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History of Schools in Schaghticoke – by C. Kelley

Last week I talked a bit about the lack of information about 18th century schools in Schaghticoke. Though New York State began funding schools in 1795, the Common School Law, passed in 1812, organized the schools and funding more comprehensively.

Private schools existed in the 19th century as well. One local non-public school option for girls was the Troy Female Seminary, founded in Waterford by Emma Hart Willard in 1819 and later moved to Troy.

Read the entire article in the Oct. 30th issue of the Express.

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The Express Newspaper – October 30, 2014

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Diver Library Welcomes New Staff – by Christine Barton

Schaghticoke- Photo of new staff at the Diver Library. Nick Matulis, (Left) Library Director and Donna Baird, (Right), Associate Director. Their story was published in the October 2nd edition of the Express.  As promised, the staff is hard at work planning new and exciting programs. The Diver Library is currently offering several fall programs that are open to the community.

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The Express Newspaper October 16, 2014

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Timothy J. Keyes – 64

 

SCHAGHTICOKE -Timothy J. Keyes of Stillwater Bridge Road passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2014. He was 64.

Relatives and friends may call from 11:30am-12:30pm on Tuesday, September 30 at the Transfiguration Parish, 17 South Main Street, Schaghticoke. Funeral Mass will be conducted at 12:30pm. Burial will be in the family plot in St. John's Cemetery, Schaghticoke.

Kindly consider donations in lieu of flowers to the Hoosic Valley Rescue Squad in memory of Timothy J. Keyes.

Online remembrances may be made at www.chasesmithfamily.com

The entire obituary will be in the Oct. 2nd edition of the Express.

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Flax Mills in Schaghticoke – by C. Kelly

Last week, in this long series about the early textile mills using the water power of the Hoosic River in Schaghticoke, I spoke about the Joy Mill, which used flax as its raw material. It was owned by Bostonian Benjamin Joy. That information and what follows comes from a census of local mills done by Richard Hart of Troy in 1831, now located in the Hart Papers at the Rensselaer County Historical Society.

Read the entire article in the Sept. 18th issue of the Express.

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The Express Newspaper – September 11, 2014