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The Bob Cudmore interview with David Cooney from Utica

Army veteran and Utica College student David Cooney about upstate New York prisoner of war camps where German soldiers  were housed in World War II.  One such camp was near Fort Drum and another was in Utica.

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The Latest Print story Posted Early Sunday

The South Side knitting mill was sold in 1945 to Lester Martin of New York City who continued to manufacture underwear under the Chalmers name.  In 1946...

Chalmers knitting mill on the South Side.

Just down(up) the road at Arkell Museum

Tomorrow, Sunday, September 25, 2022 - 2:00pm

The Remarkable, Irresistible Erie - A Musical Concert

http://www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar

Join us in the Great Hall of the Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library for a 90 minute concert presenting songs and stories of the people, places, and the history of the original and enlarged Erie Canal. The concert features songs b folklorist and historian George Ward, Canadian Joe Grant, Dan Berggren and Jean Ritchie along with other familiar traditional Erie Canal Songs.

Episode 441-Giovanni Ruscitti of Colorado is author of the memoir Cobblestones, Conversations, and Corks: A Son’s Discovery of His Italian Heritage.  Ruscitti chronicles the history of his Italian immigrant family and a visit to his ancestral homeland of Abruzzo.

Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Saturday, September 24, 2022

A surface ridge of high pressure will move eastward across the
region today into tonight, providing continued dry conditions.
Temperatures will moderate today into Sunday. Chances for
showers and some thunderstorms will increase on Sunday as a low
pressure system approaches from the west. Unsettled weather will
persist through early next week, as an upper level trough takes
residence across the Northeast.
Sunny, with a high near 66. West wind 7 to 13 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Sunday
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 66. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday
Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
 
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Saturday, September 24, 2022
 
Daily Gazette
 
Nearly 250 Amsterdam Marching Rams, both past and present, to perform at alumni show
AMSTERDAM — Last Friday night, under a familiar cascade of purple and gold, booming brass and crashing percussion, the Amsterdam…

https://dailygazette.com/

RecorderNews

Frontier’s ‘failed system’ plagued by outages in Glen
GLEN — For around a month, Ilene Wagner’s internet provided by Frontier Communications was out...

https://www.recordernews.com/

Leader Herald

Make Us A Part Of Your Day

https://www.leaderherald.com/

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