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Disputed Lines

by Erin Pihlaja November 15, 2012

The third and final public meeting on the redistricting of Albany’s ward lines was held Tuesday night (Nov. 13) at the Arbor Hill Public Library. Members of the Reapportionment Committee, charged with submitting new maps ...

Democrat Party

by Erin Pihlaja November 8, 2012

After months of enduring increasingly negative campaign ads, stump speeches, and the repetitive talking points of pundits everywhere, the 2012 elections are pretty much over. Here’s how things shaped up in the Capital Region: Democratic U.S. ...

Fixer-Upper

by Erin Pihlaja November 1, 2012

GAR Associates, a New York State real estate consulting and appraisal firm, recently finished collecting data on all of the properties in the city of Troy. The company was hired by the city to reevaluate ...

School House Switch

by Erin Pihlaja October 25, 2012

The Philip Livingston Magnet Academy, formerly known as Philip Livingston Junior High, has seen better days. Named after Philip Livingston, who signed the Declaration of Independence, the building has been called a “centerpiece” of the ...

Redrawing the Map

by Erin Pihlaja October 17, 2012

“Every 10 years, you get to shuffle this deck, and that’s a good thing,” said Aaron Mair, a local civil-rights activist. The shuffling in this instance will be Albany’s wards. Albany is divided into 15 legislative ...

Don’t Bank on Her

by Stephen Leon October 17, 2012

While most political junkies have been occupied this past week with the feisty VP and presidential debates and the ensuing clash of the pundits, another presidential candidate made a campaign stop in Albany Monday with ...

Clean Up, Clear Out

by Erin Pihlaja October 10, 2012

What would you do with six acres of prime, vacant real estate on the Hudson River? That’s what the city of Troy is trying to decide now that a long-term lease between the city and ...

Out of the Park

by Erin Pihlaja October 4, 2012

After the tents came down in Academy Park last winter, with help from the Albany Police and an eviction order issued by the city of Albany, Occupy Albany, along with other Occupy movements across the ...

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The Original Corner Store

by Amy Halloran September 27, 2012

Cathe Casey lives around the corner from the Niskayuna Co-op Market, where she is a board member. Twenty years ago when her home burned, before the fire trucks had even left the street, the co-op ...

We Have Our Winners—Well, Almost

by Erin Pihlaja September 20, 2012

Primary day came and went, and while some of the outcomes were expected, there were a few surprises and one high-profile race still without a decided victor. The 109th Assembly District was, as predicted, a very ...

The Last Person Standing

by Erin Pihlaja September 12, 2012

Forget your favorite reality television show. This year’s local political races had all of the colorful personalities, the action, and the drama that the networks scramble over one another to capture. The race for the ...

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Representing Contrasts

by Darryl McGrath September 7, 2012

Cohoes Mayor John McDonald suggested the privately owned Professor Java’s Coffee Sanctuary on Wolf Road for a recent chat about his candidacy for the 108th New York State Assembly District. His opponent in the Democratic ...

The Hot Seat?

by Erin Pihlaja September 7, 2012

Politics tends to be an arena suited for the aggressive, and the race between New York state Sen. Neil Breslin (D-Albany) and Shawn Morse, a Cohoes firefighter and Albany County legislative chairman, has been one ...

About Geologic Time

by Erin Pihlaja August 30, 2012

As the crowd, which numbered over 1000 people, filed past New York State’s Capitol building in Albany, it seemed for a brief moment that Gov. Andrew Cuomo might hear the mob shouting his name and ...

Calm Down

by Shawn Stone August 28, 2012

Albany’s Madison Avenue is so heavily trafficked by cars and trucks that if you live on that historic boulevard, which begins in the Mansion and Park South neighborhoods and ends in Pine Hills, you eventually ...

Correction

by Shawn Stone August 25, 2012

In the story “Calm Down,” by Shawn Stone, which appeared on pages 9-10 of Vol. 35, Issue 34, published Aug. 23, 2012, the quotes attributed to Albany Police Department Assistant Chief Brendan Cox should have ...

Spoiling the Party

by Elyse Beaudoin August 23, 2012

Sprinkles of rain dotted the pavement at Townsend Park in Albany on Monday. Half of the hundred or so protesters huddled under trees and umbrellas; some stood behind the Spanish-American War Monument to avoid the ...

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The Barter System

by Jaired Crofut August 16, 2012

On Sunday evening (Aug. 12), community group Troy Shares held its third skills-share meeting of 2012 at the Oakwood Community Center at Hoosick and 10th streets. The group was formed in 2010 by Emily Rossier, ...

A Call for Last Call

by Erin Pihlaja August 16, 2012

On July 19, the Albany Board of Zoning Appeals received an application from John DeJohn to extend the hours of two of his restaurants, Legends and DeJohn’s (286 and 288 Lark Street), from 2 AM ...

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