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The flag of the Town of Bethlehem, Albany County, NY could be seen at http://www.townofbethlehem.org/supervisor.htm
(no longer available). It is light blue with the town seal on it. The town seal
can be seen at
http://www.townofbethlehem.org.
Ned Smith, 15 August 2005
The Town of Brunswick, Rensselaer County, flag is a coloured seal on white
and appear[ed] twice at a collage of photos at the homepage at
http://www.townofbrunswick.org/
[although the home page has now changed].
Dov Gutterman, 27 November 2002
Town of Chester, Orange County, NY-
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?r104:E13JY5-247:
SESQUICENTENNIAL OF CHESTER, ORANGE COUNTY, NY -- HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN
(Extension of Remarks - July 13, 1995)
.....Beginning on June 2, the town of Chester held a 3-day celebration
commemorating its sesquicentennial anniversary. The celebration was hosted by
town supervisor, Stephen Shortess, and town historian, Clark Holbert, and
included the dedication of a new town flag for Chester....
Ned Smith, 15 August 2005
"Councilperson Murphy suggested having a Town flag/banner made with the town
logo. She suggested Gettysburg Flag Works (P0 Box 524, 340 Columbia Tnpk., East
Greenbush, NY 12061), as the school district has order items from this company
and were pleased. Suggested using the Bicentennal logo and getting a quote."
http://www.townofchesterny.org/tocminutes/tb071399.html
I could not find any evidence indicating whether the suggestion was heeded or
not.
Ned Smith, 15 August 2005
It isn't so easy to see it but if you take the photo at
http://www.eastfishkillny.org/photos/board.jpg, add some brightness and
enlarge it, you will be able to see the seal on white on green of this town. The
exact shape of the flag is yet unclear. The town is at Duchess County.
Dov Gutterman, 27 November 2002
From
http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/01-12/hail-hail-fredonia-new-York.html:
"I went up to the top floor and found a small courtroom, complete with a group
of flags in the corner. I don't recall if there was a Stars and Stripes, but
there were flags for the state of New York, and the county of Chautauqua. There
was also the very colorful flag of Fredonia: the sun in the upper-outside corner
casting its yellow rays on a huge bunch of purple grapes in the center."
Ned Smith, 14 August 2005
The City of Fulton is in Oswego County. There is a photo of the city flag,
along with the US and NY State flags at
http://www.valleynewsonline.com/News/2002/0914/Front_Page/010p1_xlg.jpg.
The photo shows a white flag with a circular device, probably the city seal, in
the middle, but unfortunately a fold in the flag prevents a good view of the
device. I could not find a depiction of the seal on the city's website, but from
the limited view of the photo it looks that it may be something similar to the
oval logo showing a canal lock which appears on
their homepage.
Ned Smith, 1 September 2004
Glen Cove is in Nassau County. In today's edition of the Long Island
newspaper Newsday there is an article about a bald eagle which had arrived in
the area and was being fed by the locals. Wildlife authorities decided to
relocate for fear it would become too dependent on humans. A quote from the
story is the only Flag- related bit- "The sentiment in City Hall and the
community was 'Do they have to take it away, why can't we keep it?' Glen Cove
Mayor Mary Ann Holzkamp said, noting that an eagle graces the city flag." I
haven't been able to locate anything further on the city's flag, but at least we
now know that this NY municipality has one.
Ned Smith, 1 September 2004
A photo of the flag, furled around a pole, can be seen
here.
Ned Smith, 30 January 2005
The Village of Horseheads is situated in the Chemung Valley. The flag is the
seal on white. see
http://horseheads.org/images/officials.jpg. The seal can be found at
http://horseheads.org/.
Dov Gutterman, 28 November 2002
From
the city charter:
"Chapter 55, FLAG AND SEAL, OFFICIAL
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Kingston 8-7-1984 by L.L.
No. 3-1984, approved 8-28-1984, as Ch. 55 of the 1984 Code. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
§ 55-1. Design of official seal.
There shall be an official seal of the City of Kingston, New York, which shall
consist of a circular device in the form of a disk with the words "City of
Kingston, New York" at the top of the disk and the date " 1652 " at the bottom
thereof. In the outer ring of the disk shall be the traditional olive branch.
The pictorial symbols shall consist of the Senate House, a Hudson River sloop
shown in full sail upon the river and the Catskill Mountains in the background
with the sun rising above the scene.
§ 55-2. Design of official flag.
There shall be an official flag of the City of Kingston, New York, which shall
consist of three equal and horizontal stripes, in colors of Nassau orange, white
and blue, with a pictorial field emblazoned upon the center of the flag. This
field shall be harmoniously incorporated into the total design and shall depict
the Senate House, a Hudson River sloop in full sail upon the river, the Catskill
Mountains in the background and the sun rising above the scene. These symbols
shall be contained in white elliptical design with the words "Kingston, New
York," in gold across the top of the ellipse. At the bottom thereof shall be a
gold banner bearing the date "1652." On either side of the date and curving
upward at the sides of the ellipse shall be olive branches to complete the
design.
§ 55-3. Explanation of design.
The design of such seal and flag shall symbolize the following:
Photos at:
http://www.ci.kingston.ny.us/Assets/CityGovt/DCP_0477.jpg
and http://www.ci.kingston.ny.us/Assets/CityGovt/Mayor.jpg.
Dov Gutterman, 28 November 2002
From personal observation, the flag of the Village of Nissequogue, in the
Town of Smithtown, Suffolk County, NY is the village seal on a light blue field.
The seal has a voided outer ring with the words Village of Nissequogue New York,
and the area inside the ring is golden, with a wavy blue band bisecting it
horizontally. On the golden area are three bulls heads, arranged 2 and 1, and on
the band are three clams. The seal can be seen on the police patch at
http://www.pdworks.com/suffolk/nissequogue.jpg.
Ned Smith, 17 September 2005
Oyster Bay has a seal on a plain field (dark background) town flag, for which
I can only find a black&white photo. See
http://members.aol.com/bsa57/TOB.HTM
Ned Smith, 30 January 2005
From
www.palmyrany.com/minutes/VB/20011015vbm.pdf
VILLAGE OF PALMYRA BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING
October 15, 2001 6:30 p.m.
"VILLAGE FLAG: Former trustee, Ann Guest asked the Board to consider creating a
Village flag. She feels the flag on the steel pole should be ordered to
half-staff for national and federal situations only. However, it's nice to be
able to honor the passing of distinguished Village residents and this could be
done by lowering the Village flag. It is also something that perhaps the
Economic Development Committee (EDC) could use for a fund raiser. She passed out
copies of the patch used by the Police Department and suggested something
similar would be appropriate. Trustee DeVogelaere felt that the flag on the
steel pole should be lowered especially since the Village found out it has the
authority to lower when we deem necessary. The Village Clerk said problems arise
when trying to decide who the flag should be lowered for and guidelines should
be set. Chief Dalton suggested a committee look at different options, Trustee
DeVogelaere should chair it. Mayor Gunkler asked Ann Guest to get some names and
addresses of flag makers to the Village Hall and promised the matter would be
looked into further."
From www.palmyrany.com/minutes/VB/2001105vbm.pdf
VILLAGE OF PALMYRA BOARD OF TRUSTEES REGULAR MEETING
November 5, 2001 6:30 p.m.
Trustee DeVogelaere reported that a contest will take place, pending School
Board approval, to design a Village flag. Participants will receive PIG points.
Details are still be worked out.
Dov Gutterman, 28 November 2002
The flag of the City of Poughkeepsie is a red (or orange?)-white-blue vertical triband
with city name (and seal?) on the white stripe. Photos:
http://cityofpoughkeepsie.com/art/mayor.JPEG
Dov Gutterman, 28 November 2002
There are three small images of the flag of the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk
County, NY, to be found at
http://www.grummanpark.org/eventsarchive.htm - the fourth photo (not too
clear); the fifth photo (a bit better); and a partially visible view in the last
photo on the page. The flag is divided quarterly, offset to the hoist, so that
the first and third quarters are square (or at least close to square) and the
second and fourth quarters are longer rectangles. The Town Seal is placed over
the intersection of the quarters. The first quarter is spiky waved dark blue and
white stripes, the second and third quarters are green, and the fourth quarter
dark blue.
A rather indistinct image of the town seal in color is at
http://www.riverheadli.com/rthome.html. You get an excellent blue line
drawing of the seal if you go to the pdf file at
http://www.riverheadli.com/2005.ZBA.Application.pdf and enlarge to
600% on the pdf toolbar.
Ned Smith, 16 August 2005
The Town of Shelter Island, Suffolk County, NY, is the town seal on a white
field. A portion of the flag is visible at
http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2003-07/8811334.jpg. It is the third one
from the left- "helter is" is visible on the reverse portion of the seal's outer
ring which is not covered by other flags. The seal can be seen at
http://www.shelter-island.org/town_logo.jpg.
Ned Smith, 17 August 2005
From http://www.smithnetny.com/smithnews/jun2697/story2.htm [no longer
available]
Flapping Over Town Flag - Supervisor Rejects Request For Smithtown Flag At
County Center
In a dispute over whether to make a second town flag at a cost of between
$500 and $2,000, some flag information has been gleaned. Fuelling the
controversy is the desire to provide the Suffolk Legislature with a Smithtown
flag to hang in its County auditorium. All nine other Suffolk towns have a flag
adorning the auditorium but where the Smithtown flag should fly there is only a
pole. It appears that the town flag embodies the the Town seal.
The Town seal has on it a shield, a crown, and a bull encircled by "The Town of
Smithtown, Suffolk County, New York • 1665 •." Under the shield it says in Latin
"Nec Timeo Nec Sperno," which means "neither fear nor despise". The art work in
the center of the Smithtown seal is from the family logo of Richard Smith, who
founded the Town 332 years ago.
Dov Gutterman, 2 January 2003
Wikipedia shows a b&w drawing of what it purports is the city flag of
Syracuse NY at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse%2C_New_York. This has a large logo
with the Mayor's name underneath. The logo is rectangular on its lower portion,
and semi-circular on the upper portion. It has been reproduced on many other
websites. But I am suspicious about this claim. In addition to the unlikelihood
of the city putting its mayor's name on the flag, and having to change it with
every change in administration, I am doubtful of this flag for another reason.
A photo at
http://www.syracuse.ny.us/images/content/mayor.jpg shows the Mayor of
Syracuse in front of a white flag with a blue & gold circular emblem which looks
as if it is the city seal. I think that this is much more likely to be the
official flag of the city.
Ned Smith, 17 September 2005
From
http://www.westseneca.net/history.html:
On March 4, 1963 the West Seneca Town Board authorized the creation of an
official town flag with an insignia reflecting the heritage or our town,
culminating in the Town's official seal.
Occupying a conspicuous position at the top center of the seal is a Seneca
Indian, most likely a Chief Cornplanter, respected warrior and statesman who was
well known on Buffalo Creek. Next to the Chief Cornplanter is the Ebenezer
Society Boundary Marker, date unknown, depicting the four corners of Ebenezer.
The bottom left of the seal shows the Leydecker covered bridge. Built in 1865
and demolished in 1935, it supported traffic for seventy years and was the last
of its kind to remain serviceable in Erie County. Middle Ebenezer is depicted in
the center bottom of the seal, with Fourteen Holy Helpers Church, incorporated
in 1864, and the Christian Metz home located on School Street. The waterwheel in
back of the sawmill on the millrace on Indian Church Road is depicted at the
bottom right of the seal. The West Seneca town seal is an eloquent symbol of the
heritage received from our earliest inhabitants, the Seneca Indians, and later
the Ebenezers, whose cultural influence and work values continued to play an
influential role in the development of our community for many years, and remain
part of our cherished heritage. Our town flag upon which the official town seal
rests, is always on display in Council Chambers of Town Hall and is available
for viewing if you would like a closer look.
Dov Gutterman, 29 November 2002
There are several photos online of the mayor of the City of White Plains,
Westchester County, NY standing near the city flag. See
http://www.whiteplainscnr.com/old/images/photos/articles/fp-071701/Jul18-01.jpg
and
http://www.cityofwhiteplains.com/news/releases/CrimeStats.htm for example.
The flag is yellow, with lettering saying "White Plains" "1776" and "New York"
and an emblem based on the city seal, which shows a flag bearing a sword crossed
with a staff surmounted with a Phrygian Cap. This is obviously based on the
Revolutionary War "White Plains Flag". The seal can
be seen at
http://www.cityofwhiteplains.com/EnglishWeb.htm.
Ned Smith, 17 September 2005
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