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A headstone for Civil War vet | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS By Bill Buell | Julie Mountain and Civil War reenactor Rich Talay uncover a headstone for Civil War veteran Pvt. David Mountain, as Julie’s sister Jennifer Mountain watches. A ceremony was held Friday to honor the Mountain sisters’ great-great-grandfather at St. John the Baptist Cemetery in Schenectady. Shares0 SCHENECTADY – A soft, misty rain fell throughout the morning Friday at St. John the Baptist Cemetery, gently washing away 128 years of unfinished family business for Julie and Jennifer Mountain. The two sisters, Scotia na...

Social warrior: Since high school, Schenectady activist Mabel Leon, now 80, has worked to make world better | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Schenectady Social warrior: Since high school, Schenectady activist Mabel Leon, now 80, has worked to make world better April 3, 2021 Mabel Leon sits in her Stockade apartment, right. At left, she protests at the corner of Erie Boulevard and State Street on a recent Friday. Inset, Leon speaks out against federal budget cuts at a Schenectady City Council meeting in 1981. (Photo credits: Erica Miller and Bill Buell) Share1 As the eldest of six children growin...

Electric evermore — Longtime Schenectady moniker Electric City is firmly rooted in history | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS February 20, 2021 Inset left: "Electric City" branded items for sale at Schenectady Trading Company on Union Street Thursday. Inset right: An old Schenectady poster. Background: General Electric. Shares0 In the city of Schenectady’s long history, the 15 eventful years before and after the turn of the 20th century have no parallel. Those three decades, you could say, were electric. Well, times in the “Electric City” have changed, and, according to Golub Corp. Executi...

Electric City Archives: After award for Schenectady’s Vale Cemetery, a look at cemetery’s most fascinating | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Schenectady Electric City Archives: After award for Schenectady’s Vale Cemetery, a look at cemetery’s most fascinating About 15 years ago, I got a little upset at work one day and quit. I stormed out of the Gazette office and headed to the parking lot, only to remember that my automobile was up Maxon Road Extension a bit at Schenectady Auto Service; and unavailable. I started walking. Since I was in no hurry to run home and tell my wonderful wife that...