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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

From the Archives-July 10, 2020-Episode 326-A look at the history of the Albany County town of New Scotland with Alan Kowlowitz, president of the New Scotland Historical Association, and town historian Bob Parmenter.

Thursday, July 14, 2022

From the Archives of the Daily Gazette-A telephone pioneer 

   Telephones at first were used by prearrangement.  According to a 1940s article by Earl Stowitts of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce, “Twice a day at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., the persons at each end of the line, by a process of shouting into the telephones, and then moving the same instruments to their ears to hear what was shouted back, were able to carry on a conversation over the intervening ten miles.”

Friday, July 15, 2022

Episode 431-Former New York Times investigative reporter Howard Blum exposes the danger posed by the suspected infiltration of America’s Central Intelligence Agency by a series of Russian spy agency moles through the years.  Blum’s new book is “The Spy Who Knew Too Much.”

The Schoharie County Historical Society 2022 Summer Lecture Series lineup. The lectures, led by a full slate of local historians, authors, and artists, will be held at historically significant locations along the Schoharie Valley, including Lasell Hall, the Dr. Best House Museum, and the Schoharie Colonial Heritage Association on Depot Lane.

https://theoldstonefort.org/2022/06/2022-summer-lecture-series-lineup/

The Summer Lecture Series will kick off tomorrow, Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 7 p.m. at Lasell Hall, on Main Street in Schoharie with host historian Jeff O’Connor, author of the first installment of a three-volume series “Skohere and the Birth of New York’s Western Frontier 1609-1731”.

Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. West wind 3 to 8 mph.
Tonight
Scattered showers, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Thursday
Scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
 
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Wednesday, July 13, 2022
 
Daily Gazette
 
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band coming to MVP Arena in Albany
ALBANY – Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will kick off their 2023 international tour with 31 performances across…

https://dailygazette.com/

 
Amsterdam Recorder
 
Opposition to proposed business park in town of Florida has Winstanley ready to pull plug
 
TOWN OF FLORIDA — Winstanley Enterprises is apparently ready to scrap plans for a business park...

https://www.recordernews.com/

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The HistoriansBy Bob Cudmore