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What’s past is passed on

Retired Menands police chief Kevin Franklin enjoys role as Colonie town historian

Saturday, May 16, 2009

By Bill Buell (Contact)
Gazette Reporter

When he was a kid, town of Colonie historian Kevin Franklin could head out the front door of his home in Latham and walk two or three miles to the Mohawk River without dodging a lot of traffic....

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