1816: A Year Without a Summer – by Linda Sanders

Is this going to be another year like 1816?I found this story in the file that Mrs. Earl Hayner wrote in 1969 and thought you might enjoy it. I just hope this doesn’t come true again!

Linda Sanders, Town and Village Historian.

Eighteen hundred and froze to death is an expression heard now and then in speaking facetiously of a year whose date cannot be recalled, but that year in reality was no subject for joking. Weather wise it was probably the worst year this section of the state has ever experienced. New England, Eastern New York, and Pennsylvania all suffered from the freak weather. Records are lacking for it was before the Weather Bureau had been instituted.

Read the entire article in the 03/31 edition.

The Express Newspaper – March 31, 2016

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE VILLAGE HISTORIAN 2015

In accordance with New York State Department of Education section 57.17 of the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law:

“He or she will make an annual report in the month of January to the local appointing officers or officer and to the State Historian of the work accomplished during the preceding year."

Read the entire article in the 01/28 issue.

Stillwater Commitment, Continuity – By S. McBride

The Village of Stillwater is arguably one of the most historic towns in the nation, given its vital location along routes of travel, trade, settlement and defense as the United States was born and grew.  A whole lot of historic happenings took place here as both nation and village have grown and evolved from Colonial Days into today’s electronic age.

   As with growth and change everywhere, too often we lose the links to the past, the connection to the people and events that have made us who and what we are.  How many times have we seen the destruction and replacement of those sites and buildings that tie us to those who’ve gone before, losing that vital connection to our past?

Read the entire article in the Nov. 6 issue of the Express.