Hey, Gazette, thanks for sponsoring the race and giving it so much coverage. There are dozens of photos of the race as it passed through the Stockade at

http://tinyURL.com/Stockade-athon2011

See the tasteful new sign and more photos of the store here
http://tinyurl.com/StockadeHomeMarket

The store has a coffee bar and offers snacks. Maein plans to have the deli counter ready over the next couple of days, and is offering breakfast items and sandwiches, and more.

Please go to http://tinyurl.com/propanetanked
for detailed explanation of the law, facts, and safety issues, plus photos and links to important documents.

Duanesburg made believe a 30,000-gallon propane tank is a "retail store" and then treated the tank like it really were merely a store when considering fire and safety issues. Judge Kramer then acted as if the Miners had acted in bad faith rather than the Town and Long Energy, and he decided he could simply ignore the plain words of the zoning ordinance.

Missing "Ts": I'm another codger who finds that trait annoying. I've noticed that many natives of Schenectady have that verbal quirk: If the last syllable of a word starts with a hard consonant, especially a T, they drop that consonant when pronouncing the word (and almost swallow the last syllable entirely, giving it no stress at all). So, some facts are "impor-ant" and molehills are often made into "mou-ains."

It seems that young woman are most likely to lose their Ts. One otherwise fine reporter/anchor at WTEN says her last name is pronounced "Lay-in". Why aren't their producers giving them allocution poin-ers?

Go to the link below for a list of winners, and for photos of the winning art and artists, at the Stockade Outdoor Art Show:

http://tinyurl.com/StockadeArt2011

Photos of the Sept. 8 flooding at the Stockade will be added all day at "suns along the Mohawk." See
http://tinyurl.com/Sep8Stockade

You can click here for a couple dozen photos of the flooding in the Stockade at the weblog "suns along the Mohawk"

http://tinyurl.com/IreneStockade

Find 20 photos of the flooding on the Scotia side of the Mohawk, around Collin's Park, here -

http://tinyurl.com/IreneScotia

For more photos of the door and 109 S. Ferry St., and to read the Ballad, go to

http://tinyurl.com/WilieBallad

For better survey results, politicians should try a constant refrain used by God's public relations firm. When their Guy's accused of being indifferent, inconsistent, cruel or capricious, His handlers and enablers merely say He "works in mysterious ways."