The Express Newspaper – April 24, 2014
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The Express Newspaper – April 17, 2014
The Express Newspaper – April 10, 2014
Alyssa Moore’s “Life Changing Experience” by Sandy McBride
It was just eight days in her young life, but for Alyssa Moore those eight days were a “life-changing experience”. In early January, Alyssa traveled to the Dominican Republic with a team of medical people and fellow students from Clarkson University to set up a clinic and provide care to villagers who do not routinely receive any medical care at all.
Alyssa, the daughter of Bob and Valerie Moore, grew up in Mechanicville along with kid sister Aubrey. Graduating from Mechanicville High School fifth in her class in 2006, she was a National Honor Society member who had been honored as a Top Six student each year of junior high and high school. Alyssa was the catcher on Mechanicville’s 2005 New York State Class C Champion softball team, and was presented with the Sportsmanship Award for the state tournament. In her senior year, she played again in the state finals. For her prowess as an athlete, she received the Heismann Award for high school students.
Read the full article in the April 4th edition of the Express.
The Express Newspaper – April 3, 2014
Charlies Brown Performed at Mechanicville HS – by Sandy McBride
Exploring the timeless trials of being a kid, as those trials were depicted for many years in the comic strips of the late, great Charles M. Schulz, the Mechanicville Junior/Senior High School Drama Club entertained their audiences last weekend at four performances of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown!”
With snappy dialogue, song and dance in the format of a fast-paced series of vignettes, these students brought to life the beloved Schulz characters Charlie Brown, Linus, Snoopy, Lucy, Schroeder, Sally, Woodstock and Peppermint Patty.
Full Story in the March 27th issue of the Express.
The Express Newspaper – March 27, 2014
Come See “Your A Good Man, Charlie Brown”-by Sandy McBride
Late winter doldrums got you down? Need a fun night out? Treat yourself to an evening of music and laughter as the Mechanicville Junior/Senior High School Drama Club presents “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown!” at the Paul N. Luther Auditorium at Mechanicville High School this weekend. Performances will be held on Friday, March 21 and Saturday, March 22 at 7 p.m. with a Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.
From a story based on the timeless “Peanuts”, written by Charles M. Schulz and beloved by all, these talented thespians and singers will regale you with the antics, the ponderings and the always amusing philosophies of Charlie, Linus, Snoopy, Schroder, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Sally and Woodstock.
The entire article can be read in the March 20th issue of the Express.
The Express Newspaper – March 20, 2014
This Month in the Civil War; Grant Takes Charge – by Sandy McBride
Through the winter of 1864, after the stalemate at Mine Run in December, the Union’s Army of the Potomac and the Confederacy’s Army of Northern Virginia hunkered down in winter camp on opposite sides of the Rapidan River in Virginia. A Federal move on Florida had met with failure in February, as had a cavalry raid on Richmond. A campaign to traverse the Red River in Louisiana to cut off the flow of arms and goods from Europe to the Confederacy by way of Texas was getting off to a slow start, and an attempt by General William Tecumseh Sherman to link up with General William Sooy Smith and march troops from Meridian, Mississippi to Selma, Alabama had met with failure when Smith’s men were defeated by Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry in an engagement at Okolona. Sherman burned the city of Meridian and returned to Vicksburg.
Full article in the March 13th edition of the Express.