School Board to Vote on Building Improvements
There will be a meeting of the Mechanicville City School District’s Board of Education on September 10th, 7:00 PM, to conclude discussion regarding the Facilities Committee’s presentation.
You’re in your mid-thirties. You have two children, a second-grader and a pre-schooler. You and your husband have a home in the town you both grew up in, you have a career teaching in an elementary school. Life is good.
For Tina Pugliese of Mechanicville, that good life scenario hit a massive speed bump on October 1, 2009 when she got the crushing news everyone dreads. She had cancer.
“I thought, oh my God, my kids are babies!” Tina said.
Article in the 09-03 issue.
ALLSTON SPA, August 25 – The Saratoga County Sheriff's Office K-9 Division was started in 1979, under Sheriff James Bowen, with two dogs named Marcus and Phoenix. They were purchased from a trainer in Schenectady, and the handlers attended their training at his facility.
Article in the 09-03 issue.
Schedule of events in the 09-03 issue.
ALBANY, N.Y. – September 1, 2015 – Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is pleased to announce that Angelina Corbett from Mechanicville, NY earned a place on the school’s Dean’s List for the Spring 2015 semester.
Dean’s List status is awarded to students who have successfully completed their course work with a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 score.
HAMILTON, NY (08/31/2015)(readMedia)-- The following students have earned the Dean's Award for academic excellence. This recognition is awarded to students with a 3.30 or higher term average.
Nicholas Hess, Class of 2018, of Clifton Park, NY (12065), a graduate of Shenendehowa High School
Joshua Ellis, Class of 2015, of Clifton Park, NY (12065), a graduate of Shenendehowa High School
CASTLETON, VT (08/28/2015)(readMedia)-- Castleton University is excited to welcome Kirsten Kruk of Clifton Park, NY to the Castleton community. Kirsten is one of more than nearly 600 new students who have registered for the fall 2015 semester!
WATERFORD, NY -- A 50 year old tugboat, specifically designed to push barges on the Canals of New York State, has been named Tug of the Year for the 2015 Waterford Tugboat Roundup. At the same time, a new solar-powered boat, specifically designed to carry cargo, will make a debut. The solar boat has recently received grant support from Cascades Tissue (locally in Waterford, NY) to transport a load of recycled cardboard from Buffalo to Mechanicville for processing by Cascades. This will mark the first time since mule-powered vessels that cargo has been moved on the canals of New York State.
The Roundup will open its 16th year in Waterford the weekend after Labor Day (September 11, 12 and 13th). This annual event highlights the region’s heritage in inland waterborne commerce in a festival.
The event’s Tug of the Year, Cheyenne, is a working boat based in New York Harbor. It’s currently on the Great Lakes and expected to work its way back on the Oswego and Erie Canals in early September in time for the Waterford event. The boat is operated by DonJon Marine of Hillside, NJ. DonJon has local offices at the Port of Coeyman’s.
The solar boat is called Solar Sal and is specifically designed to carry cargo on the canal system with zero emissions and zero use of fossil fuels (or mule power!).
The Solar Sal Project has been developed by a retired professor from RPI, David Borton in Castleton-on-Hudson. The boat has been seen at the Waterford CanalFest and events. The boat is designed to demonstrate practical solar electric marine propulsion. Borton’s group also plans prototypes of tourist dayliners and cabin cruisers.
Cheyenne is described as a “canaller” type tug, sporting a telescoping pilothouse. This type of pilothouse offers great visibility over a barge being “pushed ahead,” while still giving clearance underneath the bridges on the canals and in the New Jersey channels off the Hudson River.
Powered by an 1,800 hp Fairbanks-Morse diesel, the boat was built in 1965 at the Bushey Shipyards in Brooklyn for Red Star Lines. It was later acquired by Spentonbush Towing, then Amerada Hess, Empire Harbor and finally, DonJon Marine.
The Roundup event bestows the honorary Tug of the Year title to a different boat each year, typically one that brings its own unique history to the event.
The Tugboat Roundup is sponsor supported and annually produced by the Town of Waterford. It’s held along the waterfront in this historic village at the eastern entrance to the Erie Canal.
The Express Newspaper is the official publication of the Tugboat Roundup.
SCHUYLERVILLE - Michael Edward “Mike” Caswell passed away on August 29, 2015 at the Saratoga Hospital with his beloved family at his side. He was 55.
Relatives and friends may call from 4-7pm on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at the Chase-Smith Family Funeral Homes, 729 Hudson Avenue. Funeral service will be conducted at 10am on Thursday at the Stillwater United Church, 747 Hudson Avenue, Stillwater.
Kindly consider donations to Stillwater Central Schools, Attention Athletics Department, 1068 Hudson Avenue, Stillwater, NY 12170 in loving memory of Mike Caswell.
Online remembrances may be made at www.chasesmithfamily.com
MECHANICVILLE – Jean B. Smith, 87, of So. Main St., died Friday August 28thin the Community Hospice of St. Mary’s Hospital, Troy.
Please say a prayer for Jean and remember her in your heart.
Internment in St. Paul’s Mausoleum will be private, at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the charity of your choice.
Arrangements by the DeVito-Salvadore Funeral Home, Mechanicville.