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Schaghticoke Man in Custody for Alleged Homicide By Christine Barton

Schaghticoke-July 4th The police responded to a call at about 8pm at 1445 Route 40 in Schaghticoke. Reports indicate that Michael Matala, 62 was found dead at the scene and his wife Cynthia Matala, 58 is currently on life support in response to her injuries.

Anthony Repp, 22, son of Cynthia and stepson to Michael was considered a person of interest almost immediately. The search for Repp continued for several hours, as police presence in the area was heavy throughout the night and early morning. Area residents were advised to secure their homes.

Updated news reports on July 5th confirm that Repp was apprehended early this morning in Deerfield MA. It is suspected that he was able to hop on a freight train via area train tracks. Deerfield police notified area police that he was in custody. He will be transported back to New York.

As of recent reports at 8am, Cynthia still remains in critical condition. It is also suspected that Repp may have had some involvement in the reported attempted burglary call at about 2:30am this morning on Buttermilk Falls Road, which is fairly close to the area of the crime scene.

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Adirondack Save-A-Stray Pets for Adoption

Adirondack Save A Stray
4880 New York 9N, Corinth, NY 12822
(518) 654-6220
11am - 6pm • adirondacksaveastray@yahoo.com

Bull dog - St Bernard - mix puppies - 10 weeks old, up to date on shots, de-wormed and ready to go to their forever home.

Kittens- We are getting in new litters every week. This litter just came in from Corinth. We are having an adopt one and get a second for the same price. Come and adopt.

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Lance Corporal Anthony Denier Honored – By Tom Mahoney

STILLWATER JUNE 29-  Mary Morgan, her family, friends, the Patriot Guard, elected officials, and US Marine  Corps gathered to honor  Mary’s son, Mechanicville native  Lance Corporal Anthony  J Denier. They gathered at Solomon National Cemetery to witness the unveiling of Anthony Denier’s name on the Saratoga Veterans’ Monument. Lance Corporal Anthony J Denier died in combat in Afghanistan on December 2, 2012. His name joins other Saratoga County natives who died in service to their county.

 

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Sailing Vermont Farmers Market – By Harold Wessell

MECHANICVILLE, June 26 – In a time when "snail mail" is a glibly uttered – and still found inaccurate  at times –  put-down of a centuries-old mode of delivery that by tech-era standards takes too much time, an initiative by a  Vermont farmer is bringing back a viable alternative to the truck: delivery by boat.

Not just a boat, a sail boat – and one that looks a lot like a canal barge, at that. "Delivered by Sail" is part of the logo of the Vermont Freight Sale Project Erik Andrus heads up.

Andrus farms high up along Lake Champlain – a rice farmer in Vermont of all things, in fact the biggest Japanese rice farmer in the Northeast USA. "I used to grow wheat and rye and barley," he began. "Then with rainfall arriving in more and more torrential amounts and my fields being very heavy soil and wet... I shifted over to rice!"

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Marty Canavan Inducted into Hall of Fame – By Sandy McBride

Marty Canavan, Mechanicville native and 1960 graduate of Mechanicville High School, was one of 24 contributors to the great sport of basketball inducted into the Upstate New York Basketball Hall of Fame at their fifth annual induction ceremony held last week at the Troy Hilton Garden. 400 people attended the ceremony.
Marty retired in 2011 as an Associate Professor Emeritus in the Business Department at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs after a thirty year career in higher education. A graduate of Siena College, he served as a second lieutenant the United States Army’s Transportation Corps following his graduation.

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Schaghticoke at Harper’s Ferry – By Chris Kelley

For the last couple of weeks, I have written about our recent visit to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The National Park Service has preserved many buildings there and does a find job telling the story of what was once a thriving industrial community at the gorgeous confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. We really went to try to understand why a Union Army of 12,000 was surrendered to Stonewall Jackson and the Confederates on September 15, 1862 at Harpers Ferry, including our local boys, Company K of the 125th NY Infantry.

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July, 1863: Gettysburg Part I – By Sandy McBride

In the beginning, it was about shoes.

In the green and glorious countryside of northern Maryland and southern Pennsylvania at the end of June in 1863, two opposing armies groped their way toward destiny, neither knowing for sure where the other was or where it was headed.

There was a small town called Gettysburg in southern Pennsylvania where nine roads converged, almost like the spokes of a wheel.  It was rumored that there were shoes to be had in Gettysburg, and many of the Confederate soldiers who had marched all the way from Virginia still had no shoes.

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