The Historians

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Tomorrow, Sunday, April 23, 2023

Boxing a popular Amsterdam sport

Sammy and Jimmy Pepe, who owned a West End restaurant, trained fighters and were friends with German heavyweight Max Schmeling.  Jo Jo Zeno had training quarters on East Main Street. 

A highlights edition with excepts from: Steve Haggerty on Norman Rockwell’s models; Denise Van Buren on Beacon, New York; Kate Fagan on women’s basketball; Charles Evans on Valerie Andre, French surgeon and rescue pilot; Alan Maddaus, on the Prestons of Galway, a 19th century family; Maria Riccio Bryce, creator of Requiem: What Remains Is Love; Patrick Chaisson on aircraft production in New York State during WW II.”

Bob Cudmore "History stories from The Mohawk Valley"

How the Adirondack forest preserve was motorized. The guest is John Warren, founder and editor of New York Almanack.

Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Saturday, April 22, 2023

Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Southeast wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Tonight
Showers, mainly after 11pm. Low around 47. Breezy, with a southeast wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sunday
Showers, mainly before 1pm. High near 56. West wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
 
Bob Cudmore Focus on History Stories posted each Weekend in the print and e-edition of The Daily Gazette and Amsterdam Recorder
Today "A shooting death in Fort Johnson"
 
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Saturday, April 22, 2023
 
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When Credibility Matters
 
EDITORIAL: While waiting on budget, lawmakers could make government more transparent
As rank-and-file state lawmakers are muddling around while the governor and state legislative leaders are off in some secret lair…
 
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RecorderNews
 
Limo operator’s attorneys file request to appeal to higher court to reinstate no-jail plea deal
 
ALBANY — Attorneys for Nauman Hussain have filed a request to appeal to the state’s highest court...
 
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The HistoriansBy Bob Cudmore