MECHANICVILLE FEBRUARY 4- At this past weeks city council meeting the mayor and councilmen mentioned a citywide revaluation of property. If this goes through, this will be the first one in over 20 years. A New York state tax server, Beth Servinack of the NYS Office of Real Property Tax Services spoke of the goal of the reevaluation; so everyone pays their fair share in property taxes. She also stated that the assessment will not increase taxes.
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MECHANICVILLE - Mechanicville Stillwater Girl Scout troop 1514 Silver Award team #2 recently presented a cat house to Adirondack Save a Stray in Corinth NY.
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TOWN OF STILLWATER, February 5 – On Thursday, the Town board had an uncommon sort of resolution presented by Supervisor Edward Kinowski as the only agenda item: as it were, a “multiple-choice question.”
The choices were:
(A) retention of the old town hall for Town use, primarily as a new home for the Police Department, along with any additional uses the Town Board should determine.
(B) Renting the building;
(C) Selling it outright.
The Board chose to keep the building, and make any changes needed for police use.The board approved the option to retain for town use, first of all for the Police Department. Councilwoman Virginia Whitman voted no; Arthur Baker said he had intended to oppose, but joined rest of the board on a yes vote.
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I hope some of my readers have noticed there have been no columns about Schaghticoke history for the past month. My husband and I spent a month in Georgia and Florida. We visited grandchildren in Savannah- and acted as tourist in that city for a couple of days- and attended two five-day Road Scholar programs, one in Saint Augustine, Florida, one in Amelia and Cumberland Islands, Georgia.
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TOWN OF STILLWATER, February 8 – "It's getting off to a good start," Town Supervisor Edward Kinowski emailed to his Town team in the latter hours of Sunday's second event of the first annual Winter Celebration on Saratoga Lake. "There's a small group out there on the lake doing the ice fishing. We've had kids coming in and out. We had about fifteen here [a few minutes before], and they all went inside ... because it was a little cold. So we told them go in and warm up and come on outside and we'll bake some s’mores."
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NEW PALTZ, NY (02/03/2015)(readMedia)-- The State University of New York at New Paltz announces the conferral of over 100 graduate degrees following the conclusion of the Fall 2014 semester.
CONWAY 28528, SC (02/03/2015)(readMedia)-- Robert McCarthy, a Freshman majoring in Marketing from Clifton Park, NY, has made the President's List at Coastal Carolina University for the Fall 2014 semester.
TROY, NY (02/04/2015)(readMedia)-- More than 1300 students at Hudson Valley Community College were recently named to the college's Deans' List for the Fall 2014 term. Students named to the Dean's List have have a term grade point average between 3.0 to 3.49.
Those honored include:
Adrienne Hamilton of Johnsonville, who is studying in the EMT-Paramedic academic program.
Ian Cepiel of Mechanicville, who is studying in the Non-Matriculated academic program.
Joshua Bevevino of Valley Falls, who is studying in the Mortuary Science academic program.
TROY, NY (02/04/2015)(readMedia)-- Katherine Greene of Clifton Park was recently named to the President's List for the Fall 2014 term at Hudson Valley Community College.
Abigail Weiskopf, of Clifton Park, named to Dean's List at the University of Vermont Abigail Weiskopf of Clifton Park, NY Named to Dean's List at the University of Vermont
BURLINGTON, VT (02/04/2015)(readMedia)-- Abigail Weiskopf has been named to the dean's list for the fall 2014 semester at the University of Vermont. Weiskopf, from Clifton Park, NY, is a junior Athletic Training Education major.
Siena College names students to the President's List for the Fall 2014 semester.
Stephanie Carroll, a/an accounting major, of Clifton Park, NY (12065) has been named to the President's List.
Tyler Rajeski, a/an finance major, of Clifton Park, NY (12065) has been named to the President's List.
Robert Berry, a/an finance major, of Mechanicville, NY (12118) has been named to the President's List.
Danielle Thompson, a/an management major, of Clifton Park, NY (12065) has been named to the President's List.
Tamala Tiedemann, a/an philosophy major, of Clifton Park, NY (12065) has been named to the President's List.
Adelina Cekic, a/an psychology major, of Clifton Park, NY (12065) has been named to the President's List.
Abbey Lavazzo, a/an social work major, of Mechanicville, NY (12118) has been named to the President's List.
Delaney Rives, a/an sociology major, of Mechanicville, NY (12118) has been named to the President's List.
WORCESTER, MA (02/05/2015)(readMedia)-- Erin Dougherty, of Waterford, NY, a member of the class of 2017, has been named to Assumption College's Dean's List, one of the school's highest academic honors. To earn a spot on the Dean's List, Assumption students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 for a five-class, 15-credit semester.
ATLANTA, GA (02/06/2015)(readMedia)-- Nicole Barcori of Clifton Park, NY earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for Fall 2014 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have a 4.0 academic average for the semester.
ATLANTA, GA (02/06/2015)(readMedia)-- Liangyu Tao of Clifton Park, NY made the Dean's List for fall semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have a 3.0 or higher academic average for the semester.
ITHACA, NY (02/06/2015)(readMedia)-- Ithaca College congratulates students named to Dean's List for the fall 2014 semester.
Casey Kobylar of Clifton Park (12065), a music education major in the School of Music at Ithaca College was named to Dean's List for the fall 2014 semseter.
John Prendergast of Clifton Park (12065), a business administration major in the School of Business at Ithaca College was named to Dean's List for the fall 2014 semseter.
Katharina Deitz of Clifton Park (12065), a clinical exercise science major in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance at Ithaca College was named to Dean's List for the fall 2014 semseter.
Meryl Franzone of Clifton Park (12065), a exploratory major in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Ithaca College was named to Dean's List for the fall 2014 semseter.
Sierra Vorsheim of Clifton Park (12065), a music education major in the School of Music at Ithaca College was named to Dean's List for the fall 2014 semseter.
Joseph Buttimer of Clifton Park (12065), a history major in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Ithaca College was named to Dean's List for the fall 2014 semseter.
Christina Tudor of Clifton Park (12065), a writing major in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Ithaca College was named to Dean's List for the fall 2014 semseter.
Brennan McCormack of Clifton Park (12065), a business administration major in the School of Business at Ithaca College was named to Dean's List for the fall 2014 semseter.
STILLWATER – Francis J. Mehan, 63, of Meehan Road, died Saturday morning, Feb. 7th, at home, after battling a brief bout with lung cancer.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday at 6 PM at All Saints on the Hudson North Church, Hudson Ave., Stillwater. Springs burial in St. Peter’s Cemetery.
Calling hours at the Church on Tuesday from 3-6 PM. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to a charity of one’s choice in memory of Francis J. Mehan.To leave condolences and for directions visit www.devito-salvadorefh.com.
by DeVito-Salvadore Funeral Home, Mechanicville.
The entire obituary will be in the Feb. 12th issue.
MECHANICVILLE -In the early morning hours of February 3, 2015 James Otis Bowers passed away at the Maplewood Manor Nursing Home after a long illness. James was born October 21, 1930 to a family of 14 children in Baltimore, Maryland. He is pre-deceased by his Anita who he was married to for 57 years. He served in the Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions.
There will be a memorial talk for James Bowers at 2pm on Saturday February 14, 2015 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses at 171 Route 236 in Halfmoon, NY.
Arrangements by DeVito-Salvadore Funeral Home, Mechanicvile.
The entire obituary will be in the Feb. 12 issue of the Express.