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Amy Catania of Historic Saranac Lake explains how that upstate New York community became a center for the treatment of tuberculosis.

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 26, 2022- From the Archives of the Daily Gazette-American Legion memories.

Congress declared war on Germany in April 1917, bringing America into the World War that had begun three years earlier.  The first Amsterdam National Guard members departed for World War I in August of 1917.

Friday, May 27, 2022-Episode 424

David Brooks from Schoharie Crossing State Historic site in Fort Hunter takes a look at life on the wild side of the Erie Canal with tales about the Kilboys, including balladeer Tom Kilboy.  Schoharie Crossing in Fort Hunter, where the old Erie Canal crossed the Schoharie Creek

Saturday, May 28, 2022-From the Archives-Friday, October 4, 2019-Episode 286-Charles Postel, author of “Equality: An American Dilemma 1866-1896,” follows three organizations: the Grange, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Knights of Labor.

This Sunday, May 29, 2022 A Bob Cudmore Focus on History column about Joseph and George Tralka.  A native of Poland, Joseph came to Amsterdam by way of Brazil and Pennsylvania and was longtime organist and choir director at St. Stanislaus Church.  His son George went off to the Second World War then became a physician in the Washington D.C. area.  

Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southeast wind 3 to 5 mph.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind 6 to 13 mph.

The Historians Podcast is heard on WCSS in Amsterdam, 1490 AM and 106.9 FM, following the Noon news on Saturday.  Historians Podcast is also carried on RISE, WMHT’s radio service for the blind, and on WBDY 99.5 FM in Binghamton.

Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Wednesday, May 25, 2022
 
Daily Gazette
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Amsterdam Recorder
 
Smoke shop opens in Amsterdam after confusion over decision on variance
 
AMSTERDAM — A smoke shop has opened on Division Street in Amsterdam after building inspectors...

https://www.recordernews.com/

Leader Herald

Council passes new tree laws for city

by Jason Subik

https://www.leaderherald.com/

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