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GrahamBonnet
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Tonight the people spoke! Congrats to the winners! The Rotterdam Democrats!!! The Republicans were trounced and the NNTP was trounced even worse. Maybe it is time a fourth, or fifth party now too, or at least enough to make sure every particular issue is covered. The apparent message is that the Democrat platform is what Rotterdamians want and I understand and respect that. The people voted for change they can believe in, and that is to be respected.

Democracy is a wonderful thing, and we all abide by it. God Bless!


GB


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GB

You're a bigger man than I thought

God Bless
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Shouldn't have under estimated me in the first place when it came to that! Best wishes to all!


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Shouldn't have under estimated me in the first place when it came to that! Best wishes to all!


spoken like a true politician


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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ROTTERDAM JUNCTION
Project preserves Mohawk Valley memories
County historian recording first-hand accounts

BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter
Reach Gazette reporter Justin Mason at 395-3113 or jmason@dailygazette.net

    Life always seemed to center around Rotterdam Junction for Dick Whalen.
    From his earliest recollections of the hamlet’s once-bustling railroad yards during the 1930s to his memories of taking his first ride on the incomplete state Thruway, he’s a living resource on how a 10-mile stretch of the Erie Canal evolved and changed over the better part of a century. In fact, his longest period away from Rotterdam Junction came when he was held prisoner for nearly three years during the Korean War.
    “I lived my whole life within 600 feet of here,” he said from his home on Main Street.
    But Whalen, who earns $500 a year as the town’s historian, isn’t getting any younger. And at 81, he’s grown accustomed to reading the obituaries of people who witnessed the same history he tries to keep alive in browning photographs stowed away in what was once his  office..............>>>>..............>>>>.............http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01601&AppName=1
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Educational center at Mabee Farm going up
BY MICHAEL LAMENDOLA Gazette Reporter

    The walls are going up for the $2.5 million year-round educational center on the Mabee Farm, owned by the Schenectady County Historical Society.
    Society President Edwin Reilly Jr. said construction on the George E. Franchere Educational Center is on track to be completed by February. “We are hoping the good weather holds up before winter. If that happens we will be able to put the roof on and use it by February,” he said.
    The three-story structure will allow the society to operate programs at the farm year round. “Normally we shut down to the public for the winter. It will let us have the whole site open all year round,” Reilly said. ................>>>>..................>>>>.......................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01004&AppName=1
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Mabee Farm a historic success

    Stewardship isn’t exactly a popular concept in this age of short-term, bottom-line thinking. History is no match for the latest commercial development, as the desecration of the Stanford House site in Niskayuna shows. But stewardship is what the Schenectady County Historical Society has practiced with the Mabee Farm on Route 5S in Rotterdam Junction, which it received in 1993 as a gift from its former owner, George Franchere. And, with a new $2.5 million year-round educational center going up, a good thing is about to become even better.
    The Mabee farmhouse, built around 1670, just after the British took over New York City from the Dutch, is thought to be the oldest home in the Mohawk Valley. But it wasn’t in great shape when the Historical Society took it over, nor was the handsome Dutch barn (which was moved to the farm from adjacent county property in 2000), carriage shed, or other buildings. ................>>>>...........................>>>>..................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00901&AppName=1
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the Jct needs a Sonic and a voice!
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The Junction needs sidewalks lighting and the people to take some pride in their properties. That area has such histiric value and has never been given a chance. Clean it up and Rotterdam will have the jewel it can be proud of !!
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cant have a Sonic....we have winter.....


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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we have a Jumpin Jacks....why not
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is the Park out there still happening....hope so !!
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Quoted from biaggio
is the Park out there still happening....hope so !!


Maybe it will be a DOG PARK!


“Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.” Thomas Jefferson  
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Quoted from biaggio
is the Park out there still happening....hope so !!


As of now,  the proposal for a new town park in Rotterdam Junction is moving forward.  It is being called
"Bicentennial Park" (in 2020 will the the town's 200th birthday) and it involves expanding the footprint of Woestina Park onto as much of the State Canal Corp's 60 acres between the Mabee Farm and Route 103 .. and the reclamation of the old "Bonded Concrete site"  (70+ acres) into a paasive use park area.

Expect more details to come over the winter months.   It will take 5 to 10 years to complete this park -- but it will be worth it.   No plans for a "dog park" in Bicentennial Park -- at least not that I am aware of.
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Quoted from biaggio
we have a Jumpin Jacks....why not


jumpin jacks closes in the winter.....Sonic wouldn't want the lag......


...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......

The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.


STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS

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