In Rotterdam, a memorial was unveiled paying tribute to three local veterans. Family, friends, and fellow veterans watched as Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara unveiled the new memorial at ViaPort Rotterdam over the weekend.
Schenectady author on penning her debut novel | The Daily Gazette
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Stories have the power to make us feel less alone, help us better understand the world and curb boredom.
“Four Letter Words: Act One,” a debut novel by Schenectady author Haley Beth Costisick-Unwin, began as a way to keep the latter at bay.
She started writing the book about eight years ago while working at a Piercing Pagoda at ViaPort Rotterdam (or Rotterdam Square mall as it was called then). The business was slow during certain shifts and Costisick-Unwin needed a way to pass the time.
“I would do inventory counts, this and that, talk to any person that would even come near my Piercing Pagoda to say hello,” Costisick-Unwin said. “However, sitting there one day I just decided that I was going to write myself a story because I had a notebook they gave me that morning and I said, ‘Write what you know.’ ”