The Express Newspaper – December 25, 2014
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The Express Newspaper – December 18, 2014
Pearl Harbor Remembered at Local Legion Halls
MECHANICVILLE DECEMBER 7- Post Chaplain Bill Wicks read the name of the 53 Mechanicville servicemen who lost their lives in WWII at the Pearl Harbor Remembrance at Lt. Fred Clark American Legion Post #91.Robin Ringlet=r read the poem , "Do you remember me?" written from the perspective of one of the 2,335 who died on December 7th at Pearl Harbor. She led everyone in singing "Remember Pearl Harbor"- written shortly after the event.
Read the entire article in the Dec. 11th issue of the Express.
The Express Newspaper December 11, 2014
The Express Newspaper – December 4, 2014
Rotary Provides 90 Winter Coats – By Tom Mahoney
The Elvis Patsy Cline concert raised enough money so that the Mechanicville Rotary Club was able to provide over 90 coats to needy school children. Every needy child in Hoosic Valley, Mechanicville, Stillwater, and Waterford school will have a coat for this winter. Harriet Noble Mechanicville Rotary President pointed out "It's really 90 + families that are impacted '96 not only will the children be healthier, can go to school when it's cold but the parents can now concentrate on other needs they have.
Read the entire article in the Nov. 27th issue of the Express.
Route 40 Bridge Now Open – By C. Barton
The new replacement bridge on Route 40 in the Town of Schaghticoke opened up on Friday November 14th. The new bridge is 717 feet long and the entire project, which includes the work on Route 40, as it approaches the bridge from both directions, is 2,280 feet long.
Read the entire article in the Nov. 27th edition of the Express.
Local Government Budgets – By H. Wessell
TOWN OF STILLWATER, November 20 - The Town of Stillwater like all New York towns is supposed to approve its Preliminary Budget for the new year on or before November 20. Following Thursday's Town Board business meeting, Supervisor Edward Kinowski mused with this writer: Yes, the Town does have a budget in place, in one way... but it doesn't, in another,and rather roundabout way. "Normally by Nov. 20," explained the Supervisor, "We are ready to do that." But due to what he called "a little bit of a nuance that occurred three days before," the Town did not yet pass its budget by a vote. But in the aforementioned roundabout way, the Town still DOES have a Final Budget in place, as of that night.
Read the entire article in the Nov. 27th issue of the Express.
The Express Newspaper – November 27, 2014
Awards and Achievements/ Local College Students
Local Student in Peer Tutor at Hamilton College
Clinton, N.Y. – Emily E. Moore, daughter of Eva and John Moore of Valley Falls, and a senior at Hamilton College, is serving as a peer tutor in the Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning Center (QSR) at Hamilton this year. The mission of the QSR Center is to support students in the development of their academic skills, and to foster collaborative learning and intellectual growth.
Local Students Honored as Hudson Valley Community College Foundation Awards Scholarships for Incoming, Current Students
TROY, NY (11/17/2014)(readMedia)-- Nearly 100 Hudson Valley Community College students received honors and scholarships at the annual Hudson Valley Community College Foundation Scholarship Reception on Friday, Nov. 14.
Each year, the college Foundation recognizes students who were awarded scholarships this past year as well as the donors who make these scholarships possible. The reception took place in the McDonough Sports Complex.
Several local residents were among the honorees:
Kevin Pallozzi of Schaghticoke, who received the Dave '64 and Jill Fry Technology Scholarship
Eric Samaniego of Clifton Park, who received the Jane S. Mangold Scholarship
Sabrina Fitzgerald of Schaghticoke, who received the Pioneer Bank Scholarship in Memory of John M. Scarchill
Raymond Schoonmaker of Schaghticoke, who received the Troy Police Sgt. Michael Blair Scholarship
Mechanicville Resident to have Principal Role in Theatre Production of The Crucible
FRANKLIN, MA (11/10/2014)(readMedia)-- The renowned Dean College Theatre Department is proud to announce that Anna McKenzie of Mechanicville will have a principal role in the production of Urinetown beginning November 19-23, 2014 at Dean College in Franklin, MA.
The Ithaca College Oracle Honor Society Inducts 180 New Members
ITHACA, NY (11/11/2014)(readMedia)-- The Ithaca College Oracle Honor Society welcomed new members at its induction ceremony held on Nov. 3, 2014.
Zachary Waldek of Clifton Park (12065)
Joseph Buttimer of Clifton Park (12065)
Christina Tudor of Clifton Park (12065)
Kathryn Trainor of Clifton Park, NY, Earns Empire 8 Conference Co-Champion Title with Nazareth College
ROCHESTER, NY (11/13/2014)(readMedia)-- Kathryn Trainor of Clifton Park, NY, earned the Empire 8 Conference co-champion title with Nazareth College's women's soccer team. Nazareth and Ithaca met for the 10th time in the finals of the Empire 8 Conference Tournament for women's soccer with an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament on the line. For the sixth time in that stretch, there were two winners. The Golden Flyers and the Bombers played to a 0-0 tie and were declared Empire 8 co-champions. Nazareth then gained the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament by virtue of a 4-3 advantage in the post-game penalty kick session.