Hosley Hoop Classic 7 BY SANDY McBRIDE Tornado of 1998 5 School Fire of 1919 10 STILLWATER
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VETERANS
Malta Veteran Honored 26 by Harold Wessell
FAITH
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n Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 11am the 26th annual Memorial Day Ceremony was held a G.B.H Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. This year’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony was made possible through collaboration from local high schools, individual volunteers, area businesses, fre departments, veterans’ organizations and local, county and state offcials and the leadership and hard work of the volunteers and staff of the Saratoga National Cemetery.
Scott Lamb, Director of the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga Na-
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tional Cemetery served as the Master of Ceremonies. The invocation and benediction was offered by Maj. Xiomara Diaz, NYANG, 109th Airlift Wing Chaplain. The opening ceremony was led with a cannon salute by the NYS 3rds Light Artillery, Company H-Lt Colonel Pat Dolan, Commander and 55th Middlesex Batter ANV, Col. John Rathbun, Commander. Jonathan Barada, Assistant Cemetery Director offered a welcome address speaking words of thanks and honor for all Vet-
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erans. Remembering “those who leave never to return and those who return but are never the same.” Scott told of the history of Decoration Day and how Memorial Day came to be nationally recognized. Flanders Field was recited by Stillwater American Legion Post 490, Poppy Queen, Sophia Carson with musical numbers including the National Anthem performed by Amy Walag
This year’s keynote speaker was Brigadier General Gary R. Charlton II, United States Air Force. A combat veteran, Brig, General Charlton served seven combat deployments; Operations Desert Shield and Storm and Northern Watch while enlisted and four additional deployments fying F16C combat missions in Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. General Charlton currently serves as Assistant Adjutant General – Air for the New York Air National Guard, Department of Military and Naval Affairs, Latham and is responsible for mission and operation effectiveness across 6 distinctly different weapons systems, spanning 5 fying Wings and the Eastern Air Defense Sector. He offered words of thanks to all the branches of the United States Military and Veterans who have selfessly served and are serving our country. Remembrance is one of the biggest honors we can offer to those who made the ultimate sacrifce for our freedoms.
The Posting and Retiring of Colors and TAPS were performed by the Saratoga National Cemetery Honor Guard Association and the Pipes and Drums were performed throughout the ceremony by Josh and Caleb Bromley. The
ceremony ended with a National Cannon Salute. Memorial weekend at Saratoga National Cemetery is considered one of the most honorable and photographed weekends of the year. Volunteers come early in the week to assist in raising over 50 American fags that line the cemetery entrance, then early Saturday morning, ‘Flags In’ takes place, honoring each Veterans gravesite with full honor and a fag.This is the 26th year that people across the Capital Region came together
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Mechanicville
Memorial Day Program
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Joe Maiello Post 91 Adjutant was the Master of Ceremonies of the Memorial Day Observance. Maiello reminded everyone who gathered they were there to “honor the memory of the fallen warriors who gave everything for their country.” Many were teenagers or in their early 20’s. “Regardless of age to their families they are forever young, healthy, and strong.”
Chaplain and Korean War veteran Paul O’Keefe gave the invocation. Assemblywoman recounted the names of those from our area who were killed in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WW 2, Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. She recounted t he Casey Frankoski and John Grassia who were killed in a peacetime helicopter crash on the Mexican border last year.
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at Saratoga National Cemetery on Memorial Day weekend to honor and appreciate our Veterans who served in all branches of the United States Armed Forces.
Through a collaboration of local, state and national efforts, ceremonies in communities all over the country are held each year on Memorial Day weekend to remember and honor our veterans who have selfessly served our country. These ceremonies remind us of the true meaning of Memorial Day weekend which is to honor those who gave their all.
Saratoga County Clerk Craig Hayner
Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner
Paul O’Keefe, Post 91 Chaplain
Joseph Maiello, Master of Ceremonies
Not One Life Lost in Spite of Staggering Destruction
by Sandy McBride
This article frst appeared in The Express issue of June 8, 2008. It is reprinted from Sandy’s book “ A Hometown is…”
May 31, 1998- The scene was surreal. After the violence, the noise and destruction there was the unreality of it all. Upside down cars, pink bats of insulation draped over naked tree limbs, leaves shredded into minuscule bits stuck all over the pavement. Houses with no fronts. Houses with no roofs. Houses that were no more. Twisted sheets of metal siding hanging like grotesque sculptures. Metal trailers shot full of holes by fying bricks from a once-towering smokestack, now a heap of rubble. Upside down vehicles looking for all the world like toys tossed aside by the hand of a gargantuan angry child. Huge trees sprawled on the ground. A statue of the Virgin Mary sitting in
a yard untouched in a feld of debris.
No Hollywood special effects expert could have planned this. If he had, we’d have smirked and said, “Man, you’re a little over the top!”
Then there was the stunning realization. It wasn’t a nightmare, it was real. It was so real that Governor George Pataki came to view the devastation, as did Assemblyman Pat Casale. They walked through the shingles, the shattered boards, the broken glass, the tree limbs, the upside down furniture, the demolished vehicles. The governor acknowledged what everyone was feeling . . . “It’s a miracle no one was killed!”
The swath of de-
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• 1 c dry orzo
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• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 c grated parmesan cheese
• 2 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp fresh parsley
• Salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
• Shredded parm cheese for garnish (optional)
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Peonies
by Nancy O’Donnell
just got in from our nightly garden cruise with my best bud, Hudson and my peonies caught my eye. In full bud and crawling with ants…the queen of garden fowers set to bloom!
Considered heirloom perennials, their roots are often shared down through generations, most of mine are well over 60 plus years. My frst roots were given to me by a neighbor some 40 years ago who was in her eighties and had gotten them from her sister. Like I said, heirlooms.
Since they fower in late spring- early summer you want to dig and divide them at the opposite end of the growing season…fall. You can absolutely buy them potted now and plant but
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Paeonia is the offcial genus, the species varies depending on variety. Hardy zones
2–10, a very wide growing range. Full sun, organically rich, well-drained, yet moisture retentive soil are musts. A bit fussy with their growing conditions but once planted they’ll call the space home forever, so the better the soil, the better the plant. Fertilize when the stems emerge in spring.
Heights range from 18 to 36 inches with similar spread. White to pink shades, reds to maroon and even yellow bloom colors. The fowers regardless of whether they are anemone, semi double or
doubles get heavy and tend to spill downward. Consider placing a tomato cage carefully over emerging stems in early spring, the foliage will completely engulf the cage through fall. Another option is to use individual peony stem supports as needed.
Deadhead after bloom, allowing foliage to remain until a hard frost, then cut to ground level. This ensures food manufactured throughout summer gets relocated to the roots for winter storage. Gently mix bonemeal into the soil for a slow, winter feed that’ll aid in next season’s bud formation.
The ants, you ask? Garden folklore says they help open the buds, but truth be told they are simply dining on the very sweet bud nectar while raising havoc with any harmful insects bent on destroying the buds. Let them be, they are friendlies.
In closing, if you are lacking blooms, check the depth of the roots…peony root ‘eyes’, the sites where the stems emerge, must not be any deeper than 2-inches below the soil line and yes mulch depth counts. When mulching, cover lightly (1/2-inch) over crown to give your garden the look of consistency and help retain moisture.
Have a great week!
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The Hosley Hoop Classic to be Held
The Hosley Hoop Classic will be held on Saturday, May 31, at the Park Avenue Playground. Games start at 10 AM. Last year there were 6 teams, 3 boys, 3 girls, and one autistic.
Each team is composed of 3 players. Cost per team is $10. Signups at the Public Safety Offce in City Hall or on Saturday morning at the Park Ave. Playground.
There will be free food for all of the participants. Proceeds all go to the City Youth Programs.
Tye Pryor is in charge of the event.
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Court St. Paul #71 Catholic Daughters of the Americas will have their next meeting on Tuesday, June 10 at 6:30 in the Parish Center. This will be our love a vet night. If any member wishes to purchase items, the vets enjoy puzzles, books, pencils, erasers, snacks, toothpaste and non-alcohol mouthwash. We hope to see our members at the meeting. New members are always welcome.
The Catholic Daughters will host their chicken barbeque picnic on Tuesday, June 17 at 5:30 PM at Glen Hollow Park on County Rt. 76. The cost is $10 for members and $17 for non-members. Feel free to arrive any time after 4pm.
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The National Weather Service was widely credited with the sparing of lives in the path of this monster. The fact that it hit on a Sunday afternoon when many people were at home and caught the warnings on TV and radio was a blessing as well. As the NWS tracked the twister, re-
peating the warnings over and over, people took shelter in their basements, praying that it was an exaggeration. It wasn’t. Winds were estimated at 208 miles per hour as it tore through Mechanicville and Riverside, lessening just slightly as it hammered Rensselaer County.
And what do small town folks do when their small towns suddenly look like a war zone? They help. Help came from neighbors across town, neighbors across the street, friends and relatives and big-hearted strangers from out of town and even out of state. Policemen, fremen, rescue squad personnel, city and town offcials, community center personnel, and eventually, because the task ahead was so monumental and so overwhelming, in came the National Guard. Many victims helped others, even though they were worse off than the ones they were helping.
Donations poured in, making a veritable mountain of clothing, bedding, toys, furniture and anything else the now homeless and displaced could use. The Community Nursery School and the Mechanicville Area Community Services Center were packed foor to ceiling with goods. Shelters were set up in several places, but many people bunked in with relatives and friends. Local organizations provided a schedule of meals. Businesses and residents gave everything from water to furniture to food to cash to help the victims sustain themselves until the cleanup could be done and damage could be repaired.
Mayor Tom Higgins of Mechanicville, sidelined by a recent surgery, was grateful for the efforts of Commissioner of Public Safety Guy “Butch” Coreno who galvanized the city forces to support and assist the victims. Town of Stillwater Supervisor Paul “Butch” Lilac, Town of Schaghticoke Supervisor Jean Carlson and Town of Pittstown Supervisor Thomas Salisbury stood strong in the face of a disaster which would require all their resources, all their organizational skills and long hours of their time to effect recovery in their communities.
Area churches and clergy offered their help, spiritual and otherwise. School offcials in Mechanicville, Stillwater and Hoosic Valley cancelled classes, offered assistance and did all they could to help their young students under- ▶
▶ stand and cope with their own losses or losses suffered by their friends. In the aftermath, the schools’ sports teams dedicated their efforts to honor their stricken classmates.
In the days and weeks that followed, a mountain of debris collected by an army of workers and a feet of loaders and trucks piled higher and higher in the old railroad yards west of Mechanicville. Stillwater’s Code Enforcement offcer Tom Rinaldi made the assessment on the following Wednesday that 40 structures in the Town of Stillwater and the City of Mechanicville would have to be demolished, and 250 more would require signifcant repair.
Old homes, new homes, vehicles, jobs, treasured mementos, trees, household possessions . . . so much was lost. But not one human life. Yes, it was a miracle.
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PERSONAL MEMORIES
OF THE TORNADO OF 5/31/1998
From the June 7, 2018 issue of The Express Jeff Alonzo, former Mechanicville Fire Chief
“My parents’ house was completely leveled with my former wife, 11 month old son, Mom, Dad, Sister along with a great Aunt and Uncle who were all in the basement during this. Their house was where the tornado hit. My dad had a London Broil he was about to cook. The fact that they were in the basement anyway is what saved them. Since that day I have not eaten a London Broil. My Grandparents home next door received substantial damage but fortunately they were in Florida at the time. My Aunt and Uncle lived across the street from my parents. My Dad ran over to get them out of their house less than 10 minutes before the Tornado hit. Their home was also signifcantly damaged. I lost all of my childhood memories - pictures, toys, High School senior picture etc... Stuff I was saving there for my kids. My parents’ checkbook was found in Valley Falls.
Kevin Connors
“Ihad just made it home Sunday afternoon after coaching my son Eric in a baseball game. There had been bad weather warnings so we knew it was not a good day to travel but we had to go. When I got home I noticed the dog was going crazy and the skies looked scary . My wife Wendy our fve children, and myself ran into the basement. When the tornado came through it sounded like a locomotive heading into the living room.
When it was over I knew it was a disaster and had to go see our clients. My family did not want to be
left alone so everyone packed in the car and off they went , frst to the offce. Connors Insurance had the capability to write small checks to tide over a client until the offcial insurance adjustment. I grabbed blank checks, took 5 Polaroid cameras and all the flm I had and off they went. Hildreth’s was the frst stop. I wrote a quick $2500 check and was off to try to get up to Viall Ave. Offcer Lydey Carey was on duty and let me up the hill. The home of one of my clients, Nick Izzo, was on fre. There was so much destruction I could not even fnd Bancroft St. “
Pat Hildreth, Proprietor of Hildreth’s Restaurant
“We had at least 40 people eating in the restaurant on that late Sunday afternoon. When the tornado hit everyone hit the foor. It was crazy and we just let everybody go. We had a freezer which disappeared. Maybe it is on the bottom of the Hudson.”
Anthony Sylvester
“Iasked for two weeks off from work to help out in Mechanicville. The next morning, I went to the DPW garage and helped drive a dump truck and pick up debris. After a few days I helped the Chamber of Commerce collect food and bring it to places serving meals to victims and volunteers. Then I went on to picking up clothing and monetary donations; and delivering food and water to volunteers. A few months after the tornado I was honored at banquet as
the Chambers Man of the Year for helping after the Tornado. I appreciated it very much but felt I was only one of the many Helping Hands which Mechanicville has so many. I call them Mechanicville’s Hidden Angels- they show up when needed. “
Donna Bove
“We were living on Sirchia Rd, off of Viall Avenue. It was a Sunday at around 4:30, a very hot and humid day. We were preparing snacks when it started to get windy and I suggested we go down cellar. On the way downstairs I saw stuff in the area blowing sideways. When we were in the cellar I wondered why it was so wet.
When it was over we came up and discovered that the reason for the wet cellar was the blown out windows in the house.The houses of our neighbors next to us and across the street were rubble. Our house was still intact.
At the time I was working at Polyset. One of the two chimneys came down during the tornado. The next day there were bricks all over in the offces, and the roof came off. Thank goodness that this did not happened during a work day. At Polyset we had a picnic table. That disappeared after the tornado. Eventually it was found across the Hudson River in Schaghticoke.”
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This Week in Saratoga County History Mechanicville’s 1919
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Fire by Sandy McBride
Sandy McBride is a native of Mechanicville. Writing has always been her passion, and she has won numerous awards for her poetry. For the past 17 years, she has written feature stories for The Express weekly newspaper. She has published four books of feature stories and two poetry collections, and a children’s historical novel on the Battles of Saratoga entitled “Finding Goliath and Fred”.
It was a very calm night. No wind was blowing and the ground was free of ice and snow and the moon was shining brightly. It was a beautiful winter’s night, with no hint of tragedy. Communicants of the First Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church were meeting for special entertainment.
At the Music Hall on Park Avenue, a dance was in progress. In the basement of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, a few yards north of School One, members of the Mechanicville Retail Grocers’ Association were just sitting down to their banquet. The calendar said February 17, 1919 and the clock in the basement said 7:45 p.m. Forty-fve minutes before, the School One clock had sounded seven.
In the new high school, adjacent to St. Luke’s church, the Mechanicville basketball team known as the Halfmoons were handing the Troy Arsenal a drubbing by the score of 24-16 when someone rushed into the gym balcony and shouted ‘School One is burning!’”
Hal Sheehan, Mechanicville’s well-known newspaper columnist who for years recorded and recounted some of the most fascinating happenings in the history of our communities, gave us a vivid picture of what happened on that February night one hundred and two years ago. He recounted this tragic event in several of his columns, Down Our Way, in the Saratogian, in 1969 and again in his column Over Mechanicville Way in the Gazette in 1984, as well as brief mentions in others. The school building was Mechanicville’s frst high school and was built in 1888. Its frst class graduated in 1892, a class consisting of six young ladies. It had twelve large classrooms on three stories, as well as a library and a board of education meeting room in the basement. Atop what Hal calls the “ugly” mansard roof was the pride of the community . . . a tower with a large clock and a 1457-pound bell that rang the hour of the day and night faith- ▶
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As the community of Mechanicville grew, a new, larger high school building was built on the other side of St. Luke’s church and rectory in 1915, and the original building became an elementary school dubbed School One.
On that February night, Sheehan tells us, the Reverend James A. Tappe, rector of St. Luke’s, looked out his window, only a few yards from the school building, at about 7:45 and saw fames shooting up from the basement. He sounded the alarm from a fre box in front of the church, and the Mechanicville Fire Department raced to the scene.
Firemen had to deal with no pressure in the hydrants, but soon got their pumpers into action. Seeing the magnanimity of the blaze, they brought in their ancient steamer and put it in action to reach the top foors. One of their big concerns was of the roaring fames spreading to the rectory of the church as well as the Mead home on the south side of the school. The school had wooden ceilings, wooden staircases and oiled birchwood foors and quickly became a roaring furnace.
At 8:57, the mansard roof collapsed into the basement. Three minutes later, at exactly nine o’clock, the bell chimed nine times and then clock and bell plummeted 60 feet from the tower into the basement. The fre would not be controlled until 11 p.m., but continued to smolder all night and the next day as 50 tons of coal stored in the basement burned. By morning light, nothing remained of the school but windowless walls and three chimneys towering above the rubble. Lost in the confagration were a thousand library books as well as the textbooks of the
school’s 550 students. The fag, which had not been taken down that night, also burned.
City residents wept as they watched the blaze consume the school of which they were so proud. The loss of the clock and the bell were particularly lamented, especially since it had rung just a few months earlier on November 11, 1918 to proclaim the end of the Great War. Many demanded that the bell be retrieved from the wreckage and used again on a new school building. Sadly, the damaged bell was eventually auctioned off, and the high bidder was the Meneely Bell Company of Troy which ironically had crafted the bell some 32 years earlier.
While the students were relocated to many locations throughout the city until a new School One could be built, in a later column, Hal noted an interesting side note to the fre. It seems that an annual occurrence was the migration of chimney swallows who few into Mechanicville every year on May 15. They always made their home in the ventilating chimney at the rear of the school. Observers had noted that there were about 200 of those swallows living at the school in the previous September when they had left town and headed south on the 15th of that month.
Said Hal, “When the fre destroyed the school building and left only skeleton chimneys standing, the swallows must have gotten the message, for they never returned.”
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Memorial Day Commemorated
Stillwater May 23
efore the Annual parade of celebration people gathered at Post 490 to honor the fallen. The remembrance was moved inside due to the weather, the sentiments expressed were the same indoors our out.
Ed Kinowski, the Town of Stillwater Supervisor, as well as a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan spoke. He described Memorial Day as an expression of thanks to those who served and died in combat. Kinowski said we would have to keep America” true, free, and great.”
Senator Jim Tedisco praised the US military as the greatest fghting force in the world.He recounted his experience working with his dad at the GE turbine plant. It was this expreince of just one day which made him commit to improving his grades so he would not have to wrk in the heat and the grime.
Sophia Carson, the Poppy Queen, recited Flanders Fields, as she would during the parade and the following day at Solomon Cemetery.
Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner gave a brief bio of a soldier from the area who died in wars from the American Revolution through Iraq. She concluded by reciting the names of Casey F who died in a peacetime helicopter crash in peacetime last year. Their bodies were taken through Stillwater on the way to Solomon National Cemetery.
John Mehan recited the names of Stillwater natives who died in war starting with World War I starting with Earl J Manning who died in 1918.
At the conclusion of the ceremony Post Commander Ed Burmaster announced he was stepping down after serving 16 years.
The Annual Stillwater Memorial Day Parade
Sponsored by Post 490, the parade was held on a rainy Friday May 23. John Mehan, Treasurer of Post 490, maintains this is the oldest Memorial Day Parade in the State.
Poppy Queen read the Poem “In Flanders Fields” and dropped a bouquet of poppies into the Hudson River.
Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner
Stillwater Supervisor Ed Kinowski
Post Commander Ed Burm
Senator James Tedisco
John Mehan
Sophia Carson
George Marshall, Grand Marshall
Renegades
Stillwater Softball
Poppy Queen Sophia Carson
Mayor Judy Woods-Zeno and Fire Chief Tony Conti
Fiesta Band of Mechanicville
Stillwater Christian Fellowship
Racing City Chorus
Post Commander
Burmaster
Town Offcials D’Ambro, Cowin, and Weaver
Throwing candy
Supervisor Kinowsi and the Stillwater elected offcials
Village of Stillwater VFD
Vince Gallagher
Grand Matron Kelly Henderson
Capital District Youth Pipe Band
Justin MacFarlane
Jo Anne Boucher
Tiny Art Show
Friday, May 30th
Michele Barron of the Stillwater Public Library invited artists of all ages to contribute to her Lilliputian version of an art gala. 92 artists contributed to this most sophisticated display of extreme talent. The Tiny Art show will be held on Friday, May 30th at 6:00pm in the library. This is sure to be a very fanciful black-tie affair with light refreshments and a great unveiling. Black ties will be supplied should you not have one in your wardrobe. These striking art pieces will be on display until the end of August. All art afcionados are welcome to attend!
On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, residents of the Stillwater Central School District approved the proposed $31,707,356 budget for the 2025-26 school year by a vote of 373 to 145, a 72.01% approval. The budget refects a 3.00% increase in spending over the currentyear budget and a 4.87% increase in the tax levy, which is within the district’s tax levy limit.
“On behalf of the Stillwater Central School District, I sincerely thank the community for their participation in today’s vote,” said Superintendent of Schools Joseph Mariano, Jr. “Your approval of the 2025-26 budget ensures we continue providing a safe, high-quality education that supports student success while maintaining longterm fscal responsibility. We’re excited to move forward together, building on this foundation for our students and future generations.”
The approved budget maintains all educational programs for students, preserves current services and includes the purchase of four new diesel school buses. It also provides funding for faculty and staff salary increases, higher health insurance and employee beneft costs, the elementary STEAM program, BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) and a new agricultural science teacher position.
The projected tax levy—the total amount of money a school district raises through property taxes—increases by 4.87% under the approved budget. This increase is below Stillwater’s maximum allowable tax levy increase of 4.88% as determined by the state’s tax levy “cap” formula.
District offcials surmise that school tax rates, which are the amount of taxes residents pay per $1,000 of assessed property value, will increase by approximately 2.31% for district residents. Final school tax rates are set in August when municipalities fnalize their assessment rolls.
Board of Education election
Three seats on the Stillwater Board of Education were up for election this year, each for three-year terms. Candidates received the following number of votes:
Tara Gutman: 326 votes
Robert McCoy: 301 votes
Aimee Salecker: 298 votes
John Hoogeveen: 180 votes
Carrie Sabourin (*write-in): 94 votes
Tara Gutman, Rob McCoy and Aimee Salecker will fll three-year terms beginning on July 1, 2025.
Stillwater Public Library proposition approved, trustees elected
District residents approved a $413,782 budget for the Stillwater Public Library by a vote of 323 to 191, which is separate and apart from the school
district budget, to fund the operating budget of the library. The Stillwater Public Library has the same service boundary as the school district, however, the library is not governed by the district.
Voters also elected the following three individuals to the library’s Board of Trustees to three-year terms beginning July 1, 2025:
Christine Zakrzewski: 291 votes
Brandon Dingeman: 26 votes
Lora Segura: 18 votes
Stillwater Board
Election Results
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Stillwater Memories from Rich Crammond
Iwould like to share some times from my early days, 1960 to 1970
The frst memories that comes to mind is when I would walk from Dick Lynch Road to Russell Road near Quaker Springs through the Saratoga Battlefeld, via Route 32. That big bag of cookies I was carrying saved my butt for sure one day.
When walking north past the old Hannah Farm out come these 3 “Big” dogs barking and showing their teeth. When I got to my Aunts house I was short on cookies but “so glad to be alive.”
I also remember me walking past Hurb Noonan’s house sometimes at night. Hurb lived on Colonial Road, not too far from the village. He lived by himself and when I would walk past at night I would hear those creaking sounds coming from inside. Used to make my hair stand up.
Hurb always carried a big sack on his back, like Santa when walking to the store. I gave him a ride home one hot summer day in my new red, top down convertible. It was the last time to see him alive. Rest easy old friend.
Schaghticoke & Hoosic Valle
Village of Schaghticoke Memorial Day Parade
by Christine Barton
On Thursday, May 22, 2025, the annual Memorial Day parade was held in the Village of Schaghticoke. The parade began at the East Gate of the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds and processed down Route 40 to the Veterans Memorial. Following the parade Village of Schaghticoke Mayor Scott Rice opened the ceremony with welcome remarks. Town, county and state elected offcials joined the Schaghticoke community for this annual Memorial Day Observance to recognize and give thanks to our Veterans.
Rensselaer County Legislator, Bill Maloney led the service. The invocation and benediction was provided by Lynne Hardy, Pastor of the Presbyterian United Church and music provided by the Hoosic Valley Band. This year the parade was hosted by the Schaghticoke Fire Department. Stewarts shops provided free refreshments following the service.
Each year the communities in the Towns of Schaghticoke and Pittstown comes together for a Memorial Day parade and an observance to remember and honor the lives of the American soldiers who have died in military service. Typically, the locations of the parades alternate each year between Johnsonville, Valley Falls, Schaghticoke and Melrose with 2024 being the frst time Hemstreet Park joined in the parade rotation.
The 2025 Memorial Day parade included representation from area Fire Departments and Rescue Squads, area VFW Posts, local American Legion and auxiliaries, the Cub Scouts, several Rensselaer County organizations, the Hoosic Valley Band as well as state, county and local elected offcials. The speakers refected on the importance of Memorial Day to our nation’s history and the importance of paying tribute to those that “gave all for our freedom.” Valley Falls resident and Army Veteran Joe Madigan was honored as this year’s Grand Marshall.
The speakers noted that the great turnout to support the parade this year, despite the rainy weather conditions, refects the patriotism that the community shares. It was noted of the importance of keeping these traditions and our nation’s history, alive in our communities. The community was also reminded to enjoy our freedoms this weekend all while remembering and honoring the memory of those veterans who made these freedoms possible.
Grand Marshall Joe Madigan and Family
TMemorial Day Observance Held in Valley Falls
By Christine Barton
he annual Memorial Day Observance was held this year on Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 10am at the Valley Falls Community Hall. Every year on the weekend of Memorial Day the community comes together for a service in honor of the soldiers who have selfessly died protecting our freedoms.
We are reminded of the true meaning for this day. Memorial Day is the federal holiday that exists to honor and mourn all the military personnel who have died in the performance of their military duties while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Lynn Keyes and Rev. Ralph Marino, members of the Valley Falls Library Board, opened the ceremony with a welcome message followed by the invocation. The Pledge
Greenhouses
of Allegiance was recited by all. Lynn read a list of names of the local community members who served in the military. “We don’t know them all, but we owe them all.” The Veterans who were present at the event were also recognized and honored for their service to our country and our community.
The Scout Troop #49 led by John Sassatelli on the bagpipes offered the presentation of colors. The troop also served as the color guard as well as offered the fag raising and lowering and the wreath placement. The singing of America the Beautiful was led by Kristine Wohlfahrt. The ceremony ended with the playing of Taps offered by Julian Habak, a Hoosic Valley music student who has been an active part of the service for four years now.
The ceremony is hosted by the Valley Falls Library. Every year this service is made possible by a combination of efforts of local organizations and community members who each offer their special talents to make this event possible. Lynn offered a special thanks for all the youth of the community that have donated their time to contribute to this ceremony.
Again, this year the annual Memorial Day Observance brings the community together to honor our local heroes who have died serving in all branches of the United States Armed Forces. On Memorial Day we “remember and honor.” 311 Pinewoods
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Rural Development
ASD Schaghticoke Solar II, LLC: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment
AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), USDA
ACTION: Notice of Availability of an Environmental Assessment
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS), as required by the National Environmental Policy Act, is issuing an environmental assessment (EA) in connection with possible impacts related to a project proposed by ASD Schaghticoke Solar II, LLC, of Galway, NY. e proposal is for construction of a 3.375 MWac groundmounted photovoltaic (PV) solar facility located at 863 Old Schaghticoke Road in Schaghticoke (Rensselaer County) New York 12154. e Proposed Project will be situated on approximately 17.94 acres of the parcels identi ed as 21.-2-5 and 21.-2-4.2 by the Rensselaer County Parcel Map.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: omas Lacko, Environmental Protection Specialist, USDA RBS, 108 Holiday Way, Schoharie, NY 12071, 518-295-8600 ext. 106, omas.lacko@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ASD Schaghticoke Solar II, LLC proposes to construct a 3.375 MWac ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) solar facility situated on approximately 17.94 acres. e Proposed Project will be situated on two pieces of land separated by the Schaghticoke Highway Garage and connected by utility lines. e proposed solar array will consist of xed tilt solar panels and associated limited use access roads and array equipment. e solar panels will be placed throughout the parcel to place the solar array in locations that best t the existing property and topography. e Proposed Project would include the construction of ground mounted solar arrays with poletype foundations and associated equipment, including inverter (to allow for the transmission to the existing utility grid), transformer pads, access roads, and perimeter fence. e maximum depth of disturbance will be 6 feet. Gravel or concrete equipment pads will be installed throughout the Proposed Project Area. e estimated duration of construction is approximately 9 months, and it is anticipated that the facility will operate for 24-40 years. Once the Proposed Project has reached its operational end, the facility will be decommissioned and returned to its preconstruction state. e Proposed Project will be accessed from Old Schaghticoke Road.
True North Consultants, Inc, an environmental consultant, prepared an environmental assessment for RBS that describes the project, assesses the proposed project’s environmental impacts, and summarizes as applicable any mitigation measures used to minimize environmental e ects. RBS has conducted an independent evaluation of the environmental assessment and believes that it accurately assesses the impacts of the proposed project. No signi cant impacts are expected as a result of the construction of the project.
Questions and comments should be sent to RBS at the address provided. RBS will accept questions and comments on the environmental assessment for 14 days from the date of publication of this notice.
Any nal action by RBS related to the proposed project will be subject to, and contingent upon, compliance with all relevant Federal environmental laws and regulations and completion of environmental review procedures as prescribed by 7 CFR Part 1970, Environmental Policies and Procedures.
A general location map of the proposal is shown below.
Dated: May 22, 2025
Knickerbocker Mansion’s
Summer Guided Tours
132 Knickerbocker Road
Schaghticoke, New York
You’ll hear about the Knickerbockers and their neighbors as they navigated the tumultuous early days of the 18th century through the French & Indian and Revolutionary Wars. Spoiler: Have you ever seen an example of rare 15th century Dutch architecture, or a section of wallpapers meticulously peeled away to reveal old patterns dating to the late 18th century . . . or a 17th century Peace Tree named Witanagemot? So much to mull over at Knickerbocker Mansion located in the heart of the beautiful Upper Hudson Valley. We’re open every Sunday from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. through the end of October. Come and enjoy.
Our tours are free-of-charge, but donations are gratefully accepted. The Knickerbocker Historical Society is a 501-C3 nonproft organization, and all proceeds are utilized for the preservation of the Mansion. www.knickmansion. com 518 588-7130
CSchaghticoke in the American Revolution: Post-Ticonderoga, May-June 1775
By Chris Kelly, town historian of Schaghticoke
ommemoration of the frst two military events of the American Revolution is over: Lexington and Concord in April, and the seizure of Forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point by Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold in May. So the British Army was being held, surrounded, in the city of Boston; and the many cannons at the forts were available for the newly forming American army to use- but located far from any centers of population. The Albany Committee of Correspondence was still the “sort-of” government of the Colony of New York, with representation from all the parts of Albany County, including Schaghticoke. The Provincial Congress was still meeting in New York City, with representatives from all parts of the colony, including Albany. And the Continental Congress was meeting in Philadelphia, with
representatives from all of the colonies.
When the Albany Committee of Correspondence met on May 22, 1775, it had two major concerns. The frst was to prevent people from selling arms or ammunition to anyone opposed to the “liberties of America,” in other words, to anyone supporting Great Britainquite a big ask. Second, they were concerned that the Mohawk Indians would get involved in the “dispute between Old England Boston.” The Albany folks were concerned partly because the colony of New York had always supplied the Mohawks with gun powder, and the Committee didn’t have the capability to do that. Abram, a chief of the Mohawks, stated that “the white people may settle their own Quarrels between themselves.” We know that the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) would generally support the British in the war, but for now there was relief that there wouldn’t be an Indian attack any time soon.
to transport the cannons. The Congress did purchased 100 barrels of pork to send to Fort Ti. Albany sent two barrels. It also sent Henry I. Bogert to inventory the cannons and to estimate what would be needed to transport them to the south end of Lake George. Bogert had begun to construct scows there at Fort George by the end of May.
The Albany Committee seized the contents of the powder magazine in the City of Albany, “much wanted through the different parts of the County.” There were 450 guns, “in very bad repair,” and most of the powder was spoiled. Gunsmiths began to repair the guns and the powder could be “wrought over anew” at a gunpowder mill.
Committee members also intercepted and opened mail from British soldiers and others in Canada, intended for the old British government in Albany. British offcers based there said they expected to be attacking the “rebellious New Englanders” in Boston soon. And citizens in Canada loyal to Great Britain talked of raising a regiment to retake Ticonderoga. These were very frightening developments, and they pushed the Albany Committee to begin to raise its own regiments of soldiers…more about that in a future column.
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Now that Fort Ticonderoga was in American hands, those soldiers needed to be supported with food and ammunition. The NY Provincial Congress suggested that Albany send provisions north, along with carpenters to build boats
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Waterford Memorial Day Parade
by Vince Gallagher
The annual Waterford Memorial Day Parade took place on Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00 p.m. The route started along Grace Street down to Broad Street, concluding with a ceremony at Soldier’s & Sailor’s Park.
Members of the town board, local frst responders, community organizations, and local leaders took part in the ceremonial event.
This year’s parade grand marshal was Andrew “Andy” Walters, a lifelong resident of Waterford. In 1980, Walters enlisted in the U.S. Navy Delayed Entry Program, and continued years of service to his country. Walters was the recipient of the Navy Overseas Ribbon, the Cold War Medal from New York State, and two Navy Expeditionary Medals, among other awards. In 1998, he also became the commander of the Sons of the American Legion.
The parade is hosted by Waterford Parks & Recreation and traditionally takes place the Wednesday before Memorial Day.
Grand Marshal Andy Walters
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EASTON - Alvin A Brownell Jr, 86, passed away Tuesday, May 20,2025 in the comfort of his Easton home, where he was cared for by his loving wife and children. Al was born in 1939 and grew up in Valley Summit being the oldest son in a family of 7 born to Alvin A Brownell Sr and Marietta (Hendrick) Brownell.
Al was educated in the West Cambridge one-room school and Cambridge Central. At 17 years old, he joined the US Army serving 2 years of active duty reaching the rank of Staff Sergeant and spending time in Germany and California. Active duty was followed by 4 years of reserve duty.
Barbara Anne Perkins - 92
MECHANICVILLE – Barbara Anne Perkins, 92, of Vosburgh Rd, died peacefully at Schuyler Ridge Residential Health Center on May 22, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Mechanicville on November 2, 1932, daughter of the late Irving and Marguerite Kelly Dunn, she was a Mechanicville High School graduate.
Anne worked at the General Electric Credit Union, Waterford for over 25 years. Anne dedicated her entire adult life to caring for her children, especially her sons Daniel and Patrick, who were both born with disabilities. Most of the choices in her life were made to best provide for their care. After retirement, she wintered in Florida with her husband Vernon and Dan and Pat, for 15 years.
“Joe” Perkins, Jr(Julie Anderson) of Halfmoon, Colleen (Mike) Cambage of Ballston Lake, John “Jape” (Karen) Perkins of Mechanicville, Kelli Alonzo (Dave Fusco) of Stillwater, Michael Perkins of Mechanicville and Daniel Perkins of Halfmoon, along with 15 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren, her sister Rosemary Garland, and countless nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Mass was held on Tuesday, May 27th at 11AM at All Saints on the Hudson Church(St. Paul’s), 121 N Main St, Mechanicville, NY 12118 with interment to followed alongside her husband and son at the Saratoga National Cemetery
She was predeceased by her husband of 68 years Vernon A. Perkins, Sr, her beloved son Patrick Perkins, and her siblings Thomas, John, James, and Marty Dunn.
Survivors include her loving children: Vernon
Alvin A. Brownell Jr. - 86
Snowmobiles at their home in Easton. From 1969 to 2006, they sold and serviced SnoJet, Kawasaki and Yamaha snowmobiles. Al and the family enjoyed the business meeting many wonderful customers who became friends.
Al entered the construction trade working for Lew Collins Construction of Greenwich, NY. In 1963, he married Leona Scott, and they built their home in Easton. In 1964, Al joined Ironworkers Local 12 and worked as an ironworker for 30 years. For most of those years, he served as a superintendent for Unit Span Building Systems, Albany, NY erecting Armco steel buildings. Following his retirement from ironworking, he drove a low-boy tractor trailer for Gorman Brothers Paving for 10 years. In addition to their daytime jobs, Al and Leona, assisted by Al’s brothers and friends and later by their children, owned and operated Brownell’s
During his lifetime, Al loved diners, round and square dancing, all kids, horses, snowmobiling, his camp on the lake, hunting, family parties, his close and extended family and anything with an engine. He was the proud owner of many vehicles including once, a 1963 Chrysler 300 convertible and later, a 1917 Model T snowmobile. His greatest love and concern were for his wife, his children, their spouses and his grandsons.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Leona Scott Brownell, his son Scott (Kymmie Saheim) Brownell, daughter Candy (Bill) Below, grandsons, Ryan and Damon Brownell and Cooper Below. He is also survived by his siblings, Dick (Helen) Brownell, Wes Brownell, Harvey (Ernestine) Brownell and Martha Brownell Sherman. He is survived by Leona’s siblings Barbara Scott Gaige and Don Scott. Poppy (Uncle) Al also cherished his many nieces and nephews.
Al was pre-deceased by his parents, sisters,
Remembrances may be made to Saratoga Bridges, 16 Saratoga Bridges Blvd, Ballston Spa, 12020, or St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hosp. in memory of Barbara Anne Perkins.
To leave condolences and for directions visit www.devito-salvadorefh.com
Janet Brownell Goot and Mary Jane Brownell Anderson, brothers -in-law, John Sherman, Niels Anderson and Mike Goot, sisters-in- law Joan Scott Brownell, Diane Scott and Jo Brownell and his nephew, Charlie Scott.
Calling hours will be held at the Flynn Bros Inc. Funeral Home, 80 Main Street, Greenwich, NY, 1234, on Friday, May 30 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at 2:00 pm at the Easton Methodist Church with Pastor Melissa Weatherwax offciating. Interment will be at the Easton Rural Cemetery, Meeting House Road, following the service.
Friends and family are invited to gather at the Brownell home after the cemetery service.
Contributions to Al’s memory may be made to the Easton Volunteer Fire Co, 11804 State Route 40, Schaghticoke NY 12154.
Al lived a full and happy life always thinking of the next project even though the last one wasn’t done, always collecting things he would someday need and being the life of family parties with his sense of humor and just being himself. He was a hard-working man who was always ready to lend a helping hand and displayed generosity, integrity and kindness. He will be deeply missed and forever remembered.
Online condolences and messages to the family may be made at www.fynnbrosinc.com.
Marilyn E. Asprion – 91
GLENS FALLS - Marilyn E. Asprion of the Pines in Glens Falls, beloved Mom, Homemaker, Grandma and Great Grandma entered into eternal rest on Saturday, May 17, 2025. She was 91 years old.
A celebration of her life will be announced.
Born in Cambridge to Ernest and Minnie Marra, Marilyn was the youngest of seven siblings. She lived in Rupert, VT and then Schaghticoke, NY raising her family of three; Edward L. Asprion (Sandy), Thomas M. Asprion and Patricia L. Krisanda (Mike). Marilyn was widowed since 1984 after the loss of her one and only Edward W. Asprion, Jr.
by her three children, six grandchildren, ten great grandchildren.
Mom, Marilyn, Honeygirl, Grandma, Nanny, Great Grandma as she was known is survived
She enjoyed her crafts and artwork, leading 4-H with her life-long best friend Vera Beecroft, yard sales with Joy Stay and singing hymns with her great granddaughter Joan Akin.
Marilyn loved her family and friends, pets, staff at the Pines, church family and her Lord Jesus – her Savior. Marilyn made a gift of her body to Albany Medical College for research. HeR remains will be committed in the near future with her mother and father in Salem, NY.
Any donations in Marilyn’s honor may be made to the Hoosic Valley Rescue Squad.
Arrangements by Chase-Smith Family Funeral Homes.
Malta Resident Thomas Vandish, Sr. is Honored
by Harold Wessell
This month’s honoree in the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors series of ceremonies honoring the County’s Deceased Veterans. is a US Army Veteran from WWII, Thomas W. Vandish Sr. of the Town of Malta. Mr. Vandish served in the US Army from 1942-1945. Born on April 2, 1928 in Syracuse to Warren and Martha, he moved to the Town of Malta in 1954. He entered the US Army on September 10, 1942, and was stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines, where he was a Morse Code Operator. He was discharged on December 19, 1945 at the rank of Staff Sergeant. Explained County Veterans Service director Frank McClement. “Unfortunately, like many of his generation, Thomas’s records were lost to time in a fre in 1973 at the NPRC in St Louis. We have limited information about the details of his service. But we can speculate based on what we do know. While others charged across beaches and skies, he fought his battle in silence – his weapon, a telegraph key; his battlefeld, a radio shack hidden deep in the tropical heat of New Guinea and the Philippines. As a Morse code operator for the U.S. Army, Thomas played a role that was as vital as it was dangerous. In the dense jungles of the Pacifc Theater, surrounded by enemy forces and treacherous terrain, communication was everything. A single message – accurate, swift, secure – could mean the difference between victory and disaster. And he delivered, day after day. He spent long hours listening for signals through the static, translating the rhythmic clicks into life-saving intelligence. He helped coordinate troop movements, report
enemy positions, and call in air support. He worked tirelessly, often under the threat of enemy fre, with little sleep and less recognition. But he never faltered.
“When the Philippines campaign began, he was there – supporting the liberation of islands under brutal occupation. Each message he sent helped move the Allies closer to victory, and freedom closer to the people who had suffered so long. But like so many of his generation, Thomas probably never asked for praise. He returned home quietly, built a life, raised a family, and lived with the same quiet strength he had shown in war.
“Today, we remember not just the battles he helped win, but the values he lived by: duty, humility, and service. We are here not simply to recount history, but to feel its weight, and to recognize the individual lives that shaped it. Today, we honor the Robert Shaw as a member of the greatest generation for his service and for a life lived as a strong member of his community.” Thomas was married to Laura and together they had two daughters and two sons.
He worked as a Salesman/Manager of Steel and Aluminum Distributor, Brace Mueller Huntly Inc. from 1946-1979; then for Van Patten Golf Course from 1980-1993.
In the community, he served as a Cub Master for the Malta Cub Scout Pack, and as a volunteer freman for the Malta Ridge Fire Company. He was a member and Past Commander of the VFW Post 358. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fshing, golf and bowling. He passed away on July 1, 2004.
Veterans
The well-being of veterans is a priority here in Saratoga County. In a joint effort by county government to honor the service and sacrifce of veterans living in Saratoga County, in 2011, the County Clerk, Board of Supervisors, and Veterans Service Agency created the “F.A.V.O.R.” (Find & Assist Veterans of Record) Veterans Discount Program.
Under this exciting program, when honorably discharged veterans fle their original discharge papers with the County Clerk’s Offce, they receive a picture ID card that they can present to local participating merchants that wish to honor them for their service and sacrifce by providing a discount on purchases of goods and services.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Craig A. Hayner, County Clerk
Charles A. Foehser II, Deputy County Clerk
Shauna M. Sutton, Deputy County Clerk
F.A.V.O.R. General Inquiries:FAVOR@saratogacountyny.gov
Phone: (518) 885-2213, Fax: (518) 884-4726
Address: 40 McMaster Street, Ballston Spa, NY 12020 Hours: 8:00 am – 4:15 pm for applications and fling
are welcome!
Board of Trustees: 2nd Tues of Month @ 6:30pm.
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NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY EVENTS UNDER $10
SERIES
AL-ANON
@ Living Hope UMC, 126 Middletown Rd, Waterford. WATERFORD—New Al-non Meeting every Monday at 12:30pm. We as a group, come together to share our experience, strength and hope and discover ways to live a happier life. Meetings last approximately one hour. Email: cmc.afg.123@gmail.com for questions or information.
THE AMITY REFORMED CHURCH
335 Riverview Road, Vischer Ferry • 518-371- 2838
A.E. DIVER MEMORIAL LIBRARY
136 Main St, Schaghticoke, NY 12154 director@diverlibrary.org • (518)-753-4344
Music Launch: Saturdays from 10am-1pm. One-onone instrument lessons for all ages. Instruments available for loan. You can check them out just like books! Email director@diverlibrary.org to schedule yours!
Diver Discoveries Storytime: Every Monday at 10am. A storytime designed for preschoolers 18 months to 5 years old. It’s a fun and enriching (and free!) experience with books, songs, movement games, crafts, and sometimes even science experiments! All NEW 2025 FUNDING PROGRAMS AVAILABLE NOW!
NEW YORK HOMEOWNERS:
• Need a NEW ROOF and HELP PAYING for it?
Any leaking, visible damage, or roof age qualifies!
Artisan’s Market: Brookside Museum Holiday Market Opening for the Season, held at SCHC @ Brookside Museum, The 2024 hours are: Tues-Thurs 12-4pm, Fri 12-5pm, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm.
Craft Fair at Brookside - Vendors Wanted! The Saratoga County History Center is seeking vendors of handmade crafts, antiques and farm products for the annual craft fair on Sat 6/21 from 10am-3pm This is a rain or shine event.
Millers Backyard BBQ: Fri, 5/30 from 2-3:30pm. Pick it your Millers Backyard BBQ from Brookside Museum. Chicken and pulled pork dinners are available and beef brisket dinners (beef brisket by pre-order only). All dinners include baked potato, Cole slaw and corn bread. An 8 oz. serving of mac & cheese is also available. Drive-thru pickup/take out only. Pre-ordering is highly encouraged
The Civil War Letters of Captain Luther M. Wheeler: Weds, 6/11 at 7pm. Author David Handy will be presenting the riveting story of Captain Luther M. Wheeler. Registration is now open on the Saratoga County History Center website.
2025 History Center Tour Schedule Announced The Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum has announced their seasonal schedule of Historical Tours for 2025. All tours are scheduled for approximately 90 minutes. Registration is available at brooksidemuseum.org
• Union Ave Saratoga Springs: 6/11 at 10am. Local historian and author Hollis Palmer will revisit the Gilded Age by telling stories behind the great cottages that line Union Avenue and Circular Street in the city.
• Grant Cottage at Mt.McGregor: 7/2 at 10am. Site Manager and historical interpreter Ben Kemp will lead a tour of the trails at the Historic Site, sharing the mountain’s compelling and storied history.
• Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson Rail Tour: 7/30 at 11am. Owner and Operator Hal Raven, accompanied by Corinth Town Historian Rachel Clothier will welcome guests into the vintage railcar “Palmer Falls” for a relaxing and informative 90 min ride through northeastern Saratoga County.
• Ballston Spa Beyond the Springs: 8/20 at 10am. Assistant County Historian Anne Clothier and Brookside Museum assistant Connor Murphy will walk along the railroad bed overlooking the village and describe the mills and factories that dominated the community over 150 years ago.
• Hudson View Cemetery Mechanicville: 9/17 at 11am. Local history buffs Tom Salvadore and Bob Murphy will visit the gravesites of Mechanicville residents to tell the stories of the glory days of the city during the industrial age.
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CHURCH - MECHANICVILLE
516 Park Ave, Mechanicville NY
Open Denomination Prayer Night: Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday from 7-8pm Sunday Service: 11am
Ongoing: Prom Attire Collection for our Local Youth
DYKEN POND EEC
(518) 658-2055, dykenpond@gmail.com
GRAFTON—Join us for some spring programs as the wildfowers bloom. Preregistration is required for all programs at (518) 658-2055 or dykenpond@gmail.com.
Tuesday Treks: 12:30-2:30pm. Join Len Tremblay on a moderately paced 3 mile hike every Tuesday in April to explore the wilds of the Dyken Pond Center. Hikes will be cancelled in bad weather. Preregistration required at meetup.com by searching for “Friends of Dyken Pond Center”. Free. This program is for adults and older teens.
GRANT COTTAGE
1000 Mount McGregor Road, PO Box 2294 Wilton, NY 12831 • grantcottage.org/events
2025 Season: Open through 10/26, Weds-Sun. Also open Mon, 9/1, 10/13 and Tuesdays from 7/15-8/30. Hours are 9:30am-4pm and until 6pm on Saturdays from 7/15-8/30.
Spring Early Bird Special!! Receive $1.00 OFF EACH Cottage Tour admission. Use discount code SPRING2025 when booking online or mention the Spring Early Bird Special when booking at the Visitor Center. (Valid on Cottage Tours only until 6/13) Community Day: Sat, 6/14. A full day of family fun and history!
Saratoga’s Black Heritage: Thurs, 6/19. l sses ra e ec s Thurs, 7/24. A Remembrance Day Living History presentation by Dr. Curt Fields
A Wilderness Celebration: Thurs, 8/21. Seneca Ray Stoddard: Sat, 9/13.
Presidential Grave Hunter: Sat, 10/4. As part of our Literary Landmark Author Series Kurt will be signing copies of his book Presidential Grave Hunter: One Kid’s Quest to Visit the Tombs of Every President and Vice President following the presentation.
HALFMOON FARMER’S MARKET
Every Wednesday, 3:00-6:00 pm Foyer of the Halfmoon Town Hall: 2 Town Plaza, Halfmoon
Halfmoon Farmer’s Market features products from local farms, as well as specialty items from area crafters and vendors.
HUDSON CROSSING PARK
Schuylerville
“Twilight on the Trails”: 6/10 at 8:30pm. 7/10 at 8:30pm, 8/4 at 8pm, 9/7 at 7pm, 10/6 at 6pm. Hudson Crossing Park a free, all-ages, all-abilities evening program inviting participants to explore the park at dusk and experience the natural world in a whole new light. Twilight on the Trails offers a guided walk through the park’s trails, giving families the opportunity to observe
wildlife that becomes active at twilight. Group size is limited and advance preregistration is required.
JOHNSONVILLE METHODIST CHURCH THRIFT SHOP
22 Bridge Street, Johnsonville, NY
Every Weds 9am-12pm
JOHNSONVILLE: Look for our sign at the corner of rte. 111 and rte. 67. We have a great selection of adult and children’s seasonal clothing, vintage, special occasion and career clothes, jewelry, shoes, purses, linens, toys, puzzles, games, CDS and DVDS, household and decorative items. Over 1,000 books in our well-organized book room.
“LIVING WITH CANCER”
ZOOM (HOOSIC VALLEY): Every 3rd Monday at 7pm.Community’s monthly cancer support group. Hosted by Rev. Ted Wright. For information or to register contact Ted Wright, via email at wrightsafrica@ gmail.com or by phone at (240) 595-4511.
MECHANICVILLE DISTRICT
PUBLIC LIBRARY
190 N. Main St. Mechanicville • 518-664-4646 meclib.sals.edu • Facebook.com/ MechanicvilleLibrary
• Get your free library card today! The Library is happy to assist with the NEW CDTA FlexRide Service!
• Registration for programs can be found online at www.meclib.sals.edu
M’VILLE SENIOR CENTER
178 N. Main St, Mechanicville • 518-664-9884 x348 Daily free hot lunches are offered for seniors from the Saratoga County Offce of Aging and Youth. All are welcome, you do not need to be a member to use the center or attend any classes.
Bingo: Mon, 1-3pm, Hudson Room
Mexican Train: Tues, 10am-12pm Hudson Room
Tai Chi: Tues, 9:30-10:30am Hudson Room
Sequence: Wed, 1-3pm Hudson Room
Thursday Morning Stretch: 10-11am Hudson Rm
Knitting/Crochet: Thurs, 1-3pm Riverside Room
Pokeno: Fri at 12:30-3pm Riverside Room
Quilting/Sewing: Every 2nd & 4th Weds 10am12pm Riverside Room
MECHANICVILLE
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
7 North Main St., Mechanicville, NY 12118 518-664-3095 (offce), mechumc1@verizon.net, FB: Mechanicville United Methodist Church ACTIVITIES
Sundays: Fellowship 10am, Worship Service 10:3011:30am.
Wednesdays: Bible Study at Midrise at 1pm in the Community Room.
MEDITATION GROUP
Meditation Group held on the last Tuesday evening of every month from 5:45-6:30pm at the
Schaghticoke United Church located at 165 Main Street, Schaghticoke. This group is free and open to the public.
SARATOGA COUNTY CAREER CENTER
BALLSTON SPA—FREE Career Virtual Workshops provided by the Greater Capital Region Career Centers. Visit https://thejoblink.org/calendar/ to register or call (518) 884-4170 for more information.
SARATOGA NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK
Stillwater, N.Y. reservations are available at go.nps. gov/saraevents or email SARA_info@nps.gov.
SCHAGHTICOKE PRESBYTERIAN UNITED CHURCH
165 Main Street, Schaghticoke
New Kids Class Being Offered FREE: Mondays from 3-4pm. The focus of the class will be the book: The Beginner’s Bible. It is easy reading for kindergarten up (ages 4-13). More info: Lynne Hardy, Pastor- 207319-5307 or lenhardyny@gmail.com. Put Kid’s Klass in subject line.
Sewing Class: 11am to 2pm on Tuesdays
Tai Chi Class: Every Saturday 10-11am at the Church. A $5 donation per class is welcome to cover the cost of the instructor. This class is sponsored by the Community Life Support, Health & Wellness Division.
SOUTHERN SARATOGA ART SOCIETY
For further information about SSAS visit our website: southernsaratogaartist.com SSAS will be hosting Art Exhibits throughout the area. Stop in and view these amazing artists!
ST. LUKE’S ON THE HILL EPISCOPAL CHURCH
40 McBride Road, Mechanicville NY 12118 (off Pruyn Hill Road / Town of Halfmoon) (518) 664-4834 • stlukesonthehill.org Facebook @ “St. Luke’s on the Hill” ACTIVITIES
Prayer and Healing Service: Wednesdays, 6pm
Brotherhood of the Bacon: Men’s group: meets the 1st Saturday of the month @ 9am.
12-Step Worship Service: 3rd Saturday of the month, 4pm
12-Step Groups: We meet throughout the week. Contact the church for details.
Comfort Works: Wednesdays 1:30pm
Bright, Beautiful Great Room rental is available for your next gathering. Contact the church 518-6644834 for information.
Ladies of the Latte: Women’s group: meets the fourth Saturday of the month @10am.
STILLWATER PUBLIC LIBRARY
712 Hudson Ave • Call us at 664-6255
Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 9am-2pm, closed Sundays
Calling All Writers!: Once a month on the 3rd Wednesday at 5:30pm. A new group will meet at the Stillwater Public Library once a month on the 3rd Weds.
5:30pm to start early and get feedback - if you want. 6-7pm is quiet writing time. This is the push you need to fnally start that book/journal/paper/article.
KIDS PROGRAMS
Singing Sprouts: Tuesdays at 11am
Art Club (all ages): Mondays at 4pm
Evening Story Time: Thursdays at 6pm
Library Littles: Fridays at 11am
Kids Games: Fridays, 3pm - 5pm
The In-BeTweeners (book club for tweens): 2nd Weds at 6pm
Free Community Breakfast: First Saturday of the month: 8am-10am. All are welcome!
Wever’s
BOOK NOOK
TUMBLING TOTS
Tumbling Tots held on Thursdays from 6-7:30pm at Schaghticoke United Church, 165 Main Street. Schaghticoke. Ages for this group are 3-6. Contact Brittany at 518- 491-4282 for information or to register.
VALLEY FALLS FREE LIBRARY
42 State. St, PO Box 296, Valley Falls NY 12185 www.valleyfallslibrary.org
from 9:30am-3:30pm. Alzheimer’s Association of Northeastern New York is holding a FREE Caregiver Conference at the Century House on Route 9 in Latham. This FREE full-day event. Caregivers will have an opportunity to ask questions and connect with others. Lunch will be provided. RSVP by May 28 by calling 518-675-7214. Online registration is available at https://bit.ly/AlbanyCaregiverConference2025
SAT, JUNE 7th
Available wherever books are sold or ask your local library!
Where We’ve Been
by Sandy McBride
“Where We’ve Been” is the fourth of Sandy McBride’s “best of the Express” books of articles on the history of our hometown, the good happenings and the ne people who live here, as well as the travels she has enjoyed. Some remembrances of events in our nation’s history are also included.
Sandy has been writing for e Express since 2006, and has written nearly 1200 stories of local interest
Autographed copies are available for only $15 each at e Express o ce and Country Living Center in Mechanicville. Also available from Amazon.com and locally from the author
To register for events: 518-753-4230, circulation@valleyfallslibrary.org or message us through: facebook.com/pg/VAFLibrary/events
WEEKLY
NEW! Adult Exercise Class Tues & Thurs, 12-1PM Children’s Storytime: Wednesdays at 10am. For preschoolers.
Bricks and Boards: Fridays 3-6pm. Build with Legos, or grab a board game and a friend!
MONTHLY
The Game Society: Join us every other Tuesday For more information contact Andy Weeks at aweeks@ valleyfallslibrary.org.
Monthly Bird Walk with Jocelyn Cole. The Second Thursday of the Month at 9:30am.
Adult Book Club: The Third Monday of the month at 10:30am. For more information contact Jackie Marino at 518-753-0442 or at jljmarino@icloud.com.
VAN SCHAICK MANSION
1 Van Schaick Ave, Cohoes, NY www.vanschaickmansion.org facebook.com/VanSchaickMansionProject/about Admission to the grounds and cemetery is always free. $5 Donations are gratefully accepted and all proceeds go to supporting the Mansion.
Spring and Summer Guided Tours at 1pm and 4pm on the following on the following Sundays: 6/22, 7/13, 8/17, 9/21, 10/19.
Halloween Open House: 10/26 from 5-8pm (no tours).
FRI, MAY 30th
BALLSTON SPA—Miller’s Backyard Barbecue at Brookside Museum from 3-6pm. Pre Order Encouraged. Order some delicious Miller’s Backyard Barbecue and pick up from Brookside Museum, 21 Fairground Ave., All dinners include baked potato, coleslaw and corn bread. Drive-thru pickup/takeout only. Pre-ordering is available on our website, www. brooksidemuseum.org.
SAT, MAY 31st
STILLWATER—Fire House Restoration & Upgrade Fundraiser at at Post 490, 3:00pm. Blind Draw Cornhole Tournament Cash Only.
WEDS, JUNE 4th
LATHAM—Alzheimer Free Caregiver Conference
PITTSTOWN—Ham and Strawberry Shortcake Dinner from 4-6pm at the United Methodist Church Hall (located just off NY Route 7 in the village of Pittstown) Eat In or Take Out. Menu: ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetables, applesauce, rolls, strawberry shortcake. Price: adults - $15. children 5-12 - $6, under 5 free. For reservations call - Bev at 518-663-5607.
SCHAGHTICOKE—18th Annual Gene Bahan Memorial Fishing Derby at 8am at the Green Island Rd and Gun Club located at 872 Melrose Valley Falls Road in Schaghticoke. This event is free for all kids 16 and under. Everyone including guests are welcome with a prize for all kids 16 and under. There is a nominal fee for participants 17 and older. Children must be supervised; life jackets are required and no gaspowered motors or pets are allowed at the event. Lunch will be available after noon. Questions can be directed to President Mike Dolan Sr. at greenislandgun@aol. com
SAT, JUNE 14th
SCHAGHTICOKE—Schaghticoke Strawberry Festival from 10am-3pm at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds located at 69 Stillwater Bridge Road. The annual festival offers free entry and parking, entertainment, food, kid’s activities, area community groups as well as a variety of local artisans, vendors, small businesses and local organizations present throughout the day. There will also be live music during the event. Strawberries will be one of the many highlights of the day!
VALLEY FALLS—Village Wide Garage Sale from 9am-2pm.The event is sponsored by the Valley Falls Free Library located at 42 State Street and will be held throughout the village.
VALLEY FALLS—BBQ Chicken – Pick-up Only from 2-4pm. 16 State Street will hold a BBQ Chicken for pickup only. Orders can be placed in advance via email to bbackstrom@gmail.com
WEDS, JUNE 25th
SCHUYLERVILLE—Safe Summer Picnic from 6-9pm. Schuylerville Area Ecumenical Council will be holding their Safe Summer Picnic on the Lawn at Old Saratoga Reformed Church (48 Pearl Street, Schuylerville). Food will be provided and there will be a live music performance by gospel singer Tammy Renee. The event is free and open to the public.
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TOWN OF SCHAGHTICOKE
290 Northline Drive, Melrose, NY 12121 518-753-6915 • townofschaghticoke.org
Town Supervisor Tim Salisbury
Town Clerk Jennifer Molesky
Assessor Megan Weir
Building Inspector Scott Frisino
Highway Shawn Hayes
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The Hoosic Valley Board of Education meets regularly on the frst Thursday of each month, unless otherwise noted* at 6:00pm
High School Large Group Instruction area Regular Meeting Thurs 6/5/25
TOWN OF STILLWATER
https://stillwaterny.org
881 Hudson Avenue, Stillwater, NY 12170
Town Board Meetings are 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Summer Mtgs held: 3rd Thursday in July, August, Sept. at 7pm in the Town Hall. Supervisor 518-664-6148 x201
Ballston Area Community Center 20 Malta Ave •518-884-7195 www.ballstonareacc.org M-F 8:30am-4:30pm
VILLAGE BOARD MEETINGS
Tel: 518-885-5711 • Fax: 518-885-0512
Email: villageclerk@villageofballstonspa.org
Held at Village of Ballston Spa Public Library 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month @ 7pm
In order to attend, you must contact the Village Clerk during normal business hours M-F 8:30-4 by calling 518-885-5711. All requests to attend must be made no later than Monday at 3:00pm. Attendees must register for the meeting by 6:00pm the day of. Once you have registered on the Zoom app, you will receive a confrmation email. You will then be allowed access to the meeting at 7:00 pm
CHURCH SERVICES IN OUR AREA
Episcopal Church
Worship Services
Saturdays - 4 pm
Sundays - 8 and 10 am
Sunday School @ 10 am service for children three and up (Nursery provided)
Activities include:
Healing Prayer Service Wednesdays, 6 pm
Brotherhood of the Bacon Men’s group meets frst Saturday of the month, 9 am
12-Step Recovery Worship Service 3rd Saturday of the month, 4 pm
Ladies of the Latte Women’s group meets fourth Saturday of the month, 10 am
Bible Study - Thursdays, 7 pm
12-Step Groups - meet throughout the week. Contact the church for details.
St. Luke’s on the Hill
Inspired by the Scriptures and strengthened by the Sacraments, we proclaim Christ’s redeeming love for all.
he Psalms are at the very heart of our worship, our lives – for Christians, Jews, and other believers.
Some 25 years ago, the teenaged son of friends from whom we rented an old farmstead across an old rural road was walking home very late one wintry night, after a party with neigh-
Mechanicville
United Methodist Church
7 North Main Street, Mechanicville NY 12118
Sundays
Fellowship — 10:00
Worship Service 10:30-11:30am
Brenda Tompkins-Lewis, Pastor
Love God, Follow Jesus and Pass it on! (518) 664-3095 offce mechumc1@verizon.net
All Saints on-the-Hudson
St. Peter’s Church 895 Hudson Ave. Stillwater 664-3354
St. Paul’s Church 121 N. Main St. Mechanicville 664-3354
St. Isaac Jogues 716 NY-9P Saratoga Lake 664-3354
www.allsaintsny.us
Weekend Mass Schedule
Saturday, 4:00 PM Vigil Mass in St. Paul’s Church Sunday, 8:30 AM in St. Peter’s Church Sunday, 10:00 AM St. Isaac Jogues Chapel (through October) Sunday, 10:30 AM in St. Paul’s Church
Weekday Masses
Mon, Tues, Weds, Fri 8:45 AM at St. Peter’s in Stillwater ursday 9:00 AM e Parish Center Chapel, Mechanicville
Confessions
Saturdays, 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM in St. Paul’s Church or upon request
bors. He was struck and abandoned by an apparently drunk driver and terribly injured – including some brain damage that continued to impair him. (Fortunately, he’s still doing “well-enough.”)
My wife Lisa, then soon to be a Registered Nurse, aware that the family were good Christian folks, recalled a little American Bible Society packet that I had shown her, which contained several Psalms -- to pray in different situations. Before visiting the parents, she suggested it seemed a good token of concern to give them.
And indeed, it was.
The Psalms are invaluable to persons of faith, and from ancient times are at the heart of Christian and Jewish communities’ liturgical prayer. (I like to speak of their use in public worship as the churches’ and the synagogues’, to quote an old song, “rhythm of life.”)
Why have these faith communities always considered the Psalms their most perfect book of prayer? Why do the Psalms go to make up the greater part of the “Divine Offce” (now known as the Liturgy of the Hours), the public prayer throughout the day for the Catholic Church, and other bodies as well, such as Anglican/Episcopal and Lutheran.
Why should the “modern” person of faith still be turning to such ancient prayers, even daily?
In their very words, we drink of divine praise at its pure and stainless source, in all its primitive sincerity and perfection. Any day (or moment), we can return to the youthful strength and direction with which the ancient psalmists voiced their adoration and devotion to their Lord. They are still a vital part of Jewish and Christian faith and liturgical prayer -- still the very expression of their deepest inner life.
If we truly come to know and love the Psalms, we enter more and more deeply into the faith community’s own experience of divine things… And ▶
STILLWATER UNITED CHURCH 747 Hudson Ave, Stillwater, NY 12170
Pastor Pamela Woodman (518) 664-7984 stillwaterunitedchurch.ny@gmail.com
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▶ can begin to know Our Lord as we can -- as we ought.
That is why the Church believes the Psalms are still our frst and best way of praising God: because they go back to our beginnings. But to truly understand them, we must experience the meanings they express, in our own hearts... in the now of our lives.
(Don’t have a Bible? You should be able to fnd a copy, or even one on with just the Psalms, at a wide range of prices suiting your need, in several respected translations. The Barnes & Noble chain should be able to take you to take care of you -- or an online store, or any good bookstore).
—By the way, you will see some New Testaments, especially pocket-sized editions, with the Book of Psalms in the back, so that the reader can readily pray and refect through both!
In an article some years ago entitled “The Psalms as the ultimate self-help tool” offering a spiritual reservoir in diffcult times, Rabbi Simcoe H. Weintraub in his “My Jewish Learning” website said: “Illness, suffering, and loss mute us. They leave us without words. Overwhelmed, confused, distraught, despairing, – and/or profoundly grateful, refective, renewed, attuned: in other words what we want, need, or intend… In the face of these challenges, those who are
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Dated this 20th day of May, 2025
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TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, the taxes may be paid on or before July 1, 2025 without charge or interest. On all taxes received after such date, there will be an added interest of 5% during July and an additional .5% each month until October 31, 2025. After October 31, 2025, taxes will no longer be received by the Village Collector but must be paid to the Rensselaer Chief Fiscal Offcer, 1600 Seventh Avenue, Troy, NY 12180.
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Ellis Adventures, LLC fled w/ SSNY 4/9/25. Off. in Saratoga Co. Process served to SSNY - desig. as agt. of LLC & mailed to Accumera LLC, 911 Central Ave, #101, Albany, NY 12206.The reg. agt. is Accumera LLC at same address. Any lawful purpose. 0424-0529
NOTICE OF FORMATION of Harper Estates of Halfmoon LLC, Art. of Org fled with Secy of State (SSNY) on 3/31/2025. Offce: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 2 Cemetery Rd, Clifton Park, NY 12065. Purpose: any lawful act/activity. 0424-0529
Mark Parry Fire Protection LLC. Filed 2/13/25. Cty: Saratoga. SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 15 Shuvee Ln, Gansevoort, NY 12831. Purp: any lawful. 0424-0529
Upstate Painting and Design LLC. Filed 3/24/25. Cty: Saratoga. SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 81 Wake Robin Rd, Ballston Spa, NY 12020. Purp: any lawful.
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Notice of Formation of CSL Solutions, LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/01/2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the Company, 5 Coventry Dr., Clifton Park, NY 12065. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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Notice of formation of Avery Materials, LLC. Articles of Organization fled with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/8/2025. Offce location: Rensselaer County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Burke & Casserly, PC, 255 Washington Ave Ext, Suite 104, Albany, NY 12205. The purpose is to perform any lawful act or activity.
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Reynoso Development and Construction, LLC. Filed 3/5/25. Cty: Saratoga. SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 14 E Harrison St, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purp: any lawful.
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Notice of Formation of New Karner Storage, LLC. Arts of Org. fled with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/11/2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to New Karner Storage, LLC, 1641 Route 9, Clifton Park, NY 12065. Purpose is any lawful activity.
Notice of Formation of J&J House Buyers LLC. Arts. of Org.fled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/26/2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: the Company, 46 Eastern Ave., Ballston Spa, NY 12020. Purpose: any lawful activities. 0424-0529
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Notice of Formation of EC BRAIM RD LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/14/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Notice of Formation of Telisky Development Partners, LLC. Articles of Organization fled with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 3/5/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Cooper Erving & Savage 20 Corporate Woods Blvd Suite 501 Albany, NY 12211. Purpose: any lawful activity. 0424-0529
Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Notice of Formation of Rivers Edge Truck & Equipment, LLC. Articles of Organization fled with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 3/10/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 13 Old Bend Rd Fort Edward, NY 12828. Purpose: any lawful activity. 0424-0529
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STAR FARM PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with the SSNY on 04/09/25. Offce: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 2478 Galway Road, Galway, NY 12074. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
GCSYNC, LLC Articles of Org. fled NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/17/25. Offce in Saratoga Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 287 Ushers Rd., Clifton Park, NY 12065, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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Notice of Qualifcation of Cresso Brokers, LLC. Authority fled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/02/2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/07/2024. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o C T Corporation System, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005. Address required to be maintained in DE: 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. fled with the Delaware Secretary of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal Street, Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. 0424-0529
Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Notice of Formation of The Upstate Grappling Club, LLC. Articles of Organization fled with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 3/9/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC 15 Liebich Lance Clifton Park, NY 12065. Purpose: any lawful activity. 0424-0529
Notice of Formation of MORS3 CODE PRINTING LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/13/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 17 Phillips Rd, Stillwater, NY 12170. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 0424-0529
ADK SIGNS PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with the SSNY on 04/16/25. Offce: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 842 Saratoga Road, Burnt Hills, NY 12027. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 0424-0529
Lansford Consulting LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company, fled Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on April 18, 2025. Location: Saratoga County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 16 5th Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). The name of the Limited Liability Company that was formed is: CENTRAL HOUSE STORAGE LLC. The Articles of Organization were fled with the Department of State of the State of New York on April 15, 2025. The offce of said Limited Liability Company is located in Saratoga County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Limited Liability Company upon whom process against said Company may be served and the post offce address within the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process is: CENTRAL HOUSE STORAGE LLC, 356 Angel Road, Corinth, NY 12822. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC): Name: LadyBug Kindercare, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization fled with the NY Secretary of State on 3/6/2025. Offce Location: Rensselaer County. The LLC may be served at the principal business location of the LLC; to wit, 500 Broadway, Troy, NY 12180. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). Articles of Organization for a New York LLC, to wit, ERNEST ZECCA TRUCK ROUTE, LLC whose principal business location is in Saratoga County, were fled with the New York State Department of State on April 17, 2025. The Secretary of State is designated agent for service of process. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him or her is c/o The LLC, 18 Sirchia Road, Mechanicville, New York 12118. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity to which a LLC may be organized under the LLCL of New York State.
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Notice of Formation of IRA DP, LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with Secy. of State (SSNY) on 4/15/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Daniel Packard, 14 Dawson Lane, Clifton Park, NY 12065. Purpose: any lawful activity.
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Notice of Formation of Kryptid Diesel and Off-Road LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/10/25. Offce location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 15 PLANK RD, P.O. BOX 7, POESTENKILL, NY, 12140. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 0501-0605
Notice of Formation of Speed Distributor, LLC Articles of Organization fled with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY On April 14, 2025. Offce Location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom Process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 213 Fellows Road, Mechanicville, New York 12118. Purpose: any lawful activity. 0501-0605
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Honey-Do-Properties, LLC. Articles of Organization fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/21/25. Offce Location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Offce address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him is 3351 N. Shore Road, Hadley, NY 12835. Purpose of LLC: To engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York.
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Notice of Formation of Peppermill 170 LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with NY Dept. of State: 4/23/25. Offce location: Fulton County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 170 County Hwy. 131, Johnstown, NY 12095. Purpose: all lawful purposes.
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HALFMOON DME LLC. Filed 12/7/24. Offce: SARATOGA Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: C/O Silvio Thomas Rugani, 1515 Route 9, Halfmoon, NY 12065. Purpose: General. 0501-0605
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). Articles of Organization for a New York LLC, to wit, BOB’S SMALL ENGINE REPAIR, LLC whose principal business location is in Rensselaer County, were fled with the New York State Department of State on December 27, 2024. The Secretary of State is designated agent for service of process. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him or her is c/o The LLC, 2717 River Road, Melrose, New York 12121. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity to which a LLC may be organized under the LLCL of New York State.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). Articles of Organization for a New York LLC, to wit, BURKE WARSAW, LLC whose principal business location is in Saratoga County, were fled with the New York State Department of State on April 22, 2025. The Secretary of State is designated agent for service of process. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him or her is c/o The LLC, 32 Gronczniak Road, Stillwater, New York 12170. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity to which a LLC may be organized under the LLCL of New York State.
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Finding Billman LLC Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on April 12, 2025. Offce Location: Saratoga. SSNY is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 433 County Road 68, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. For any lawful purposes. 0508-0612
Notice of Formation of Kate Sullivan LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/08//25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: PO Box 43, Gansevoort NY 12831. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 0508-0612
Notice of Formation of INSPIRE NY REAL ESTATE LLC Arts. of Org. fled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/07/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Eric H. Melzer, 75 Livingston Ave., Ste. 102, Roseland, NJ 07068. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 0508-0612
Notice of Formation of PG3 LAKE STEVENS MEMBER, LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/28/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 0508-0612
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Honey-Do-Properties, LLC. Articles of Organization fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/21/25. Offce Location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Offce address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him is 3351 N. Shore Road, Hadley, NY 12835. Purpose of LLC: To engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of New York. 0508-0612
TO PLACE LLC NOTICES for businesses in Rensselaer or Saratoga County: call 518-664-3335 or email: ads.expresspaper@gmail.com
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(LLC). Articles of Organization for a New York LLC, to wit, WALNUT THIRD AVE., LLC whose principal business location is in Saratoga County, were fled with the New York State Department of State on April 26, 2025. The Secretary of State is designated agent for service oFprocess. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him or her is c/o The LLC, 32 Gronczniak Road, Stillwater, New York 12170. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity to which a LLC may be organized under the LLCL of New York State. 0508-0612
NOTICE: FORMATION OF PREMIER LAND & PROPERTIES LLC. Art. Of Org. fled w/ NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on April 17, 2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at its principal business location, 510 Palmer Avenue, Corinth, NY 12822. Purpose: Any lawful. 0508-0612
Notice of formation of FRODO LLC, a limited liability company ( the “LLC”). Articles of Organization fled with the Secretary of State of NY (the “SSNY”) on 04/29/2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 43 Hill Road, Stillwater, New York 12170. Purposes: any lawful activity. 0508-0612
Ward Farm LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with the SSNY on 4/26/25. Offce: Rensselaer County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 27 South Street, Kingston, MA 02364. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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FREEDOM FORWARD, LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 4/21/2025. Off. Loc. : Saratoga Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to the LLC, 51 Brampton Lane, Gansevoort, NY 12831, USA. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.
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Step-In Staging and Design, LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with the SSNY on 04/25/25. Offce: Rensselaer County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 1054 Best Road, East Greenbush, NY, 12061. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
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Notice of Formation of COLLAR CITY JUNK REMOVAL, LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/28/2024. Offce location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 135 1st St, Troy, NY 12180. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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DDC IOWA, LLC Articles of Org. fled NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/1/25. Offce in Saratoga Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 211 North Main St., Mechanicville, NY 12118. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
CRANSTON TECHNICAL SALES AGENTS LLC. Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization fled with the Department of State of New York on January 23, 2025. Offce location, Rensselaer County. Secretary of State of New York State is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process to CRANSTON TECHNICAL SALES AGENTS LLC, 34 Cranston Road, Troy,New York 12180. No reported agent. Latest date of dissolution of LLC: None. Purpose: All legal purposes. 0515-0619
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Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: Sheeley Car Washing Co LLC. The Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNYS) on April 29, 2025. The company offce is located in Saratoga County. The SSNYS has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNYS shall mail a copy of process to: Sheeley Car Washing Co LLC, 20 Nottingham Drive, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866. The purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful business of every kind and character for which LLCs may be organized under the New York LLC Law, or any successor statute.
BULLSEYE FARM LLC. Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization fled with the Department of State of New York on March 28,2025. Offce location, Rensselaer County. Secretary of State of New York State is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process to BULLSEYE FARM LLC, 37 Browns Hollow Road, Berlin, New York 12022. No reported agent. Latest date of dissolution of LLC: None. Purpose: All legal purposes. 0515-0619
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JNR PROPERTY GROUP, LLC Articles of Org. fled NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/2/25. Offce in Saratoga Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 2 Little Dr., Malta, NY 12020. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
MEADOWOOD TREE FARM LLC. Notice of Formation of Limited Liability CompanyArticles of Organization fled with the Department of State of New York on July 10,2024. Offce location, Rensselaer County. Secretary of State of New York State is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process to MEADOWOOD TREE FARM LLC, 559 State Route 40, Melrose, New York 12121. No reported agent. Latest date of dissolution of LLC: None. Purpose: All legal purposes.
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DDC PARK PLACE, LLC Articles of Org. fled NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/1/25. Offce in Saratoga Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 211 North Main St., Mechanicville, NY 12118. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: Joshua2Caroline LLC. The Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNYS) on April 16, 2025, pursuant to Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. The company offce is located in Saratoga County. The SSNYS has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNYS shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 1 Joshua Road, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. The purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful business of every kind and character for which LLCs may be organized under the New York LLC law, or any successor statute.
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SMITH HILL KENNELS AND BOARDING, LLC. Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company Articles of Organization fled with the Department of State of New York on January 13, 2025. Offce location, Rensselaer County. Secretary of State of New York State is designated asagent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process to SMITH HILL KENNELS AND BOARDING, LLC, 272 Smith Hill Road,Troy, NY 12180. No reported agent. Latest date of dissolution of LLC: None. Purpose: All legal purposes. 0515-0619
KINDERHOOK CREEEKSIDE LLC. Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Articles of Organization fled with the Department of State of New York on November 21, 2024. Offce location, Rensselaer County. Secretary of State of New York State is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process to KINDERHOOK CREEKSIDE LLC, 5168 S. Stephentown Road, Stephentown, NY 12168. No reported agent. Latest date of dissolution of LLC: None. Purpose: All legal purposes. 0515-0619
L & H FARMLAND LLC. Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Articles of Organization fled with the Department of State of New York on November 21, 2024. Offce location, Rensselaer County. Secretary of State of New York State is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process to L & H Farmland LLC, 5168 S. Stephentown Road, Stephentown, New York 12168. No reported agent. Latest date of dissolution of LLC: None. Purpose: All legal purposes. 0515-0619
NOTICE OF FILING ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF Shores of Lake George LLC. The name of the Limited Liability Company is Shores of Lake George LLC (the “Company”). The Articles of Organization of Shores of Lake George LLC were fled with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on May 05, 2025. The County of Saratoga is the County within the State of New York in which Shores of Lake George LLC is to be located. The Secretary of State of the State of New York is designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against the Company may be served. The post offce address to which the Secretary of State of the State of New York shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon the Secretary of State is: PO Box 222, Gansevoort, New York 12831. The purpose of the company is for any such lawful acts or activities for which limited liability companies may be organized under the L.L.C.L.
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DOMESTIC KITCHENRY, LLC. Filed 3/5/25. Offce: SARATOGA Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Inc Authority Ra, 42 Broadway, Fl. 12200, NY, NY 10004. Purpose: General. 0515-0619
Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: MB Masonry & Home Services LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/6/2025. Offce location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Mason Ingraham, 3893 State Rt 67, Eagle Bridge, NY 12057. Purpose: any lawful purpose. 0515-0619
Notice of formation of Suburban Grind and Grow LLC, a limited liability company ( the “LLC”). Articles of Organization fled with the Secretary of State of NY (the “SSNY”) on 05/05/2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 9 Bradt Road, Rexford, New York 12148. Purposes: any lawful activity. 0515-0619
Notice of Formation of Parade Ground Village, LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with Secy. of State (SSNY) on 4/29/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jason Baright, 7 Hemphill Place, Ste 230, Malta, NY 12020. Purpose: any lawful activity. 0515-0619
Notice of formation of 72 Spier Falls LLC. Art. Of Org. fled with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/05/2025. Offce in Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the 72 Spier Falls LLC, 21 British American Blvd, Latham, New York 12110-1405. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 0515-0619
Notice of Formation of Paint Valley Finish Carpentry Services, LLC.Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/29/2025. Offce location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 10 Greenwood Drive, Unit 21 East Greenbush, NY 12061-6201. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 0515-0619
Parkentino Management Company, LLC. Filed 1/25/25. Cty: Saratoga. SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 2 Patricia Ln, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purp: any lawful. 0515-0619
Notice of Formation of MICKI OLSON COMMUNICATION CONSULTING LLC . Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/07/2025. Offce location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 10 601 Troy-Schenectady Rd. #1070. Latham, NY 12110. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Arts. of Org. of COOPER CAPITAL VENTURES, LLC (“LLC”) fled with Dept. of State of NY on 3/26/25. Offce location: RENSSELAER County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 21 Cooper Avenue, Troy, New York 12180, principal business address. LLC does not have a specifc date of dissolution. Purpose: All legal purposes. Filer: O’Connell & Aronowitz, P.C., Albany, NY 12207. 0515-0619
Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Arts. of Org. of 490 SA LLC (“LLC”) fled with Dept. of State of NY on 3/31/25. Offce location: RENSSELAER County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: PO Box 15, East Greenbush, NY 12061, principal business address. LLC does not have a specifc date of dissolution. Purpose: All legal purposes. Filer: O’Connell & Aronowitz, P.C., Albany, NY 12207. 0515-0619
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Notice of Formation of Burties Creations LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/03/2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 2328 Route 50, Saratoga Springs,NY 12866. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
Brown Road Racing Fillies 25, LLC (the “LLC”) fled Articles of Organization with the NY Secretary of State (“SOS”) on May 5, 2025. LLC offce is in Saratoga County. SOS was designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SOS shall mail copy of any process served to 1136 Route 9P Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. The purpose of the LLC is any lawful act or activity.
Notice of Formation of Rubino Electrical LLC. Art of Org fled with the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/06/2025. Offce location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 37 Long View Trail, Sand Lake, NY 12153. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 0515-0619
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OD YOTER TOV HOLDINGS LLC. Filed 3/17/25. Offce: SARATOGA Co. SSNY desig. as agent for process & shall mail to: Ronn Torossian, 292 Katonah Ave Ste 837, Katonah, NY 10536. Purpose: General.
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Notice of Formation of Nick’s Glass LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/07/2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 13 9th Street, Waterford, NY 12188. Company is organized for Glass & Screen Replacement/Installation. 0515-0619
BARTHOLOMEW ELECTRIC, LLC Articles of Org. fled NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/8/25. Offce in Saratoga Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 80 Brampton Ln., Gansevoort, NY 12831, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 0515-0619
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Notice of Formation of Ballston Legacy Contracting LLC. Art of Org fled with the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/29/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 13 Woodside Dr. Burnt Hills NY 12027. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 0515-0619
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Notice of Formation of iZY Solutions LLC. Art of Org fled with the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/11/2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: Jian Sun 15 Hidden Crest Ct, Clifton Park, NY 12065. Purpose: Company is organized for Engineering Services.
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NOTICE: FORMATION OF VARSTEC POWER SOLUTIONS LLC. Art. Of Org. fled w/ NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 05/09/2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at its principal business location, PO Box 942, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purpose: any lawful.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RETREAT AWAKENING LLC. Articles of organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/22/2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 105 Yorktown Drive, Halfmoon, NY, 12065, USA. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 0515-0619
Notice of Formation of LLC. The limited liability company name is SBN 4 LLC; articles of organization were fled with the secretary of state May 8, 2025. LLC’s offce to be located in Saratoga County; the secretary of state has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served; the post offce to which the secretary of state shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon it is c/o Sarah Nagy, 4 Georgio Court, Clifton Park, NY 12065; Purpose: for any lawful purpose.
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Name: 7 JAMES CT LLC. The Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNYS) on April 14, 2025 pursuant to Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. The company offce is located at 7 James Court, Saratoga Springs NY 12866. The SSNYS has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNYS shall mail a copy of process to: 7 JAMES CT LLC. The purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful business of every kind and character for which LLCs may be organized under the New York LLC law, or any successor statute.
JHPPINES II, LLC. Filed 5/14/25. Cty: Saratoga. SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 475 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purp: any lawful. 0522-0626
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Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC).
Name: Clifton Fazioli Holdings LLC. The Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNYS) on May 9, 2022 pursuant to Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Company Law. The company offce is located at 75 Clinton Street, Saratoga Springs NY 12866. The SSNYS has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNYS shall mail a copy of process to: Clifton Fazioli Holdings LLC. The purpose of the company is to engage in any lawful business of every kind and character for which LLCs may be organized under the New York LLC law, or any successor statute.
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Notice of Formation of FOREST GROVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/16/2018.Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: THE LLC, 1743 RT 9, CLIFTON PARK, NY, 12065. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Sackatoga Stable #36 LLC Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on May 13, 2025. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 60 Railroad Ave, Suite 101, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.
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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Arts. of Org. of TLBFLOWER SERVICES, LLC (“LLC”) fled with Dept. of State of NY on 4/14/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 26F Congress St., #325, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. LLC does not have a specifc date of dissolution. Purpose: All legal purposes. Filer: O’Connell & Aronowitz, P.C., 54 State Street, Albany, NY 12207. 0522-0626
Notice of Formation of New England Truck and Trailer Repair, LLC. Art of Org fled with the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/04/2025. Offce location:Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 35 Hilltop Road, East Greenbush, NY 12061. Purpose: Company is organized for Engineering Services. 0522-0626
JHPPINES I, LLC. Filed 5/14/25. Cty: Saratoga. SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 475 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Purp: any lawful. 0522-0626
Heritage Design & Co. LLC fled w/ SSNY 5/6/25. Off. in Saratoga Co. Process served to SSNY - desig. as agt. of LLC & mailed to the LLC, 208 Lake Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Any lawful purpose. 0522-0626
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Mountain Top Rolloff Services LLC, Articles of Organization fled with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/14/2025. Offce Location: Rensselaer County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: Mark Cioff, P.O Box 405, West Sand Lake, New York 12196. The purpose is to perform any lawful act or activity. 0522-0626
4507 ROUTE 50, LLC. Arts. of Org. fled with the SSNY on 05/14/25. Offce: Saratoga County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 25 Old Stone Ridge, Greenfeld Center, NY 12833. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 0522-0626
Notice of formation of MJB ENTERPRISES NY LLC. Art. Of Org. fled with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/02/25. Offce in Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 5B CINNAMON GROVE BALLSTON LAKE, NY, 12019. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 0522-0626
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: SPTK Holdings, LLC. Articles of organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/28/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 13 Cliffside Drive, Saratoga Springs, NY. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. 0522-0626
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY. NAME: 5049 Sacandaga Rd, LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with SSNY on May 16, 2025. OFFICE LOCATION: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and the post offce address to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him or her is 5049 Sacandaga Rd, LLC 4615 Jockey Street Ballston Spa, NY 12020. PURPOSE: Any lawful purpose. 0522-0626
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Winding Creek Properties, LLC, Articles of Organization fled with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/14/2025. Offce Location: Rensselaer County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: Winding Creek Properties, LLC, P.O. Box 405, West Sand Lake, New York 12196. The purpose is to perform any lawful act or activity.
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GTDCE LLC Articles of Org. fled NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 5/16/25. Offce in Saratoga Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 459 Malta Ave., Ballston Spa, NY 12020, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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MY GOLDEN GALS LLC Art. Of Org. Filed Sec. of State of NY 5/14/2025. Off. Loc. : Saratoga Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to the LLC, 111 Southard Rd., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, USA. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. 0529-0703
Notice of Formation of Lisa Morris- Nurse Practitioner in Women’s Health, PLLC. Art. of Org fled with the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/9/2025 Offce location: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 108 Middle Street, Ballston Spa, NY 12020 . Purpose: Any legal purpose.
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). Articles of Organization for a New York LLC, to wit, H. FALLS, LLC whose principal business location is in Saratoga County, were fled with the New York State Department of State on May 12, 2025. The Secretary of State is designated agent for service of process. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him or her is c/o The LLC, 1046 Hudson Avenue B., Stillwater, New York 12170. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity to which a LLC may be organized under the LLCL of New York State.
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Notice of Formation of TOMKIEWICZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC. Art of Org fled with the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/20/2025. Offce location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 4 Knauer Way, Wynantskill, NY 12198. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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Broderick Medical, PLLC fled w/ SSNY 5/7/25. Off. in Saratoga Co. Process served to SSNY - desig. as agt. of PLLC & mailed to the PLLC, 1348 Rte. 9P, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Any lawful purpose. 0529-0703
Reborn Beauty LLC. Articles of Org. fled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/17/2025. Off. loc.: Saratoga Co. SSNY des. as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 8 Sprucewood Ct Waterford, NY 12188. Purpose: General. 0529-0703
KITTY KEYS PURRR-DUCTIONS LLC, Arts. of Org. fled with the SSNY on 05/20/2025. Offce loc: Saratoga County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 58 Sunnyside Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. 0529-0703
Ingrid Bermudez Medical PLLC. Filed 4/29/25. Cty: Saratoga. SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 6 Dater Farm Way, Clifton Park, NY 12065. Purp: any lawful purp. 0529-0703
Notice of Formation of Rustic Relics & Pastimes LLC. Art of Org fled with the Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/22/2025. Offce location: Rensselaer County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 11 Classic St., Hoosick Falls, NY 12090. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. 0529-0703
Grapevine Property Group LLC. Filed 4/22/25. Cty: Saratoga. SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 42 S Outlook Dr, Mechanicville, NY 12118. Purp: any lawful purp. 0529-0703
Her Stride Wellness LLC. Filed 4/23/25. Cty: Saratoga. SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 56 Stone Crest Dr, Mechanicville, NY 12118. Purp: any lawful purp. 0529-0703
MC Village GP LLC. Filed 4/28/25. Cty: Saratoga. SSNY desig. for process & shall mail 711 3rd Ave, NY, NY 10017. Purp: any lawful purp. 0529-0703
Notice of formation of MEABROW LLC. Articles of Organization fled with New York State Department of State on 05/22/2025. The county within this state in which the offce of LLC is located in is Rensselaer County. The Secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail process is to the LLC at Judith A Brownell 277 Eagle Bridge Rd, Eagle Bridge, NY 12057. Company is organized for any lawful purpose.
in pain, as well as those who care for them, need new ways of communicating, new tools for talking, and new modes of relating.”
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Notice of Qualifcation of ELAP SERVICES, LLC Appl. for Auth. fled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/05/25. Offce location: Saratoga County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/09/09. Princ. offce of LLC: 1550 Liberty Ridge Dr., Ste. 330, Wayne, PA 19087. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. fled with Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Medical insurance claim processing, contract or fee basis.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). Articles of Organization for a New York LLC, to wit, MARC MIRANDA & ASSOCIATES, LLC whose principal business location is in Saratoga County, were fled with the New York State Department of State on May 12, 2025. The Secretary of State is designated agent for service of process. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him or her is c/o The LLC, 147 Pruyn Hill Road, Mechanicville, New York 12118. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity to which a LLC may be organized under the LLCL of New York State.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). Articles of Organization for a New York LLC, to wit, THE DREAMING TREE IN LP, LLC whose principal business location is in Saratoga County, were fled with the New York State Department of State on April 26, 2025. The Secretary of State is designated agent for service of process. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him or her is c/o The LLC, 62 Whitney Road South, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful activity to which a LLC may be organized under the LLCL of New York State.
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He pointed in particular to the Book of Psalms. “Psalms offer solace, guidance and more. For centuries, Jews have turned to it for solace, guidance, catharsis, renewal, and much more. The 150 Psalms refect a wide range of experience and expression: anger and acceptance, complaint and to comfort, despair and delight, fatigue and faith.” (And the same goes for Christians.)
Psalms may be heard at many moments in life: at the bedside of those who are ill, at the blessing of meals, at funerals, when visiting a grave, and in many other settings. They are there to help express our great joy or feelings of despair; our gratitude, or distress; life’s ups and of course its downs. They voice the full spectrum of the joys and concerns of the faithful of their time, and still our time. They refect a markedly direct sense -- that we would do well to cultivate for ourselves: that God is not like an “absentee landlord,” but is near us, nearer than we can imagine…
Always.
RECYCLE FOR SIGHT!
e Express is proud to announce that our o ce now has a collection box from the Mechanicville Lions Club for your usable eyeglasses. So stop in and donate your used eyeglasses or usable hearing aids. Make a positive di erence, help someone see better. Other donation sites: P.J. Baker Electric; Mechanicville & Stillwater Libraries; Price Chopper; M&T Bank in Schaghticoke, and Chase-Smith Family Funeral Home.
CADDYSHACK
LEAGUE
BY BRAD CONE
Mysliwiec Cards
First Eagle of Season
First-year Caddyshacker Duane Mysliwiec bagged the 16th eagle in league history on Wednesday.
Playing the dogleg left par-5 15th at Saratoga Lake Golf Club in Stillwater, Duane powered a drive through the corner and reached the green with a towering 6-iron that nestled to within four feet of the cup. He then tapped in for the incredible “3”.
Duane now joins one of the most exclusive lists in Caddyshack history. In the 11+ year narrative of the league, only 11 other players can boast having recorded an eagle.
Also having a big night on Wednesday was skilled tandem Bruce Bailey and Bob Lang.
After jumping from ffth to second place in the Division I standings last week, Bruce and Bob continued that momentum with another huge eightpoint night.
Bob tied his back nine career best round with a fve-over 41 net 32 while Bruce chipped in with a steady 45 net 37.
UNDER-par on his way to a three-over 39 net 35. Division III also saw a new duo take over the top spot. League veterans Ron Colvin and Glen Stone grinded out a hard-fought 6-5 match victory over Matt and Jake Fauler to slide into frst place.
Ron bagged two pars on his way to a sound 48 net 37 while Glen shot a strong 51 net 34.
The long-time friends overcame a tremendous round from Jake. The younger Fauler bagged his frst birdie of the year as he shot a new personal best 47 net 31.
Also in Division III, 2023 league champs Doug Crossman and Fritz Ludwig nearly doubled their season point total with an astounding 9.5-point night.
With those eight points, the retired educators leapfrogged into frst place on the Division I leaderboard.
Also having a big night in Division I were perennial contenders Ty Colvin/Chad Wysocki and Bill Cone/Brad Cone.
Ty and Chad combined for eight pars as they captured 7.5 points in their match. Chad led the way with a nice 41 net 33.
Meanwhile the Cone boys had their largest point haul of the year as they garnered eight points in their match. Bill shot a solid 43 net 36 while Brad played his fnal two holes in one-
Both men bagged pars on the demanding par-4 12th en route to serviceable scores of 49 net 38 and 52 net 35, respectively.
Over in Division II, Bruce J. and Bruce M. Sausville kept their tenuous hold on the top spot thanks to a notable eight-point performance. With Bruce J. still on the DL, Bruce M. snared two pars and a birdie en route to a useful 41 net 35.
Bruce’s birdie was the 50th of his Caddyshack career (making him only the sixth player to reach that milestone).
Reigning league champs Tim Monast and Kevin Reilly also had a huge night in Division II as they captured 8.5 points to move within a mere half-point of the Sausvilles.
Kevin led the way playing his fnal four holes in one-over-par en route to an excellent 44 net 32 while Tim contributed a nice 49 net 36.
A trio of players rounded out the night’s top performances.
Josh Wysocki tallied a season-high seven pars en route to an impressive four-over 40 net 35. Fellow Hoosick Falls native Ty Colvin bagged his 650th career par (becoming only the second Caddyshacker to accomplish that feat). And Buddy Thorpe posted four pars on his way to a 43 net 34.
Bruce Bailey took home his second straight
individual contest on Wednesday. The league veteran sank a six-foot 9.5-inch putt on the par-4 10th to win the $10 prize. Fellow Caddyshacker Bruce M. Sausville sponsored the competition.
The victory marks Bruce’s eighth career individual contest win skyrocketing him into a tie for fourth place all-time.
The Player of the Week selection committee had their hands full on Wednesday with multiple personal best rounds, heavy par hauls, and big match victories.
However when someone achieves something that only 11 other Caddyshackers have ever done, the honors must go to them. On the strength of his tremendous eagle, Duane Mysliwiec earned the nod.
With four weeks in the books, the end of the frst half is on the horizon and all three divisions are wide open.
The top four teams in Division I are separated by only two points. Meanwhile in Division II, the difference between frst and ffth place is a mere 4.5 points. In Division III, Ron Colvin/Glen Stone and Trevor Marsh/Jeff Vienneau have a little breathing room from the rest of the pack but with 11 points up for grabs each night things can change very quickly.
Tune in next week as the Caddyshackers offcially hit the halfway point of the frst half. And as always, check out the league website at www. caddyshackleague.com for stats, matchups, and more info.
Pets
ADIRONDACK SAVE A STRAY
4880 New York 9N, Corinth, NY 12822 11AM-6PM • 518-654-6220 • adirondacksaveastray@yahoo.com
All ADK pets have their age appropriate shots, their health certifcates, they have been dewormed, had fea control administered, had their frst month of heartworm preventative, have been vet checked, bathed, and more!
If you can’t adopt but would like to support our efforts so we can continue saving as many lives as we can, any donation would be greatly appreciated so we can take in more animals and provide them all the necessary care. Paypal: https:// www.adirondacksaveastray.org/donate, Checks mailed to: Adirondack Save-A-Stray, PO Box 185, Corinth, NY 12822.
Duane Mysliwiec eagled the par-5 15th on Weds
GOLF CLUB
PO Box 2396, Albany NY 12220
rescue@peppertree.org • 518-435-7425
KRICKET & BUGSY: Mix, one female, one male, 10 years, 7 lbs, 8.5 lbs. Kricket and Bugsy are a lifelong duo with an unbreakable bond. Where one goes, the other is never far behind—if they’re in separate rooms, expect a few barks as they call out to each other. This sweet pair brings out the best in each other, with Kricket especially gaining confdence from Bugsy’s calm and steady presence. One adoption fee has been sponsored, so you can take home two lovebugs for the price of one! Kricket is curious and affectionate, often following Bugsy’s lead to come ask for pets. She loves being around other dogs, especially when she’s outside soaking up the sun. She’ll even join in on some playful barking if the group starts up! Bugsy, on the other hand, is a gentle, laid-back boy who loves curling up on a dog bed or melting into your arms for a cuddle session. Both Kricket and Bugsy are great with kids and other pets, including cats. Bugsy takes medication for his heart. Kricket is especially sensitive to handling around her neck, so a leash-free, enclosed space would be ideal for her. Despite their age, Kricket and Bugsy still have a spark of puppy energy left in them. They’ll break out into happy little dances when they’re excited, though they’re still learning to feel fully confdent. With a patient, loving home and each other by their side, they’re sure to blossom. Kricket and Bugsy are crate-trained, enjoy lounging in the yard on nice days, and are ready to fnd a forever home together.
◀ This beautiful CALICO will be ready for adoption shortly. She is almost done with her mama duties and is looking forward to fnding a forever home of her own where she can be loved and cherished. She is FeLV/FIV negative, vaccinated and will be spayed the frst week in June. She is super sweet and affectionate and a quite self assured kitty. She is approximately 2.5 years old and a real beauty.
MECHANICVILLE SOFTBALL
#5 MHS 10 VS. #12 CORINTH 0
Mechanicville May 20- Paige Rogers pitched a complete game shutout, allowing only 3 hits, while striking out 10 without walking anyone. At bat she led MHS with 3 base hits, including a triple. Catcher Addison Pane doubled and homered. Kendall Buechner homered and drove in 3 runs.This was the opening round of sectionals and the last home game of the year for Mechanicville. They fell to #4 Holy trinity the next day. Congratulations to the players and Coach Jim Kenyon for another outstanding season.
PHOTOS BY EXPRESS STAFF
Kendall Buechner congratulated after her homerun
Base hit
Hit a long way
Maggie Horan slides safely into 2nd
Loiacono steals 2nd
Beating the throw
Safe at home
HOOSIC VALLEY / STILLWATER BASEBALL
PHOTOS BY EXPRESS STAFF
HOOSIC VALLEY 3 STILLWATER 1
Valley Falls May 21- Hoosic Valley came out on top in the Section 2 Class C play-in game. Jimmy Johnson was the WP and Avery Murray who allowed only 3 runs was saddled with the loss.
Bleakley reaches for a high throw as Grennan hustles to 1st
Johnson pitching
Brown slides safely on errant throw
McDonagh back to 1st on a pickoff attempt
Bleakley slides into 3rd
Bleakley slides into 2nd, cf runs down the ball
Harder slides into 3rd
Jimmy Johnson doubles
End of the game handshakes
Throw to 1st as runner scores
Avery Murray on the mound
HOOSIC VALLEY TRACK & FIELD
PHOTOS BY TIFFANY HURLEY
The Hoosic Valley Track and Field team participated in the Wasaren League Championship meet on May 20th. The girls team placed 4th overall and the boys team placed 6th while the top 6 fnishers in each event scored points and received awards.
irls o f is ers 3K-2nd Nahla Squires; 4x800-1st Brielle Chapko, Samantha Gratton, Laura Rice, Ava Wiley; 4x100-6th Sophia Akin, Rileigh Davis, Devin Delameter, Gracyn Gates; 1500-5th Nahla Squires; 400 Hurdles-4th Hannah Coffn; 2,000 Steeplechase-2nd Ava Wiley, 6th Brielle Chapko; 4x400-4th Hannah Coffn, Samantha Gratton, Laura Rice, Nahla Squires; High Jump-5th Estelle Hurley; Pole Vault-1st Sarah Helen Mysliwiec, 2nd Laura Rice; Discus-1st Joni Chapko, 4th Phoebe Harder; Shot Put-1st Joni Chapko; Pentathlon-5th Nora Luskin.
o s o f is ers 400-6th Tyler Jones; 4x4005th Tyler Jones, Owen Simpson, Mason Speanburgh, Keagan Tompkins; Pole Vault-4th Ben Militar; Discus-1st Zane Briggs, 2nd Cole Chapko; Shot Put-1st Zane Briggs, 3rd Cole Chapko.
BASEBALL
MECHANICVILLE
#7 MHS 6 VS. #2 COXSACKIE 5
Coxsackie May 24- Chris Couser pitched a complete game victory, Scotty Lynch and Cruz Goverski homered as Mechanicville upset the #2 seed Coxsackie. Game Over!
PHOTOS BY MELISSA LEMAY
Scotty Lynch swings
Pingelski stretches to make the out
Mark Pingelski on 3rd
Lynch hits a 3 run homer as teammates congratulate him
Senior Chris Couser pitched
Celebration, and on to the semifnals
John Fedorowicz
Estelle Hurley
Nahla Squires
Nora Luskin
BASEBALL
MECHANICVILLE
PHOTOS BY MELISSA LEMAY AND EXPRESS STAFF
#7 MHS 8 VS. #10 JOHNSTOWN 2
Mechanicville May 22- AJ Messercola pitched a complete game victory. MHS won the opening round of sectionals.
