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Historians Podcast Episode 238- Sue Ingalls Finan discusses her historical novel “The Cards Don’t Lie.”  The book is based on real-life accounts of women during the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.  The victory of General Andrew Jackson’s American forces over the British at New Orleans effectively ended the War of 1812. Wednesday exchange and Podcast "35 Minutes"

1814: It’s the third year of the United States second War of Independence. The British are on the verge of capturing the strategically important port of New Orleans. In the midst of the Americans’ chaotic preparations for battle, three women play key roles in the defense of the city.

Mohawk Valley "More Down the Page" and the links to get there

Amsterdam girls’ basketball pulls away to finish off 63-45 win over Johnstown

Montgomery County finally writes off $428K in property taxes Amsterdam supposedly owed

Rain New Year's Day

The last Historians Episode for 2021

Focus on History in the Daily Gazette, Saturday, January 1, 2022- Soccer, ice cream and men’s clothing among 2021’s topics

...by and by tomorrow

Andy Nelson 

Thursday, December 30, 2021- From the Archives of Focus on History in the Daily Gazette-Amsterdam police officer

  Nelson’s niece, Florence Orlando now of Gloversville, recalled her aunt and uncle came to visit her family in Mount Kisco, New York, with Andy in the driver’s seat of an Indian motorcycle

...ain't over till, but, it is this Friday

December 31, 2021

Hot off the Press

Episode 403-2021 Highlights Episode #5-The Lincoln assassination; reviving New York City’s Broadway theaters; an Adirondack lumber baron; a woman bandit from the Wild West; whatever happened to Judge Crater and Trancendentalism in Concord Massachusetts in the 1800s.

This is where 2022 comes in...

Saturday, January 1, 2022-Focus on History in the Daily Gazette- Soccer, ice cream and men’s clothing among 2021’s topics

Rain on New Years Day High 47

Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, December 29. 2021 

A slight chance of freezing drizzle before 10am, then a slight chance of drizzle between 10am and 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.
Tonight
Cloudy, with a low around 33. Calm wind.
Thursday
A slight chance of rain and snow before 9am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Light west wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Friday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.
New Year's Eve
A chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
New Year's Day
Rain. High near 47. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
 
1936
December 29-Birthdate of Mary Tyler Moore
Every Saturday Night in the early 70's, she did not like the cost of meat, but the theme song was zippy

Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Daily Gazette 

Amsterdam girls’ basketball pulls away to finish off 63-45 win over Johnstown
AMSTERDAM — Comfortably ahead since early in the second quarter, the Amsterdam girls’ basketball team finally started to feel a…

EDITORIAL: Let public speak at local government meetings
You attend a local government meeting, and they discuss something that particularly piques your interest and generates some questions in…

https://dailygazette.com/

 
Amsterdam Recorder 

Montgomery County finally writes off $428K in property taxes Amsterdam supposedly owed

AMSTERDAM — After years of negotiations between the city and Montgomery County, the Legislature...

https://www.recordernews.com/

Leader Herald

Gloversville will have two DPW directors on temporary basis

by Jason Subik

https://www.leaderherald.com/

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