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This Friday The Historians takes a look at The Mohawk River 22,000 years ago(before our time)

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Episode 378-Ann Maria Bullock Schram of Amsterdam, was a volunteer nurse in the American Civil War.  Montgomery County NY historian Kelly Yacobucci Farquhar discusses her research on Schram’s life.

The Montgomery County Department of History & Archives, since its establishment in 1934, has been a Mecca for
genealogical researchers across the nation. The valuable resources and outstanding staff have made this research
library renowned to those in search of family history. While genealogy has helped attract visitors, the department is
also very dedicated to preserving Montgomery County’s local history, a history that has developed over the past 2
½+ centuries.

Tomorrow, Thursday, July 28, 2022

Yeggmen

The article from the Amsterdam Recorder reported, “A couple of professional yeggmen visited Mayfield late Saturday night or early Sunday morning...

Mary Zawacki

A graduate of SUNY-New Paltz who got her masters in Cultural Heritage Studies at Newcastle University in England

Friday, July 29, 2022-Episode 433-A history of the Mohawk River with Mary Zawacki, executive director of the Schenectady County Historical Society.  When the last Ice Age began to melt 22,000 years ago, the Mohawk River flowed with more force than Niagara Falls.

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Mohawk Valley Weather, Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.
Tonight
A slight chance of showers between 1am and 2am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
 
It's Summer, here is The Weekend Weather in The Mohawk Valley
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 80.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 56.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 85.
 
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
Daily Gazette
 
Gloversville native EJ Gallup coaching in The Basketball Tournament
For Fulton-Montgomery Community College men’s basketball coach EJ Gallup, this is a long way from a Mountain Valley Conference game…
 
Author to discuss Saratoga and Schuylerville Railroad
By Jordan Ries For The Daily Gazette New programming has returned to the Saratoga Springs History Museum including this week’s…

https://dailygazette.com/

 
Amsterdam Recorder
 
Demolition proposed for parking garage at Amsterdam’s Riverfront Center
 
AMSTERDAM — The shuttered parking garage at the Amsterdam Riverfront Center may finally come down...

https://www.recordernews.com/

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