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Josef Charles Mueller, Jr.

 

Josef Charles Mueller, Jr. of Colonial Road passed away on Monday, September 1, 2014 at Albany Medical Center.  He was 86.   Born in Boston on November 22, 1927, Joe is the oldest son of the late Josef Charles, Sr. and Cornelia (MacLeod) Mueller.

A memorial service will be held at 1PM on Thursday, September 4, 2014 at the Stillwater United Church, Hudson Avenue, Stillwater.   Burial with military honors will follow at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. Arrangements by Chase-Smith Family Funeral Homes, Stillwater (664-3731)

Memorials may be made to the National Brain Tumor Society, 124 Watertown Street, Suite 2D
Watertown, MA 02472, in memory of Erik A. Mueller in Joe's honor.

 

Online remembrances may be made at www.chasesmithfamily.com

 

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Bicentennial of the Battle of Plattsburgh – by Chris Kelly

 

I will take a week off from Schaghticoke mill history to remind us all that 200 years ago at this time of year, New York State was being invaded by a large British Army via Lake Champlain. I was reminded of this because recently I heard an NPR radio broadcast recreating the invasion of Washington, D.C. two hundred years ago in August. The British Army, fresh from beating Napoleon at Waterloo, marched into Washington and burned the White House and Capitol buildings.

 

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Valley Falls FD Awarded Bid – by Christine Barton

 

Town of Pittstown-A letter of concern went out to town and village residents in early August, urging them to attend the August 11th Town Council meeting to show support for the Valley Falls Fire Department to continue to provide the fire protection services to the Tomhannock District Residents.

According to the information in the letter “the Valley Falls fire department has been providing services to the Tomhannock District for more than 50 years.”  It kept it’s rate flat on town residents for the five years from 2007 to 2011 and then cut its tax rate by 15% in the past 3 years.” The information in the letter titled “Tomhannock District Residents Tell Pittswtown Town Council: Say YES to Valley Falls Fire Department, was confirmed as accurate by Richard Andrew, Mayor of Valley Falls.

 

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Photolithography & Microchips – by Lauren Peterson

 

So what is photolithography and how does it relate to microchips?

Also called UV lithography and optical lithography, this process describes how light is used to transfer patterned coatings from a ‘reticle’ to a light sensitive ‘photoresist’ on a substrate. Chemical treatment engraves this exposure pattern onto the substrate (the substrate is the silicon wafers we have been talking about, in this case), beneath the photoresist. This can be done multiple times; indeed, some microchips (integrated circuits, to the electronics world) have up to fifty layers on them. The process is not so different from regular photography, before the age of digital cameras, when a pattern was created in the presence of light, except that our resist (the layer used to transfer a pattern to a substrate) is not a picture but an exceedingly precise circuit pattern.

Read the entire article in the Sept. 4th issue of the Express.

 

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The Canary Just Died – by Harold Wessell

SCHUYLERVILLE, August 27 - As a visitor to Hudson Crossing Park, near Lock 5 of the Champlain Canal, takes the path to its "Riverwalk Sensory Trail," one of the first signs is a warning familiar on the river: "Catch and Release area... Take no fish. Eat no fish."

Reaching the trail, to the left one can walk to the historic, restored for non-automobile traffic Dix Bridge; which has become a hiker and cyclist access across the Hudson to trails in Washington County and north.

Read the entire article in the Sept. 4th issue of the Express.

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Clayton Donald “Red” Darrow – 80

SCHAGHTICOKE – Clayton Donald “Red” Darrow, 80, died Friday August 29th at Evergreen Commons, East Greenbush, after an extended illness.

A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 2nd at 1 PM at DeVito-Salvadore Funeral Home, 39 So. Main St., Mechanicville.  Burial with military honors at Saratoga National Cemetery.Calling hour at the Funeral Home, Tuesday from 12-1 PM.  In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Saratoga National Cemetery Honor Guard Assoc., (SNCHGA), 200 Duell Rd., Schuylerville, 12871.

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

Read the entire obituary in the 09-04 issue of the Express.

 

 

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All Saints on the Hudson Faith Formation Registration

MECHANICVILLE - Registration for all grades Kindergarten to High school will be available the following times and places:

  • At the Parish Center 52, William Street, Mechanicville: after the 4:00pm Mass and 10:30 am Mass: the weekends of September 6th / 13th and September 7th/ 14th
  • Registration will also be offered during Faith Formation office hours Monday- Thursday - 8:00am to 3:00pm.

Registration Forms are also available to download or to pick up at the following places:

At www.aspchurch.com

  • At St Peter’s Church, Stillwater, and St Paul’s in Mechanicville *
  • Classes Start for Elementary Grades on Monday, September 22 And Wednesday, September 24th
  • For Grades 6-High School, Sunday, September 28th

Please call Vickie Giulianelli, Director of Faith Formation with any questions or concerns at 664-3354.