Schaghticoke to Host Countryfest – by C. Barton

Schaghticoke-The Schaghticoke Fairgrounds once again will be home to this years annual WGNA Countryfest on July 11th 2015. The first year that the event was held in Schaghticoke, 107.7 WGNA also celebrated the 20th anniversary of Countryfest. The momentum for the festival, now in its 22nd year, is still going strong as the community prepares for the annual event in the Town of Schaghticoke for the third year running.

Read the entire article in the July 9th edition.

Brown’s Beach Too Successful? – by H. Wessell

SARATOGA LAKE, July 3: On Friday morning Brown’s Beach was opened for the holiday weekend at 10:00AM; said Town Supervisor Edward Kinowski in “what we called a soft opening, to try for the summer to be open from 10 to 8, every day, because we think the summer hours are going to drive it."

Read the entire article in the July 9th edition.

NYSEG Makes Application; Bridges in Mechanicville – by T. Mahoney

MECHANICVILLE JUNE 30- In order to lift the moratorium in the Mechanicville area for increased natural gas customers, NYSEG will need to construct a compressed gas facility at its location on Central Avenue. The plan is for 2 trucks at a time to deliver compressed natural gas.

Read the entire article in the July 9th edition.

The Express Newspaper July 9, 2015

Waterford Town Police Arrests

On Sunday, July 5, 2015 while investigating a vehicle which was partially blocking a driveway, PO Gibbins arrested the below listed defendant and charged her with:

Driving While Intoxicated

Driving with more than .08 of 1% of alcohol

Failure to Obey a Police Officer

It was found that the defendant was operating a vehicle with a B.A.C. of 0.11%. The defendant was issued 3 UTTs and released and is scheduled to appear in Waterford Justice Court on July 16, 2015 at 6 PM.

Kristina M. CZAJKOWSKI, 23, of 121 Ontario St., Cohoes, NY

Kristina Czajkowski

On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at about 8:50 PM Sgt. P. O’Connell received a call in regards to a vehicle being driven recklessly in the Town of Waterford, Upon stopping the vehicle and after investigating the below listed defendant was arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated.

The defendant was issued a UTT and is scheduled to appear in Waterford Justice Court on July 16, 2015 at 6 PM.

Barret P. LAPIER, 34, 10 Ridge Rd., Rensselaer, NY

Barret Lapier

Fourth Of July Things to do With and For Your Kids – by David Petronis

To All of My Friends and Colleagues I would like to share How I feel about America ….

         … and Why we Celebrate The Fourth. 

In a few days the Fourth of July will be here and we should Celebrate !!

We should Celebrate our Heroes, our Country and our American Heritage.

Especially Celebrate Those Who Have Given Us Our Freedom because …

https://youtu.be/rKsW6c_CgFY  Freedom Isn’t Free … and Let YOUR Voice be Heard.

Especially Heard By Our Children Who May Not Yet KNOW what it Truly IS to Be An American.

Let THEM Hear and See the Sounds and Images of who WE Are and by What Name We Go BY …

https://youtu.be/6TPgJSZf5Vw   My Name is America

Happy Fourth Of July …

From NEACA.

www.NEACA.com  

A brand new listing of all our NEACA Arms Fairs will be available on our website within a week with many new dates and venues for the remainder of 2015 and a full schedule for 2016.  We are still looking for interested parties in our Gun Show promotion business.

 

 

 

 

Historic Hudson Welcome Center in Schuylerville, by H. Wessell

BALLSTON SPA, June 24 –  After some six years of preparation, members of the Historic Hudson-Hoosic Partnership are optimistic that a key project for their consortium can get underway, probably next spring, and be completed that year.

   Last week's Express reported that  on June 18 the State Senate unanimously passed Sen. Kathleen Marchione's bipartisan legislation, following a companion measure introduced by Assemblywoman Carried Woerner and passed in that chamber, that strengthens the Partnership.

Read the entire article in the July 2nd edition.

Mary Canonica Celebrates 100 Years – by S. McBride

Mary Josephine LaVigna Canonica was born on July 13, 1915.  It had been just two years since Henry Ford devised an assembly line so he could produce those new-fangled things known as automobiles more quickly, economically and efficiently.  And it had been only a year since Germany declared war on France, Great Britain declared war on Germany, Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia and the United States declared neutrality in all those conflicts and even offered to broker a peaceful settlement before it all exploded into a world-wide war.

Read the entire article in the July 2nd edition.