community News Editor Pete DeMola has been named writer of the year by the New York Press Association at its annual spring conference in Saratoga Springs. The state-wide acknowledgement is John one of the most prestigious awards given Gereau by the association each year and is highly Managing Editor competitive, according to Rich Hotaling, NYPA’s association and creative services manager. DeMola was one of 57 newspaper professionals vying for the honor, which was judged by members of the Washington Newspapers Publishers Association, Hotaling said. The award required submitting five non-related articles written by one author and published in 2015. In their critique, the judges said DeMola did a great job of investigative reporting — best among the 57 entries — and said he did a fine job of storytelling using vivid words to help. “He showed great depth in many stories, too,” the judges went on to say. “All five stories are strong which is rare.” The articles on which DeMola was judged included an indepth investigative piece on former embroiled Essex town clerk William Morgan; an article about a businessman who
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Editor Pete DeMola stands in front of the Sun Community News offices on Monday, April 11 after being named writer of the year by the New York Press Association. Photo by John Gereau
conned the community one nickel at a time; a human interest piece about the prison break in Dannemora; a lighthearted feature about the Essex County Fair and a whistleblower article about a plan to pump PCB-laden water from an old missile silo in Lewis, New York. The judges said DeMola’s writing style and attention to detail stole the show. “Pete was easily the winner of the writer of the year competition,” the judges wrote. NYPA President David Tyler, who helped distribute the awards during the conference, said “NYPA represents more than 700 newspapers across the state and this year’s contest included thousands of entries in dozens of categories.” >> See PETE DEMOLA | pg. 8
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Kasich draws crowd of 2,000
Presidential candidate makes closest trip of any to the Adirondack region By Christina Scanlon
christina@suncommunitynews.com
SARATOGA SPRINGS — When 2,000 people filled the City Center’s main hall Monday evening to hear Republican candidate John Kasich, Erik and Jenna Duffy, of Hudson Falls, were among them. They’d brought the whole family, including children Lydia, 5, Robbie, 7, and Savannah, 15. While Erik considers himself a supporter of Ted Cruz, Jenna is still deciding between Donald Trump and John Kasich Cruz. Neither had plans of casting a vote for Kasich in the state primaries April 19. “We want Savannah to form her own views by being exposed to both sides of the coin,” said Duffy. They’d taken Savannah to see Cruz in Scotia the week before. “The differences I saw at the rallies were that the crowd had much less energy than at the Cruz rally,” said Savannah following the Kasich event. “This could because we weren’t allowed signs or because it was recorded for live TV, but the people at the Cruz rally just looked happy to be there.” Guests waited for entrance to the City Center for about an hour and it was relatively quiet. Signs were prohibited. Once inside, people took their seats and waited, with little movement around the room. Music pumped into the room was not especially patriotic or inspiring. When Fox News personality Sean Hannity took to the microphone, he engaged the crowd in a brief tongue-in-cheek conversation concerning “liberals” and their ability to blame former President George W. Bush for all of America’s problems. Once the Ohio governor was introduced, he quickly got to his message. It’s that positive attitude and experience that had earned the support of Steve Stallmer, publicist for Chestertown-based marijuana facility Etain and previous 113th District state As>> See KASICH | pg. 2