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Helen Cogan

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Stephentown – Helen Olga Aubrey Cogan, 99, died on February 4, 2009, at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, MA.

 

Born in November of 1909 in Calcutta, India, she began her education there before being sent back to England after World War I to complete school. She worked in London as a secretary for many years. In 1932 she sailed to the Philippine Islands to marry Edwin Osgood Cogan. Mrs. Cogan lived there until 1945, the last three years spent in the Japanese concentration camp at Santo Tomas in Manila.

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Stephentown Taxpayers About To Get Revaluation Results

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by David Flint

 

Stephentown’s Sole Assessor Tom MacVeigh announced at a special Town Meeting Monday evening that impact notices will be sent out on March 1 to property owners indicating how the Revaluation has affected their assessments. Available to answer questions along with MacVeigh were Stephen Peluso, Customer Relationship Manager from the State Office of Real Property Services (ORPS) and Frank Curtis, Rensselaer County Director of Real Property. 

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