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Battle of Chattanooga – By Sandy McBride

Staggering losses by both sides in the Battle of Chickamauga in Georgia in September of 1863 had the leaders of both the United States of America and the rebellious Confederate States of America searching for answers.  127,000 men had converged on the valley of the Chickamauga River in the latter days of September in 1863, and more than 34,000 of them had been killed, wounded, captured or just gone missing.  It was the bloodiest conflict yet in a bloody civil war.

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Mott Families’ Halfmoon Roots – By Lynda Brian

Halfmoon – “Let us be known by our deeds.” That was the family motto. Often when we think of billionaire families, we might think of the Rockefellers, Rothschilds, Fords and Carnegies. Their history of wealth and power transcend not only generations but entire eras of history. The Mott family, among the first self-made billionaire families in the US, is an exception to that rule.  Early in our nation’s history, the Mott family was just regular farmers. Zebulon Mott owned a farm deeded in 1795 at where Farm and Market and Pruyn Hill roads meet.

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John “Jack” Peter Dyer – 74

John “Jack” Peter Dyer - 74

STILLWATER - John "Jack" Peter Dyer of Graves Road passed away suddenly at his home on Saturday, October 19, 2013. He was 74.

Relatives and friends may call from 4-8pm on Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at the Chase-Smith Family Funeral Homes, 319 Park Avenue, Mechanicville. Funeral Mass will be conducted on Thursday at All Saints on the Hudson, South Church 121 North Main Street, Mechanicville. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery, Stillwater.  In lieu of flowers, kindly consider donations to the Stillwater Ambulance Fund or the John Ahearn Rescue Squad in memory of Jack.

Full Obituary will be in the Oct. 24th issue.

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Troy Files Lawsuit to Claim Schaghticoke Property – By Christine Barton

Rensselaer County- The towns of Schaghticoke, Brunswick and North Greenbush were recently informed through a legal petition filed by the city of Troy that 67 properties throughout these three municipalities were determined to fall in the legal boundaries City of Troy. The City of Troy recently conducted its first citywide reassessment project since the 1970’s. The company that conducted the project was GAR Associates. Inc. It was through the photographs taken during the project that identified that these properties were positioned technically in the taxing jurisdiction of the city. While the bordering municipalities have had these properties on their assessment rolls for years, this discovery prompted Troy to file a petition to have these properties added to the city’s assessment rolls and eliminate them from the rolls of the municipalities that they are currently being taxed under. Of the 67 properties in question, 55 were located in Brunswick, five were in North Greenbush and seven were in Schaghticoke.

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Patricia Polacco Visits Mechanicville School – By Sandy McBride

She was learning-disabled.  She could not read until she was 14 years old. She had dyslexia and was unable to sit still. She could not do math. She was teased, laughed at and humiliated.  In her own words, she “had a dazzling array of tricks to hide what I was going through from my teachers.”

But today Patricia Polacco is the author and illustrator of 95 books for children.  She has won numerous prestigious awards for her writing and her art. And she is an amazing public speaker.  On Thursday of last week, she delighted the students and teachers at Mechanicville Elementary School with her story of how she got to that place.

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Rep. Giffords Attends NEACA Gun Show – Michael Bielawski

Saratoga – Two years ago, former US Representative Gabrielle Giffords was victim to a gun-shot wound to the head at a shooting near Tucsan, Arizona.  This past Sunday, she and her husband former astronaut Mark Kelly, attended the Saratoga Springs gun show.  As NY State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman put it “Our two national heroes who are walking into space where there are not a lot of folks that are brave enough to try and bring the two sides together.”

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Brown’s Beach – A Work In Progress – By Harold Wessell

STILLWATER, October 14 --The Stillwater Town Board is looking for a few ... more ... good men – and women, to make the revival of Brown’s Beach the community’s accomplishment, says Town Supervisor Edward Kinowski. He envisions the same kind of effort that went far toward the creation of Hollow Town Park, where citizens made new things happen.

"Our Board is making progress with the Brown's Beach restoration," Kinowski told the Express in a conversation this week. "Over the past four weeks, following the final purchase on 16 Sept., a variety of tasks was accomplished by volunteers and contractors.  Most of the work to date

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