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🌱 Meet the Scotia native leading Discover Schenectady

Scotia, New York Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hi there, Scotia! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the Scotia native leading Discover Schenectady
  • Joy and Constantino’s GOP feud escalates after the election

Also on today's calendar: Tri-City Folk Dancers - Daylight Dance and 4 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 54 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with rain, temps: high: 46, low: 36.
  • Friday: Cold with a little rain, with a high of 40 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Discover Schenectady's Elissa Fornasiero shares her vision (dailygazette.com) — Scotia native Elissa Fornasiero is taking the helm of Discover Schenectady, bringing hospitality experience from Albany and Lake Placid back to familiar ground. She wants to build on the county’s revitalization by strengthening tourism partnerships and showing cost-conscious visitors what makes the area worth a trip.
   

• 'Tony should get drug tested' — Joy vs. Constantino feud erupts (dailygazette.com) — Schenectady County Republican Chair Liz Joy and Congressman-elect Anthony Constantino are trading public attacks after he texted her a demand to resign following his election. Their longstanding feud has widened over Constantino’s defense of former Saratoga County GOP chair Joe Suhrada, who resigned after a recording revealed racist and homophobic remarks.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Schenectady

  • Comedy Works moving from Saratoga to Schenectady (timesunion.com)
  • Schenectady bus driver hosting Stuff the Bus for holidays (dailygazette.com)
  • New York Operations Manager Honored with Heart of the Industry Award (stnonline.com)

Rotterdam

  • National coffee chain drops into Rotterdam (news10.com)
  • 518 pride rides with Lexi Stephens on 'The Voice' (wnyt.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Scotia

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