On August 4th thirty kids and seven coaches showed up at the American Legion in Stillwater with one mission. Defend their 2014 Championship.
Read the entire article in the Nv. 12th edition.
Stillwater Battle Football – Repeat Champions
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Mechanicville Girls Soccer Tem Honored for Academics
MECHANICVILLE - Earlier this fall, the 2014 Mechanicville High School varsity girls soccer team was honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) with a Team Academic Award for having a team grade point average (GPA) of 3.90 for the 2014-15 academic school year. The team was one of only 400 from throughout the country to be recognized with this distinction.
Read the entire article in the Nov. 12th edition along with more photos by Dan O'Connor.
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts to help with Thanksgiving Food Drive
The Cub Scouts Pack # 34 and Boy Scouts Troop Mechanicville will be at the following location on November 14 from 10-12.
Jack Bryne
Legends Barber Shop
Clifton Park Toyota
Country Living
DiSiena Furniture ( Round Lake Ave)
The scouts will be standing by the donation boxes and handing out flyers to remind everyone about the food drive.
Toys for Tots in Waterford – By Harold Wessell
TOWN OF WATERFORD, November 3 – The Town Board heard Gunnery Sgt. Roman, Toys for Tots coordinator for the Capital Region, which cover twelve counties, as it begins its annual drive. Last year they were able to reach out to 114,000 kids, he recalled.
Read the entire article in the Nov. 12th edition.
Operation Christmas Child – Christine Barton
Schaghticoke-The Hoosic Valley Community Church at 2024 NY 40 in Schaghticoke is once again a participating drop off location for this years Samaritan’s Purse-Operation Christmas Child project. The church has been a collection point since 2008. Operation Christmas Child is one of many projects organized through Samaritan’s Purse which is a nondenominational international Christian relief organization providing spiritual and physical aid to victims of war, natural disasters, disease, family poverty and persecution in more than 100 countries.
Read the entire article in the Nov. 12th edition.
The Express Newspaper – November 12, 2015
Sunday Nov. 8 at 2:00 pm “Home of the Brave”
On Sunday November 8th at 2:00pm, the Waterford Public Library welcomes the Lost Radio Rounders, for a program called "Home of the Brave : Songs of Soldiers and Sailors" This program features patriotic songs from the Revolutionary War to WWII, honoring our nation's defenders. Admission is free and seating is limited. Please contact the library at 237-0891 for directions or other info.
“Change the Culture in Order to Change the Behavior” Sgt. Ray Cordani on Domestic Violence
STILLWATER OCTOBER 28- Since 2003 the Stillwater Police Department has taken in 4,000 used cell phones. These phones are restored and given to victims of domestic violence in the area. The facts about domestic violence and its damage were the subject of the Stillwater Police Dept.'s annual news conference.
Read the entire article in the Nov. 5th edition.
Momentive’s Day of Caring
STILLWATER VILLAGE OCTOBER 30- Last April Momentive representatives showed up unexpectedly at theVillage office asking if there was any way they could help.They were an answer to Mayor Rick Nelson's prayers.
Read the entire article in the Nov. 5 edition.
The Great Flood of 1913 – by Sandy McBride
A few weeks ago, David Leggett gave us a very old photo album that his late mother, Eleanor, had kept with her family artifacts. Eleanor, whose passion for family history was well-known to her McBride relatives, treasured every link to the past she could lay her hands on.
Read the entire article in the Nov. 5th edition.