Capital Region News

Dedication Ceremony Saturday In Troy

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published April 19, 2018 at 6:38 PM EDT

The City of Troy will honor its former Director of Operations, who was murdered three years ago, on Saturday.

A ceremony has been scheduled to dedicate Riverfront Park to William “Bill” Chamberlain, the city’s former Director of Operations. The park and adjacent portion of Front Street will be dedicated as “William D. Chamberlain Riverfront Park” and “Chamberlain Way” in recognition of his life and three-decade career serving the Collar City.

Chamberlain was slain outside his Wynantskill home in 2015 by parolee Joseph Vandenburgh, who was later sentenced to 25 years to life.

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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