Tag: Hudson Falls

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    Curtain rises at restored theater

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    In Hudson Falls, community rallies to revive a long-dormant venue   Jonathan Newell stands at the ticket booth of the newly restored Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls, N.Y. Newell is executive director of Hudson River Music Hall Productions, which led a years-long effort to revive the long-dormant theater at 210 Main St. Joan K. Lentini read more

    Curtain rises at restored theater
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    Local suffragist tried to upend a party machine

    A Hudson Falls suffragette tested the muscle of local political bosses in 1918 and attracted statewide attention as the first woman in upstate New York to compete in a Republican primary for a state Assembly seat. When Elizabeth Mitchell launched her campaign, it had been less than a year since New York amended its state read more

    Local suffragist tried to upend a party machine
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    Teacher connects stories from World War II, Holocaust

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    Teacher’s living-history project puts faces to World War II, Holocaust By STACEY MORRISContributing writer HUDSON FALLS, N.Y.   Matthew Rozell, a high school history teacher in Hudson Falls, stands in front of a classroom display of newspaper front pages from the World War II era. He will retire this month after 30 years of teaching, read more

    Teacher connects stories from World War II, Holocaust