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  • Malone & Chateaugay: The War of 1812, Part 2
    Posted on Monday, May 19th, 2014 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Chateaugay, DeSalaberry, Fort Covington New York, Franklin County, Malone, War of 1812

    Fort Covington, Franklin County, New York, USA (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Everyone in the Malone and Chateaugay area has used the Old Military Turnpike. Did you know it got its start in the War of 1812 ? After the capture of General Tilden in the French Mills ( Fort Covington area–seen to the left), the next “significant” battle took place in Chateaugay. …[ read more ]

  • The Wolf Head Scandal
    Posted on Thursday, October 27th, 2011 | Filed under Uncategorized | Tagged: Bangor, Chateaugay, Malone, political satire, wolf scandal

    Image via Wikipedia      Everyone loves a good scandal, so how do we create one? We are all familiar with Dutch Shultz, but gangsters like him are either in short supply or unwanted in our communities–unless we stuff them in the prisons that decorate our outskirts of our lovely villages.      In 1815 we discovered a …[ read more ]

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      arol McClain       @carol_mcclain  My roofer-brother-in-law flew four hundred miles to my house to put on a new roof. As a single mom with only my salary as support, his help was critical. He had one day. Of course, that day threatened rain. The wind already picked up and promised to deliver what the weatherman predicted. This couldn’t happen. I was walking to my car after picking up groceries to feed him, when the story of Jesus calming the wind came to mind (Matthew 8:23-27). Shyly (I was in a public place) I raised my hand to the wind and prayed, “Be still. Please… ...[ full story ]

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