Classic Hits Q101.7

10/06/2020

Rolling Stone

BREAKING NEWS: Eddie Van Halen has died at the age of 65.

Eddie Van Halen, the Hall of Fame guitarist who revolutionized the instrument and influenced countless musicians, has died at the age of 65.

10/05/2020

We have some tix to this event!
.and none for Pierre.😆 Tune in at 8 am ..or msg page.

It's DRIVE-IN MOVIE WEEK!
Purchase Tickets ahead of time to skip the line! Get there early to enjoy food from some of your favorite vendors of the summer!
Miller's Backyard Bbq, The Clever Cleaver, Uncle Spuds, Pennsaylvia Funnel Cake & Scott's Charbroil!
Click Here to Purchase Movie Tickets: https://app.mobilecause.com/form/FH8bcQ?vid=cdfzi

10/02/2020

This is going on tomorrow! And the weather sure sounds like it's going to be favorable for this, so make your weekend plans now.

Join us Oct. 3rd for this family favorite event! Meet friendly farm animals, stroll through the farmers' market featuring local food and beverages, tackle the six-acre Heroic Corn Maze, and more! Click here to buy your tickets today: https://bit.ly/33QM2HS.

10/01/2020

Washington County, NY - Department of Public Safety

COVID-19 CASE CONFIRMED: HUDSON FALLS CSD, SCHOOLS DIMISSING EARLY

This morning Washington County Public Health and the Hudson Falls Central Schools received notification of a COVID-19 + result from a student that attended the Hudson Falls Central School District Kindergarten Center (2 Clark Street, Hudson Falls) as recent as yesterday. County Public Health and the School District are working closely to identify all potential exposures and begin the Public Health Investigation as quickly as possible.

The Hudson Falls Central School District is responding in accordance with their plan and shifting all of the buildings to remote learning for the next 5 school days, allowing for adequate and efficient contact identification and tracing. The school district staff has initiated contact with the school community and will begin dismissal shortly.

HOW DOES CONTACT TRACING WORK?
When a COVID-19 related Public Health investigation commences, our Public Health team obtains information regarding whereabouts, visits, events and lists of contacts of a COVID-19 positive or PUI (Person Under Investigation). Following that, lists are reviewed for exposures and the investigation continues and contact tracing begins, which is conducted by our Public Health team and/or the NYS Contact Tracing team. Contact tracing is conducted by phone, so please be sure to keep your eyes out for calls from "NYS Contact Tracing" or "Washington Co". While we understand this is a very concerning situation, contact tracing is very detailed and takes time to complete accurately. Please understand that the contact tracing process will be ongoing through tonight and possibly tomorrow.

PLEASE continue to be vigilant and utilize safe and healthy practices as noted ⬇️:
- STAY HOME if you're not feeling well
- BE MINDFUL of your activities and those you visit (for contact tracing, if needed)
- SOCIAL DISTANCE (at least 6' between you and others)
- AVOID large gatherings (even though we all want to!)
- WASH YOUR HANDS often
- MASK UP in public places

THANK YOU HUDSON FALLS CSD & COMMUNITY
The Hudson Falls CSD administration and staff followed their plan with dedication, working with our Public Health team hand in hand. Our Public Health team wishes to extend their thanks and appreciation to the school personnel and the Hudson Falls CSD community for their handling, coordination of the investigation and their understanding and support as we begin the process and work through it over the next day. We will provide a coordinated update with our partners at the Hudson Falls CSD on the situation as soon as we have the Public Health Investigation complete.

09/30/2020

Pierre Smith ..yeah we know it ain't Sarah..but dang! Is it funny..you can laugh! they haven't banned that yet.
thank you Sir🤘😔

09/30/2020

Here are some random facts for you . . .





1. There are currently 35 active national emergencies in the U.S., with one going all the way back to 1979.





2. Only one NFL player weighed over 300 pounds in 1970. By 2010, there were over 500 players at NFL training camps who weighed over 300.





3. The technical term for the rumbling in your stomach is "borborygmus." (That's pronounced bore-buh-RIG-mus.)





4. Bob Marley gave a songwriting credit on "No Woman, No Cry" to a man named Vincent Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in Jamaica. It was his way of making sure it would be funded forever.





5. By age 70, your body has shed 105 pounds of skin.





(Wikipedia / New York Times / Dictionary.com / The Independent / How Stuff Works)

09/25/2020

Fort Ticonderoga

Join us Oct. 3rd for this family favorite event! Meet friendly farm animals, stroll through the farmers' market featuring local food and beverages, tackle the six-acre Heroic Corn Maze, and more! Click here to buy your tickets today: https://bit.ly/33QM2HS.

09/22/2020

Tommy DeVito, Original Four Seasons Member, Dead at 92 from COVID

This afternoon Tommy DeVito of the Four Seasons passed away at the age of 92.

We'll honor Tommy DeVito with a Four Seasons cut every hour during the Work Release Program here on Q101.7.

Tommy D passed away this week due to complications from coronavirus.

09/21/2020

Here are some random facts for you . . .





1. Shakespeare invented the name Jessica in "The Merchant of Venice".





2. The word "turquoise" is based on the word "Turkish," because it described the color of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of southern Turkey.





3. Mort Walker, the guy who created the "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi and Lois" comic strips, came up with the idea for using random symbols like exclamation points and hashtags to represent swear words in cartoons. And the official term for it is grawlix.





4. College basketball players aren't allowed to have a jersey number that includes a six, seven, eight, or nine. That's because after a foul, the refs signal the player's number to the scorer's table with both hands, and small numbers make it easier.





5. In the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme, there's no mention of him being an egg . . . that's just how he's evolved to look in pop culture.





(Behind the Name / Fact Retriever / Wikipedia / New York Times / Poetry Foundation)

09/11/2020

Back the Blue.

09/11/2020

Elise Stefanik Thank you! 🇺🇸

09/11/2020

🇺🇸

09/11/2020

09/08/2020

Classic Hits Q101.7's cover photo

09/08/2020

How many shows have you seen there?

Great Gigs. Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY.

Opened in 1979 as a 4,794 seat arena. Popular with the likes of Aerosmith who've played here 7 times, Ozzy 6, Ted, Triumph and KISS all four times. This was the gig that opened Def Leppard's massive 163-date USA leg of the Hysteria tour on 1st October 1987.

Have any of you seen gigs here?

09/05/2020

Happy Labor Day Weekend!
Enjoy! Thank you Rick Silent B!..John (one way) Lawrence and YOU!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✌️S.

08/29/2020

NWS Albany on Twitter

Anyone in the Stillwater/Mechanicville/Schaghticoke Area got photos they can share? https://twitter.com/NWSAlbany/status/1299822511262064640

“Spotters reported a tornado on the ground just outside of Stillwater. Take cover now if in the warning! https://t.co/hg5eWPldqf”

08/29/2020

5PM US National Weather Service Albany NY Update:
Does not appear the Tornado Warning will be extended, but a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for Northern Saratoga County, Southern Washington County plus the City of Glens Falls until 6:00pm.

08/29/2020

TORNADO WARNING for the area in red!
This includes Rock City Falls, Milton and Greenfield.

Take cover! This warning is in effect until 5PM.

08/29/2020

08/26/2020

Dix Ave in Glens Falls to undergo paving project

Dix Avenue between Platt Street and the Glens Falls/Queensbury line is going to be under construction starting tomorrow. Consider alternate routes if your path to work includes this stretch of road.

Dix Avenue in Glens Falls will be under construction tomorrow through Monday. The road will be reduced to 1 lane between Platt Street and the City Line on Thursday from 8am to 5pm while road crews mill the current surface, and again on Monday from 7am to 5pm when the new blacktop is applied. M

08/20/2020

National Radio Day!
thank you.✌️😊

08/19/2020

Washington County Rabies Clinic

There's a rabies clinic coming to Fort Ann next month; scheduling appointments through the Washington County Department of Health begin next Thursday, August 27th.

The Washington County Department of Health is offering a Rabies Clinic in Fort Ann on Saturday, September 12th. The clinic will take place at the Fort Ann Highway Garage on Route 149, and will be by appointment only. To make your appointments for this clinic, contact the Washington County Depa

08/19/2020

Drive-in Concert this Saturday in Hudson Falls

Hey, looking for something to do? Take the car on over to Hudson Falls this Saturday night and enjoy some great music from the comfort of your car.

The Hudson River Music Hall Productions, Inc. presents a Drive-In Concert this Saturday Night at Derby Park in Hudson Falls, featuring Beatles Tribute band Across The Pond and Tom Petty Tribute band The Brokenhearted. Beatles tribute band Across The Pond will begin the festivities at Derby P

08/19/2020

Here are some random facts for you . . .





1. In the 18th century, rich people would hire real people to serve, basically, as human garden gnomes. The "ornamental hermits" would live in the rich person's garden and dress like a druid. (Shawns new part-time job?)





2. Before the company Tecmo was making classic video games like "Tecmo Bowl" and "Ninja Gaiden", they manufactured cleaning supplies and yachts.





3. Brian May from Queen has a Ph.D. in astrophysics.





4. The word "egregious" comes from Latin . . . where it meant "exceptionally good." But people kept using it sarcastically, to the point where the meaning completely evolved and now, it only means "exceptionally bad."





5. There's a five-star hotel in the Ukraine that used to be a Nazi concentration camp.





(Atlas Obscura / Wikipedia / Brian May / Vocabulary / Atlas Obscura)

08/12/2020

WARNING: Watch out for this COVID Scam

If you get a phone call from someone claiming that you have been exposed to COVID-19, and they ask you for your personal or credit card information for a testing kit to be sent to your home, do not offer that information and contact the authorities. This is a scam.

The Warren County Department of Health is warning residents of a new scam popping up trying to lift credit card numbers and personal information from unsuspecting people, claiming that they may have been exposed to COVID-19. The warning comes after receiving information from a Queensbury resident

08/12/2020

Here are some random facts for you . . .





1. Pigeons have an incredible ability to remember human faces. In fact, if you chase or feed a pigeon even once, it will remember you in the future.





2. The first time a computer successfully ran a piece of software was June of 1948. A computer in England ran a program that was, basically, just a calculator.





3. When Nokia was founded in Finland in 1865, it made toilet paper and other paper products. They didn't get into communications until 100 years later.





4. In 1990, Crayola's senior crayon maker retired after 37 years . . . and revealed he was actually colorblind.





5. Arnold Schwarzenegger got paid $75,000 for "Terminator" . . . and $15 million for "Terminator 2" seven years later.





(Eurekalert / Wikipedia / Wikipedia / AP News / The Richest)

08/04/2020

Tonight would have been Dead & Co. @ SPAC (and no the weather wouldn't stop us) Playing ALL the Dead songs from the vault top and bottom of the hour starting at 8pm.✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️

08/02/2020

Keep an eye on the weather as the National Weather Service has placed all of Eastern New York and Western New England under a TORNADO WATCH until 10PM tonight.

07/23/2020

07/23/2020

07/13/2020

TRAFFIC ADVISORY: NY 196 Closed in Kingsbury

Travelers heading to/from Central Washington County, if your path includes Route 196 in Kingsbury, you will need to find a new way the next two weeks as the state road is closed at the railroad overpass.

Traffic through Central Washington County will need to find a new way to get to Glens Falls the next two weeks. State Route 196, which cuts through central Washington County between Hudson Falls and South Hartford, is closed for the next two weeks at the railroad overpass in Kingsbury while the

07/11/2020

The Hook

Don't forget to water your Mooses

"Just watering my moose..." 😂😂

07/10/2020

Doreens Soup Kitchen & Food Pantry

Doreens Soup Kitchen & Food Pantry

Hudson Falls people we just wanted to spread the news that Hudson Falls Nutrition Services is serving breakfast & lunch at the Primary School located at 47 Vaughn Rd., Hudson Falls from July 1st - August 14, 2020.
Breakfast will be served at 7:45 - 8:30 am
Lunch will be served at 11:45 - 12:15 pm

PLEASE USE THIS SERVICE TO FEED THE CHILDREN!!!

07/08/2020

Milk and Food Drive Thursday at Corinth Elementary

In need of food or dairy? The Corinth Elementary School is hosting a milk and food drive-thru event beginning at 10AM on Thursday.

There's another milk and food drive-thru event happening at Corinth Elementary School Thursday. The event will begin at 10am as more than 3,000 gallons of milk and nearly 40,000 pounds of food will be distributed to those who come by on Thursday. Each vehicle that comes will be given 2 gallons