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The Costumer to open superstore in Mohawk Harbor | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 SCHENECTADY — The Costumer will be moving its Colonie operations to Schenectady and opening a new retail store at Mohawk Harbor. Co-owner Erik Johnsen said Wednesday the move will increase efficiency by consolidating operations in the city where The Costumer was founded 104 years ago.  But the decision was driven more by the desire to be part of the multi-use community on the Mohawk River waterfront, and th...

Army Guard aviators team up with NY forest rangers for helicopter firefighting training Eric Durr and Sgt. Andrew Valenza for the New York National Guard | May 12, 2021 Estimated reading time 8 minutes, 17 seconds. New York and Connecticut Army National Guard UH-60 aircrews teamed up with New York Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers to hone their helicopter wildfire fighting skills during an exercise in Colonie, New York using the Mohawk River as a water source and targ...

Letters to the Editor Tuesday, May 11 | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Stefanik puts her ambition over truth Responding to your May 6 front page article about Elise Stefanik (“Stefanik likely to get plum GOP House position”), it is appalling to read that the relatively young Ms. Stefanik has put her political ambitions above her honesty and integrity, as she perpetuates the lie that our national presidential election was fraudulent. While I do not necessarily agree with the political views of L...

Army Guard aviators team up with NY Forest Rangers for helicopter firefighting training Photo By Sgt. Andrew Valenza | New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jake Pratt a UH-60 crew chief assigned to the...... read moreread more Photo By Sgt. Andrew Valenza | New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jake Pratt a UH-60 crew chief assigned to the 2rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation and a New York State Dep...

Capital Region Scrapbook 1991: Water skiing in Scotia and Waterford anniversary (with robot) | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS GAZETTE COVERAGE . . Members of the Bud Light U.S. Water-Ski Show Team practice on the Mohawk River during the late spring of 1991. The men and women were preparing for Scotia’s June RiverFest party. .   Aqua men from the Bud Light U.S. Water-Ski Show Team challenge gravity during a high-speed practice on the Mohawk River in June 1991. .   A young woman keeps her balance...

Cudmore: Settler in the town of Charleston was Revolutionary War hero | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS By |   Researchers agree that Thomas Machin was the engineer who had two metal chains forged and strung across the Hudson River near West Point to prevent British warships from traveling from New York City up the Hudson to Albany to thwart the American Revolution. There is also agreement that after the war Machin settled in Charleston in Montgomery County, south of the Mohawk River. But Bevis Lo...

COLUMBIA AND COLEBROOK — The New Hampshire Department of Transportation will begin rehabilitation work to the Route 3 bridge over the Simms Stream in Columbia on Thursday, May 6, and on the Route 26 bridge over the Mohawk River in Colebrook, starting on Friday, May 7. The Columbia Route 3 Bridge project includes removal and replacement of pavement and membrane, deck repairs and channel stabilization. The Colebrook Route 26 Bridge project includes removal and replacement of pavement and mem...

Glamp on the water at the only canal side getaway in New York State. Get away from it all at Camp Rockaway on the Champlain Canal with all the comforts of home. Your waterfront glamping experience includes a safari style pre-pitched tent on a raised wood platform. Each tent has a queen-size bed with a memory foam mattress, side tables with solar lights, pillows, linens, extra blankets, towels, and cleaning supplies. Credit - Camp Rockaway Sit back and enjoy the beauty of Mother Nature on a d...

COHOES, N.Y. — Visitors to Cohoes will once again have the opportunity to get an up-close view of the majestic and historic Cohoes Falls with Falls View Park re-opened to the public now. Opened in 2008, the seasonal park is a creative public/private collaboration between Brookfield, the City of Cohoes, and the National Park Service’s Erie Canalway Heritage Corridor. “In many different ways, the Cohoes Falls has been part of the heart of our economy for generations. It is a unique...

Figures show growing use of canal | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Figures show growing use of canal This year’s boating season on the state’s canal system opened late because of high water and nearly This year’s boating season on the state’s canal system opened late because of high water and nearly shut down early because of drought. But despite those constraints, final figures for the New York State Canal Corp.’s 182nd navigation season show an increase in lockings throughout the 52...