Flood fears ebb in Schenectady

SCHENECTADY — For a few hours Friday, city officials and residents of the city's Stockade watched and hoped the rising Mohawk River would not send water pouring into the neighborhood.The river, swelled by Thursday's rain and the rapid melting of ice and snow upstream, rose through the morning and nearly hit flood stage. The extra water and swift moving ice chunks fueled fear the river would be blocked at a nearby train bridge or Freenman's BridgeBut by 2 p.m., the water river had fallen by