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Don’t Frack on Me

by Erin Pihlaja June 19, 2013

In the largest anti-fracking showing in Albany yet, several thousand people organized at the Capitol on Monday (June 17), in another attempt to persuade Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban hydraulic fracturing in New York state. Whether ...

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Can’t Rain on the Parade

by Erin Pihlaja June 13, 2013

Capital Pride Week culminated on Sunday (June 9) with a parade through Center Square and a festival in Washington Park under sunny skies. All seemed to go off without a hitch, despite the attempts of ...

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Sound Turned Down

by Molly Eadie June 13, 2013

Bess Zafran, a junior at Albany High School, stood singing in the rain at the entrance of Pine Hills Elementary last Thursday (June 6). In one hand, she held a broken umbrella with rainbow polka ...

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Focus on Istanbul

by Erin Pihlaja June 5, 2013

“It’s not about just trees anymore,” said Hadiye Raymond. She identified herself as a Muslim woman, originally from Turkey, who now lives in the United States with her American-born husband and their children. She stood ...

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Count Us In

by Molly Eadie June 5, 2013

On Tuesday (June 4), the Women's Equality Coalition, a group of more than 850 organizations including Planned Parenthood, the YWCA, League of Women Voters, Volunteers of America Greater New York and New York State United ...

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Voting With Their Stomachs

by Amy Halloran May 30, 2013

Given the financial might of Monsanto and other companies that genetically engineer seeds, and the fact that the head of the USDA was a strong advocate for the company when he was governor of Iowa, ...

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Private Intimidator

by Erin Pihlaja May 22, 2013

On May 9, at around 6:30 PM, a small group of union members, citizens, and employees of the Albany County Nursing Home held a peaceful vigil outside of the home of Albany County Legislator Mary ...

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Hunger Games

by Amy Halloran May 22, 2013

The Farm Bill, also known as the Agricultural Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, passed in the agriculture committees of both the U.S. Senate and House last week, and moved on to the full ...

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Investments Revisited

by Erin Pihlaja May 22, 2013

The wild weather held off on Tuesday (May 21) long enough for the Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region to host its Annual Spring Tour. This year, the event took investors, borrowers, and members ...

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Getting to Know Your Candidates

by The Staff May 21, 2013

It's up to every citizen to make informed decisions when it comes to election time. If you live in Albany, today you may vote on who gets elected to the Albany Public Library Board of Trustees. ...

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Nixing the Sixth

by Erin Pihlaja May 15, 2013

The Egg. The Empire State Plaza. The Capitol and the Million Dollar Staircase. Dutch traders. Tulips. There are certain things that are synonymous with Albany, and for anyone who has lived here during the past ...

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Making Fun of History

by Erin Pihlaja May 15, 2013

On Tuesday (May 14), approximately 60 fourth-grade students from West Point Elementary School enjoyed a day of history lessons via period games and activities at the Stephen and Harriet Myers House on Livingston Avenue in ...

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They Paved Paradise

by Erin Pihlaja May 15, 2013

Call it what you will—divine intervention, a stay of execution—but the resilient bell tower of St. Patrick’s church is just not coming down, as planned, anyway. On Tuesday (May 14), a crane was transported, in pieces ...

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You’re Goin’ Down

by Erin Pihlaja May 8, 2013

How long does it take to demo a 19th-century building? Better question: How long to take down seven of them? Before 10 AM on Monday (May 6) an Albany-based demolition company, DiTonno & Sons, set ...

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Private Talks on Public Funding

by Erin Pihlaja May 8, 2013

The sign outside of Room 124 at the state Capitol may have read, “New York State Public Hearing,” but to the many people, including members of the media, who were refused entry to the proceedings, ...

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Elephant Walk

by Erin Pihlaja May 1, 2013

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus is coming to town this week (May 2 through May 5), and not everyone is excited about it. Animal-rights activists have historically lashed out at the 94-year-old ...

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Dredge Report

by Erin Pihlaja May 1, 2013

“I grew up in Greene County,” said Judith Enck. “I went to a high school that was right on the banks of the river. I remember being a teenager and going waterskiing, and the goal ...

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Lost: Giant Metal Boot

by Darryl McGrath May 1, 2013

Albany police and parking enforcement agents are searching for a gray pickup truck whose driver apparently figured out how to remove the cast-iron-and-steel wheel-locking device known as a "boot." Boots are used to disable vehicles ...

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Ride for the Future

by Molly Eadie April 24, 2013

Preschoolers from Castle Island Bilingual Montessori School took a rest after riding their tricycles for the last short stretch of the Earth Day Bicycle Parade on Monday (April 22). The six-mile ride began in Lafayette ...

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Promised Land

by Erin Pihlaja April 24, 2013

It’s been just over two years since Trinity Alliance and the Albany Housing Authority secured a $5 million grant for the development of the Capital South Campus Center, a 12,200-square-foot educational facility to be located ...

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He’s Back

by Erin Pihlaja April 17, 2013

Albany City Treasurer Kathy Sheehan is looking to move into the mayor’s office, and on Sunday, Darius Shahinfar announced that he is ready to take her place as Albany’s chief fiscal officer. “It’s a stay-the-course race,” ...

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Money Speaks for Money

by Molly Eadie April 17, 2013

On Monday (April 15), Todd Allocco, of Albany, disguised himself as the Walmart smiley face known from the company’s advertisments, and left bags of fake money outside the office of Senate Co-Leader and Independent Democratic ...

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Motor Donor

by Jason Bisnoff April 17, 2013

Almost 10,000 New Yorkers are currently waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. Every 13 hours, another New Yorker dies while waiting. Still, only 20 percent of New Yorkers have enrolled in New York state’s Donate ...

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We’ve Got a Race

by Erin Pihlaja April 10, 2013

“It felt good, it quieted all of the questions,” said Corey Ellis, Albany’s 11th Ward Democratic leader, after he officially announced last Friday (April 5) that he would run for mayor of Albany. “I felt ...

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No Laughing Matter

by Erin Pihlaja April 10, 2013

$THUMBfracking$

Phil and Joanne Markham donned their finest garments and set up shop in Albany’s Townsend Park last Saturday (April 6) to hock homemade pickles. The main ingredient, discounting the shriveled ex-cucumbers, was fracking “brine”—a chemical ...

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