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Who Was Mrs. Cats? – by S. McBride

On a cold December night in 1906, when the Champlain Canal still bisected the village of Mechanicville, a 61-year-old woman living alone in a second-floor apartment on Canal Street heard a cry for help.  Going out onto her porch overhanging the not-yet-frozen waterway, she saw a man floundering in the stagnant water.  She leaped over the railing into the canal below and swam to the man’s side.  Her cries for help, along with his, did bring help and the man’s life was saved.

  Read the entire article in the Sept. 25th issue of the Express.

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Hoosic Valley Passes Elementary School Referendum – by C. Barton

Hoosic Valley- District residents were asked to vote on a $2,200,000 bond referendum relating to repairs needed in the elementary school building on September 16, 2014. The referendum for the roof and energy management system replacement presented at the polls was approved. Votes came back with 100 yes votes and 59 no votes. The project cost is estimated at $2.200,000, the estimated interest cost is $1,069,500 for a total ending cost of $3,269,500.  Revenues to support the project include state building aid which is estimated at $2,433,750 and local tax share of $835,750 which will be spread over 16 years.

Read the entire article in the Sept. 25th edition of the Express.

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Halfmoon Fall Festival – by M. LeMay

Celebrations Committee Annual Fall Festival:
HALFMOON - It was a beautiful, but breezy fall afternoon at the Halfmoon Town Park on Saturday, were the Halfmoon Celebrations Committee held its 6th Annual Fall Festival. More than 30 organizations, town councilmen, businesses and fire departments kicked of the celebrations with a parade down RT. 236 starting at Knox Woods and ending in the Town Park. The Halfmoon Celebrations committee this year went with the Wizard of Oz theme; it was a big hit with the kids and helping doing a little sing along to get the crowd into was done by The Clifton Park Halfmoon Fire Department’s Chief Arthur Hunsinger. Grand Marshal this year was Norma Morris life-long resident and supporter of the Town of Halfmoon.

Read the entire article in the Sept. 25th issue of the Express.

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Town to Catch Up on Ambulance Costs – by H. Wessell

TOWN OF STILLWATER, June 18 Supervisor Edward Kinowski on Thursday called the merging of the Stillwater and Malta ambulance/ rescue squads "a very seamless transition, and I really appreciate that. I don't think most people even notice the difference, except they see the word ëMalta' now added to ‘Stillwater,' but that's okay."
But not all that unexpected -- as the late Paul Harvey would say, "the rest of the story" is one of some seams straining.
The Town Board heard the rest from representatives of the Malta Ambulance Service and rescue squad.

Read the entire article in the Sept. 25th issue of the Express.

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City Council News – by T. Mahoney

MECHANICVILLE SEPTEMBER 17- At the City Council Meeting City Clerk Mark Seber announced that 5 properties in the City still have unpaid taxes. On October 9th at the Senior Citizens Center an auction will commence to dispose of any or all of those properties whose taxes are still unpaid.

Read the entire article in the Sept. 25th issue of the Express.

 

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Village and Town Settle GE $ – by H. Wessell

Stillwaters, June 18
After several months of negotiation, the Town and Village of Stillwater have arrived at an acceptable proposal for the division and distribution of the net proceeds of the GE litigation settlement which the Village won earlier this year.
The Village and Town Boards, in identical resolutions at their monthly meetings of June 16 and 18 respectively, have agreed $86,000 is to be paid to the Town; and the balance of $4,368,469, to the Village.

Read the entire article in the Sept. 25th issue of the Express.

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Why Did We Do The Ice Bucket Challenge? – by S. McBride

The Ice Bucket Challenge.  Who in this country hasn’t heard of it, participated in it, rejoiced in it, derided it or declined it?  This craze that dominated electronic media and spiraled all over the country in the past several months is a good thing.   I know that after a while, people began to get weary of seeing everybody and his brother, mother, father, sister, kids and grandkids, celebrities and sports stars pouring buckets of ice water over their heads, all in the name of raising money for research to find a cure for ALS, but don’t knock it until you fully understand what it’s all about.

Read the entire article in the Sept. 18th issue of the Express.