Lorissa Rinehart has written a biography of groundbreaking female photojournalist and war correspondent Dickey Chapelle titled First to the Front.

Lorissa Rinehart

Saturday, July 22,-From the archives- Episode 174, July 28, 2017, Tugboat captain Art Cohn discusses canal schooners, the tractor trailers of the Erie Canal. Cohn was interviewed during the summer tour of the replica canal schooner Lois McClure. Also on this episode, a visit to an authors’ fair at the Fulton County Museum in Gloversville.

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Amsterdam’s night time food wagons.

Recorder columnist Hugh Donlon, born in 1896, fondly remembered the end of the era of downtown Amsterdam’s night lunch wagons. Two lunch wagons were drawn by horses each afternoon...

The Historians with Bob Cudmore, Episode #500 on the way this November

History the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

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Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Friday, July 21, 2023

68 degrees in The City of Amsterdam at 6:33AM

A slight chance of showers before noon, then scattered showers and thunderstorms between noon and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Partly sunny, with a high near 79. West wind around 11 mph.

Sunday Sunny, with a high near 83. West wind 6 to 8 mph.

Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Friday, July 21, 2023

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