BUFFALO, NY (10/13/2014)(readMedia)-- Buffalo State is pleased to welcome the Class of 2018 to campus. This year's freshmen started class on August 29.
Emelia Dugmore of Clifton Park (12065)
Tatayana Gibson of Clifton Park (12065)
Shadeaya Venable of Clifton Park (12065)
MECHANICVILLE OCTOBER 10- Eighty Momentive Performance employees were at the Community Center to put finishing touches on their volunteer work . This day was called " The Day of Caring." Every year Momentive, located in Waterford, looks for a project where it can make a difference. Twenty projects were submitted to Momentive. Because of the diversity of work to be done and the fact that many employees live in Mechanicville, the Community Center was chosen.In July Momentive made the decision to do a "Home Makeover " type operation at the Community Center.
Read the entire article in the October 16th editon of the Express.
Tuesday, October 7, marked the seventy-fourth anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second and final trip to the Mechanicville area. Things had changed dramatically since his initial trip here on October 17, 1929. Then, the newly-elected Governor was pre-occupied helping Mechanicville Mayor George O. Slingerland organize ceremonies marking the transfer of Saratoga battlefield properties to the State. Yet, a few days later, the New York Stock Market crashed, ultimately plunging the nation into the Depression and thrusting the young Empire State governor into the White House where he would spend the rest of his career confronting both domestic economic devastation and the rise of fascist dictatorships abroad.
Read the entire article in the October 16th edition of the Express.
Yolanda M. Palmer - 76
MECHANICVILLE – Yolanda M. Palmer, 76, of County Route 75, died early Saturday morning, October 11, 2014 at Samaritan Hospital as a result of pancreatic cancer.  Born May 19, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Madalena Palmer.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday at 11AM at All Saints on the Hudson South Church, 121 N Main St., Mechanicville, NY 12118 with burial to follow at St. Paul’s Cemetery.  A Calling Hour will be held prior to the mass from 10-11AM at the church.  Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105 in loving memory of Yolanda M. Palmer.
Please visit www.devito-salvadorefh.com for directions to the church and to leave condolences.
The full obituary will be in the Oct. 16th edition of the Express
All of us who grew up in this area a few years back know that song which was written by Thomas Allen back in 1905. We sang it in school. It was Americana. For us in the Mechanicville-Stillwater-Waterford-Halfmoon area, it was our own history. We live in an area where a century and a half ago the Erie Canal and the Champlain Canal were both life-giving arteries that made transportation, settlement and commerce possible throughout northern and central New York in the days before there were planes, trains and automobiles, big trucks and superhighways. The barges and passenger boats that plied the waters of these amazing canals in the 19th and early 20th centuries were for the most part powered by mules walking the towpaths.
Read the entire article in the Oct. 9th issue of the Express.
