Stillwater Gears Up for Bicentennial

STILLWATER - On April 16, 2016, Stillwater residents will be celebrating the village's 200th birthday. While that\'92s still months away, there are several events in the works now leading up to this bicentennial celebration. A dinner dance has been organized at the Stillwater Community Center, and in February the village will be hosting their annual Winter Fest. Festivities traditionally include ice skating and ice hockey games at the village ice rink, downhill sledding, cross country skiing, music, food and more.

Photos and the article in the Nov. 19th edition.

July 4th 1915 – by Chris Kelly

As we celebrate summer, and the 4th of July, I thought it would be fun to find out how our ancestors celebrated the holiday 100 years ago. As you might think, it was the same and different.

   One-hundred years ago, Europe was embroiled in what was later known as World War I. But the U.S. wouldn’t enter the war for two more years, Europe was a long ways away, and citizens here were ready to celebrate the birth of their nation. The celebration was a little different from the usual because the 4th was a Sunday, and in 1915 no celebration could really occur on a Sunday.

Read the entire article in the July 2nd edition.

Yellow Ribbon Day at Halfmoon – by M. LeMay

April 9th New York State Yellow Ribbon Day

HALFMOON – On Thursday April 9th The Halfmoon Town Hall held a Yellow Ribbon Day Ceremony commemorating the service of military personnel who keep us free and our way of life secure. This event is held annually to honor U.S. military personnel and veterans.

The entire article is in the April 23rd issue.

Connors Agency’s 60th Anniversary

MECHANICVILLE- On April 15th, the Connors Agency will celebrate its 60th anniversary.  John H. Connors built the agency from scratch in 1955 with the focus to provide quality insurance products & services in local communities along with public service.  Over the years Mr. Connors has played a variety of roles in the world of insurance and real estate.  In addition Mr. Connors served as Mayor of the city of Mechanicville from 1960 to 1968 and was elected President of the NYS Conference of Mayors during his second term.

Read the entire article in the April 9th edition.

Saratoga Lake Winter Celebration – by H. Wessell

TOWN OF STILLWATER, February 8 – "It's getting off to a good start," Town Supervisor Edward Kinowski emailed to  his Town team in the latter hours of Sunday's second event of the  first annual Winter Celebration on Saratoga Lake. "There's a small group out there on the lake doing the ice fishing. We've had kids coming in and out. We had about fifteen here [a few minutes before], and they all went inside ... because it was a little cold. So we told them go in and warm up and come on outside and we'll bake some s’mores."

ice fishkinowski and panza

Read the entire article with photos in the Feb. 12 issue.   

The Express Newspaper – February 12, 2015

Epiphany: The Rest of the Story – by H. Wessell

In the Irish half of this writer’s lineage, it’s often called “Little Christmas;” but it is much more than that. (Nor is it little.)
The feast of the Epiphany, or "appearance" of the Christ, traditionally on January 6, in Western Christendom not only predates Christmas Day as a celebration of the coming of a Savior into history, by at least a hundred years. What is more, that “Little” is a bit ironic: because in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar the feast in a way “outranked” December 25 for centuries until our own time, in 1970. The feast is still of about equal dignity.

Read the entire article in the Dec. 18th issue of the Express.

Santa Joins the 3rd Annual Halfmoon Celebration – by M. LeMay

HALFMOON DECEMBER 6 -On a rainy evening the Halfmoon Celebrations Committee held its 3rd Annual Holiday Celebration event at the Halfmoon Town Hall. This was a free event open to the public and put on by the volunteers of the Halfmoon Celebrations Association and their supportive sponsors. Hundreds of people filled the town hall to capacity over a couple of hours.

Read the entire article in the Dec. 11 issue of the Express.