GUEST COLUMN: The Fighting Snells
On a hot early August morning in 1777, the Snell brothers and cousins slung their rifles over their shoulders, kissed their wives and children goodbye and left their farms to
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On a hot early August morning in 1777, the Snell brothers and cousins slung their rifles over their shoulders, kissed their wives and children goodbye and left their farms to
Historians estimate that between 5,000 and 8,000 men of African descent served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and thousands more served in state militias and at sea. Henry Bakeman was one of them.
Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy (MHLC) has been awarded a $326,321 Farmland Protection Implementation Grant by the state Department of Agriculture and Markets in order to purchase the development rights for the 186-acre farm.
Jacob Snell was “unceasing and unrelenting” on behalf of the Republican Party. The Canajoharie Courier wrote, “A campaign once begun was waged until the polls were closed on Election Day,
One Woman Takes A 'Wayward' Approach To Menopause In This Smart New Novel Dana Spiotta's new novel, Wayward, is about a 53-year-old woman named Samantha — Sam — Raymond, who's going through menopause and becomes a little unhinged. She leaves her husband and her teenage daughter in the suburbs of Syracuse and impulsively moves into a dilapidated Arts and Crafts-style bungalow in a crumbling downtown neighborhood of that city. If this premise sounds melodramatic, that's not the kind of writer Spiotta is. As a long-time fan, I went back and looked at the reviews I've written of Spiotta's...