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Wednesday, March 8, 2023-From the Archives, Episode 455-Buddy Levy author of Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic (1913) Voyage of the Karluk.  Levy, who lives in Idaho, is a go-to author for Arctic history.

The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it.

In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world’s greatest living ice navigator. The expedition’s visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson hungry for fame.

Gloversville ghosts? Utica area paranormal agents ready to probe the undead
GLOVERSVILLE — The Fulton County Historical Society neither accepts nor dismisses the existence of ghosts. But they welcome believers. Bob will have more on this tomorrow, Thursday, March 9

Thursday, March 9, 2023-If you knew Susie

   Angelo Sardonia was born in 1911 in Poultney, Vermont and moved to Amsterdam as a young boy.  His nickname was “Susie.”  Unlike Johnny Cash, he enjoyed the name.

Beacon New York Historical Society

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March 10. 2023-Episode 465-Denise Doring VanBuren is president of the Beacon New York Historical Society and author of two books and editor of a third book about Beacon’s history.  Dia Beacon, a modern art museum revived formerly industrial Beacon starting in 2003.

Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. West wind around 11 mph.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind around 10 mph.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. West wind around 9 mph.
 
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Wednesday, March 8, 2023
 
Daily Gazette
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NYRA releases stakes schedule for 155th Saratoga Race Course meet
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The 155th Saratoga Race Course meet will include its usual roster of stakes races in 2023, with…
 
https://dailygazette.com/
 
RecorderNews
 
Town of Florida residents want more info on proposed wind turbine; written comments accepted through March 13
 
TOWN OF FLORIDA — Residents want more data on impacts to the visual landscape, noise and birds...
 
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