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The Nature of Fragile Things

Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so anxious to get out of a Manhattan tenement that she answers a San Francisco widower’s mail-order bride ad.

Wednesday, January 26-From the Archives- March 29, 2019-Episode 259-Patricia Walsh Chadwick, author of “Little Sister,” a memoir about her childhood in which she was raised in a strict Roman Catholic community. Wednesday Interview "32 Minutes"

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Thursday, January 27, 2022-From the Archives of the Daily Gazette-Amsterdam barber a black political leader

Friday

New York State historian Devin Lander discusses plans to observe the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution

Amsterdam’s “Hallelujah” Connection

Saturday, January 29, 2022

Focus on History in the Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder

Coming soon on Historians Podcast-Episode 408-WGY radio’s 100th anniversary; Episode 409-James Kirby Martin is executive producer of the documentary Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed.  The film is based on Martin’s book Benedict Arnold Revolutionary Hero.  The documentary is streaming on several TV platforms.

 Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Today
Sunny, with a high near 17. Wind chill values as low as -5. Light west wind increasing to 9 to 14 mph in the morning.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around -7. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with a high near 24. Wind chill values as low as -7. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Wednesday, Janaury 26, 2022

Daily Gazette

2.6% Capital Region unemployment rate lowest in a third of a century
ALBANY — Capital Region unemployment dropped to 2.6% in December, the lowest rate ever seen in the 32 years the current…

GE reports net loss, decreased revenue amid challenges of 2021
BOSTON — General Electric on Tuesday offered an optimistic forecast for 2022 as it presented a not-great financial report for…

https://dailygazette.com/

 
Amsterdam Recorder 

Glen residents ‘categorically opposed’ to wind project

GLEN — The concern of residents is mounting to a proposed wind turbine that would be visible...

‘The right wrong turn’; town’s new deputy supervisor arrived by accident a little more than a year ago

https://www.recordernews.com/

Leader Herald

Gloversville’s DRI local planning committee announced

by Jason Subik

https://www.leaderherald.com/

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