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Bob and Chris on a train coming back from NYC


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Wednesday, December 14, 2022-Episode 346-Christopher Philippo is editor of “The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories Volume Four.”  Stories include The Green Huntsman and The Christmas Ghost.

The Christmas ghost story tradition is usually associated with Charles Dickens and Victorian England, but -- apparently unknown to historians and scholars -- Christmas ghost stories were extremely widespread and popular in 19th-century America as well, frequently appearing in newspapers and magazines during the holiday season.

Thursday, December 15, 2022

The Italian Gardens in Broadalbin

" Husted, who died in 1921, apparently wanted the gardens to duplicate formal gardens in Italy."  

Friday, December 16, 2022

Episode 453

2022 Highlights Edition with excerpts from the secret role of Japanese Americans who fought in the Pacific in World War II; Bob Gumson’s memoir In Blind Sight; Amsterdam’s Guy Park Manor; Anita Sanchez on the history of glaciers and Jim Kaplan on the life of of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.

Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, December 14, 2022

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 8 to 16
inches or more possible.
* WHERE...The southwestern Adirondacks, western Mohawk Valley,
Schoharie County, eastern Catskills, the Helderbergs, and the
western parts of the Lake George/Saratoga area.
* WHEN...From Thursday afternoon through Saturday morning.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. The
hazardous conditions could impact both the morning and evening
commute Friday.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow amounts will vary depending on
location and elevation, with the greatest snowfall totals
expected in the higher elevations. Snowfall rates could exceed
one inch per hour.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Wednesday, December 14, 2022
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