Tag: Glens Falls

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    Elections 2025

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    Mayor’s races lead local contests in N.Y., Mass. By FRED DALEY Editor Mayoral races in Hudson, Saratoga Springs, Glens Falls and North Adams are headlining a host of local contests as voters cast ballots in the Nov. 4 general election across New York and in the cities of Massachusetts. Voters in Columbia County will be… read more

    Elections 2025
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    A life spent linking region and the wider world

    William B. Eddy attended a Sunday church service in early 1883 with the help of a technological forerunner of contemporary live streaming — By Maury Thompson read more

    A life spent linking region and the wider world
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    Talking tariffs

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    Local businesses try to find safe passage through fast-changing trade wars   John Carr, owner of Adirondack Pub & Brewery in Lake George, is closely watching the effects of new U.S. tariffs, as he relies on imported malt and barley to produce his lagers and ales. Joan K. Lentini photo   By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer… read more

    Talking tariffs
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    A ’24 campaign transformed by radio

    People gathered on the second floor of Wiley’s dry goods store in downtown Glens Falls to listen, via radio, to the inauguration of President Calvin Coolidge on March 4, 1925. It was another in a series of events through which Coolidge pioneered the use of this new medium in politics. “No one can contemplate current… read more

    A ’24 campaign transformed by radio
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    ‘Weather prophet’ was often cited — and sometimes accurate

    Weather Prophet Brady was an often quoted, though not always respected, 19th century weather predictor in the Glens Falls area. The Morning Star of Glens Falls described his forecast for the upcoming days in its Aug. 3, 1895 issue:“’You may say it’s going to rain on Aug. 4,’ said Weather Prophet Brady last night as… read more

    ‘Weather prophet’ was often cited — and sometimes accurate
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    The high-pitched buzz of summers past

    To some, the common mosquito represented an engineering marvel.“A scientist computes that with the aid of a machine constructed on the principle of the boring, drilling and pumping apparatus of the mosquito, a hole could be bored to the center of the earth in less than a day,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported… read more

    The high-pitched buzz of summers past
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    On the rails, serving travelers with flair

    He was as nimble as a circus acrobat, as gregarious as a politician and, at least in the estimation of one canine, as fashionable as a stage actor. “That’s Conductor Frost, the best fellow that ever lived,” a railroad passenger told a reporter for The Mechanicville Era in 1883. The popularity of Charles Frost, a… read more

    On the rails, serving travelers with flair
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    From local pulpits, a push to banish gambling

    The Rev. Sherman Williams, pastor of Glens Falls Methodist Episcopal Church, liked to watch horses trot — with one caveat. “Personally, I very much enjoy a pure and simple horse race,” Williams said in a sermon on Nov. 4, 1894. “But I have never attended a race where gambling and pool selling were the order… read more

    From local pulpits, a push to banish gambling
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    Local House members differ on speaker choice

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    Molinaro’s shifting stance draws questions as 2024 looms By MAURY THOMPSONContributing writer   The 22-day fight among Republicans over the selection of a new House speaker could have ramifications for next year’s elections in New York, where U.S. Rep. Marcus Molinaro is among five GOP freshman defending swing districts for a party increasingly dominated by… read more

    Local House members differ on speaker choice
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    Producing paper — Despite a mill’s closing, industry remains

    Despite a mill’s closing, industry’s role in region remains strong   The Essity tissue mill in South Glens Falls shut down in July, eliminating 300 jobs and ending a tradition of nearly 140 years of paper manufacturing at the site. But industry insiders say the Essity mill faced special pressures that don’t reflect a broader… read more

    Producing paper — Despite a mill’s closing, industry remains