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Bob Cudmore Radio Schedule today, Saturday, July 8, 2023

WCSS 106.9FM and 1490AM Amsterdam at Noon

Saturday, July 8, 2023-Episode 482-American Revolution Stories. Eric Schnitzer and Nina Sankovich, spoke at last month’s Revolutionary War conference sponsored by Fort Plain Museum. Schnitzer has written the text to artist Don Troiani’s Campaign to Saratoga 1777. Sankovich discusses how the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy families of Braintree, Massachusetts fanned the flames of America’s revolution.

Saturday, July 8, 2023-Episode 319-Hear about the Miracle on Ice and more from sports journalist and skater Christie Sausa, author of the book “Lake Placid: Figure Skating, A History.”

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Cable TV promo made while I was working there,...about 1989

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Saturday, July 8, 2023-A landlocked “lighthouse” that helped motorists on a busy Mohawk Valley highway.

Sunday, July 9, 2023 (Printed in The Gazette and Recorder each Saturday)

Weston the Pedestrian

When Edward Payson Weston strode into Amsterdam in 1910, the New York Times reported that Weston received “the merriest reception which has been accorded him at any place during his walk across the continent.”

Episode 482-American Revolution Stories.  Eric Schnitzer and Nina Sankovitch, spoke at last month’s Revolutionary War conference sponsored by Fort Plain Museum.  Schnitzer has written the text to artist Don Troiani’s Campaign to Saratoga 1777.  Sankovich discusses how the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy families of Braintree, Massachusetts fanned the flames of America’s revolution.

Mohawk Valley  Weekend Weather, Saturday, July 8, 2023

69 degrees in The City of Amsterdam at 6:04AM

Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday
Rain and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
 
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Saturday, July 8, 2023
 
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