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Sharon Lee Holmes – 68

MECHANICVILLE – Sharon Lee Holmes, 68, of Hudson River Rd., died Tuesday, May 17th at Albany Medical Ctr, after battling with cancer for some years.

A Funeral Home service will be held on Saturday at 1 PM at the DeVito-Salvadore Funeral Home, 39 So. Main St., Mechanicville.  Burial in the family plot at the local Hudson View Cemetery.Calling hours at the Funeral Home on Saturday from 11 AM to 1 PM.   In lieu of flowers, Sharon requested remembrances be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place,Memphis, TN 38105-1942.

To leave condolences and for directions visit www.devito-salvadorefh.com

 

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“A Home Is” – by Sandy McBride

Local author and freelance writer Sandy McBride has published a book featuring a collection of some of the best articles she has written for The Express Weekly newspaper over the past nine years.  The book, entitled “A Hometown Is . . .”, has four sections including Hearts, Hands, Heritage and Heroes, with a total of 35 articles.

Article in the 05-19 Edition.

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Joe Pignatelli Gives Unified Basketball a Voice – by Sandy McBride

Joe Pignatelli, a senior at Mechanicville High School, has gone from being a quiet, withdrawn, often-picked-on teenager to a spokesman for the Unified Basketball Program which is under the auspices of both the New York State Public High School Athletic Association and Special Olympics.  Unified Basketball is a rapidly growing sport which brings together students, both boys and girls, with intellectual disabilities and students with no such disabilities and gives them the opportunity to work together and shine on the basketball court.

Article in the 05-19 edition.

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Schaghticoke in 1840 – by Chris Kelly

I have been illustrating the lives of people in Schaghticoke in 1840 through the inventories in their probate files, made when they died without wills. Today I will conclude with one more.

Alexander A. Miller, died at age 27 in 1826.  This young man, who left a widow and small daughter, was a non-commissioned officer in the local infantry regiment in the New York State Militia. It seems from the inventory that he was a farmer, though it also lists a set of blacksmith tools.  Except for a wagon, the most valuable thing in his estate was a cloak worth $40.

Article in the 05-19 edition.

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GE Settlement Will Get County Water Out of Debt – by H. Wessell

BALLSTON SPA, May 11 – Following an Executive Session for the purpose of discussing litigation, the Saratoga County  Board of Supervisors Law and Finance committee recommended authorizing a settlement in 2011 litigation, just reached,  against the General Electric Company for damages associated with the dredging of PCBs from the Hudson River.

Article in the 05-19 edition.

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The Express Newspaper May 19, 2016

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Awards and Achievements/Local College Students

Baldwin Named to Dean's List

Zachary Baldwin, son of Mark and Jennifer Baldwin, has been named to the Spring 2016 Dean's List at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. Baldwin, a sophomore, is a Pharmacy major.

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Stillwater resident to complete summer mission trip to New Zealand and Fiji

SEARCY, AR (05/16/2016)-- Amber Howe of Stillwater (12170) will spend the summer with Harding University's Global Outreach program, completing a mission trip to New Zealand and Fiji.

 

Rachael Shine Inducted into Psi Chi

ONEONTA, NY (05/16/2016)-- Rachael Shine of Clifton Park, NY, was inducted into Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology, during SUNY Oneonta's thirty-seventh annual induction ceremony on May 1, 2016.