Episode 174-Tugboat captain and historian 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. Picture shows canal schooner Lois McClure docked at Amsterdam's Riverlink Park. Also on this episode, a visit to an authors’ fair at the Fulton County Museum in Gloversville.http://www.fultoncountyhistoricalsociety.com/home.html
Senate Rejects Obamacare Repeal, With McCain Casting the Decisive ‘No’ Vote
New York Times:https://www.nytimes.com/
Today's guest on Talk of The Town with Bob Cudmore on Magic590 and 100.5 WROW, Hoosick Falls Mayor Ron Allen. Listen on line at 12:05PM http://www.albanymagic.com/
Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather-Friday, July 28, 2017-Today Patchy dense fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Sunday Sunny, with a high near 78.
1896 Amsterdam Death of Miss Caroline Elliott.
1791 Albany John Stewart famous English pedestrian who had toured on foot Europe, Asia and Africa, arrives on his way to Canada. Mohawk Valley Web:http://mohawkvalleyweb.com/
Mohawk Valley Link of The Day, Village of Hagaman:http://www.townofamsterdam.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=26&Itemid=73
Ray of Sunshine: Fair kicks off Saturday in Cobleskill
'Once you pay your $15, other than the food, everything is included'
Daniel Fitzsimmons Daily Gazette https://dailygazette.com/article/2017/07/27/ray-of-sunshine-fair-kicks-off-saturday-in-cobleskill
CAROGA — Although the ultimate fate of the former Sherman’s Amusement Park remains uncertain, the town board voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve a series of four summer concerts sponsored by the Caroga Arts Collective slated to be held at the 8.6-acre venue located at the intersection of Route 10 and Route 29A Leader Herald http://www.leaderherald.com/news/in-brief/2017/07/concerts-slated-for-shermans/
History of the Mohawk Valley: Gateway to the West 1614-1925 Chapter 33: Palatines Settle Schoharie — 1712. SDA-http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/mvgw/history/033.html
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an expanded Taste NY experience at The Great New York State Fair, by bringing the Taste NY Store and Taste NY Market under the same roof for the first time.https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-expanded-taste-ny-experience-2017-great-new-york-state-fair
CANAJOHARIE — The Arkell Museum & Canajoharie Library welcome entries to The Art of New York: Annual Juried Art Show. http://www.artintheadirondacks.com/2017/art-new-york-call-entries-arkell-museum-canajoharie/
GLOVERSVILLE — City residents will soon have a reason to get outside and celebrate summer. The 13th annual Railfest in Trail Station Park is scheduled for Saturday, August 5, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and organizers promise it will be a spectacle to behold by DUSTEN RADER RecorderNews http://www.recordernews.com/news/local-news/93926
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