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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of eastern New York on the Mohawk River northwest of Albany. Founded by Dutch settlers in 1661, it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal and the coming of the railroad in the early 1800s and was a center of the electrical industry in the early 1900s.
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- noun a city of eastern New York on the Mohawk river; it prospered after the opening of the Erie Canal
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SCHENECTADY -- A state worker and mom from East Greenbush is trying to drum up support for a K-12 charter school in Schenectady.
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SCHENECTADY - A house fire remains under investigation in Schenectady.
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SCHENECTADY - Opening arguments are expected to begin Wednesday afternoon in the trial of a Schenectady police detective.
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SCHENECTADY -- Police say a driver distracted while lighting up a cigarette crashed into the DOT building in Schenectady Friday morning.
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SCHENECTADY - Schenectady police are conducting an internal probe into a car accident involving Assistant Police Chief Michael J. Seber late last month, according to Police Chief Mark Chaires.
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SCHENECTADY -- Tory Wilson scored 14 points to lead a balanced scoring effort in Saratoga Springs '54-41 non-league girls basketball win over Schenectady on Thursday.
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SCHENECTADY - On any given night, more than 500 men and women roam the streets of Schenectady looking for food and a comfortable place to sleep.
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SCHENECTADY - Schenectady police investigated a report of shots fired Thursday.
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SCHENECTADY - Police are investigating a shooting this morning in Schenectady where a man has suffered three gunshot wounds.
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Schenectady is a German word, and means _pine barren_.
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