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The Greater Amsterdam School District Hall of Fame induction is coming soon.  The dinner and ceremony will take place at 6 pm Friday, September 15, 2023 at the Perthshire on Route 30 north of Amsterdam. The cost is $50 per person.  For more information email [email protected] or call or text Rich Allen at 518-878-6374

Episode 361-Sarah Patten, author of “The Measure of Gold,” a historical novel set in Europe in World War II with a focus on French Resistance women spies.

No magic is more powerful or dangerous than the spell of love. It is 1940, and Germany has just invaded France. Across the ocean, in Sweetwater, Tennessee, Penelope, a beautiful alchemist, receives a letter from her childhood friend, Naomie, urging her to France. Bereft from the loss of her widowed father, Penelope leaves her life and travels to German-occupied Paris. 

Thursday, August 31, 2023

Focus on History from the Daily Gazette-Matthew was more than a haberdasher

One of old downtown Amsterdam’s most unique stores was Matthews on the north side of East Main Street, advertised as the city’s most exclusive men’s store.

On the September Historians schedule, the Underground RR and an interview with Charles H. Yaple, from Marathon, N.Y. Professor Emeritus, SUNY Cortland (schedule could change, we will be the first to let you know)

...and some football history

Friday, September 1, 2023-Episode 490-Christopher Gorham is author of Anna Rosenberg, The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America.

Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, August 30, 2023

71 degrees in The City of Amsterdam at 5:30AM

Showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then a slight chance of showers between 2pm and 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog before 7am. High near 77. West wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph.
Thursday
Sunny, with a high near 74. North wind 6 to 8 mph.
 
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Wednesday, August 30, 2023
 
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