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Given a Helping Paw

by Erin Pihlaja February 27, 2013

Thanks to three significant grants from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, it looks like Animalkind, a Hudson-based animal rescue operation, will finally start the process of rebuilding its home at ...

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Oppose fracking . . . and oppress gays and women?

by Molly Eadie February 13, 2013

After a screening of his pro-fracking film Fracknation at the Egg on Monday (Jan. 11), filmmaker Phelim McAleer took questions from the audience. At one point the Q&A got heated as McAleer shamed “liberals” for ...

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Battleground

by Molly Eadie February 13, 2013

“Gov. Cuomo says, 'Well, they'll feel better after they read the law and they understand it,'” said Terry Bernardo, Ulster County chairwoman. “Do you feel better now that you've read it?” The crowd, gathered at the ...

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Charge It

by Peter Iselin February 6, 2013

The Capital Region got a little bit greener Tuesday (Feb. 5) when two new electric vehicle charging stations were unveiled at Woodlake Apartments in Guilderland. The Woodlake installation is the first of many charging stations planned ...

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In Recognition

by Molly Eadie February 6, 2013

“For four years I was awarding this recognition to other people, and it's an honor to be recognized,” said Corey Ellis on Monday evening (Feb. 4) after the Albany Common Council recognized him and 16 ...

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Quick Response

by Erin Pihlaja January 31, 2013

“We were pretty much packed the whole night,” said Pastor Keith Davey of New Hope Ministries at 148 Dove St. “At 11:30 [PM] the power went back on, and you could hear the cheers from ...

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Here’s the Plan

by Erin Pihlaja January 31, 2013

If you were expecting Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings to slip in an announcement of whether of not he would run for reelection on Tuesday night (Jan. 29)—tough luck. At no point in his State of ...

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Musical Chairs

by Erin Pihlaja January 24, 2013

A thunderous round of applause broke out as Cecilia Tkaczyk stepped onto the Senate chamber floor yesterday afternoon (Jan. 23). She waved to the cheering people in the balcony and nodded at her colleagues, who ...

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Don’t Tread on Us

by Erin Pihlaja January 24, 2013

National Gun Appreciation Day was recognized by thousands in Albany’s West Capitol Park on Saturday (Jan. 19) at a rally organized by a group called Guns Across America. Demonstrators unfurled banners reading “Don't Tread on ...

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New York Fires First Shot

by Erin Pihlaja January 17, 2013

On Tuesday (Jan. 15), Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature finalized the New York’s Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, making New York the first state to pass stricter gun legislation since the Newtown, Conn., school massacre. Among ...

Caffeinated Showdown

by Erin Pihlaja January 17, 2013

If you’ve ever met someone who can describe the difference between a coffee bean harvested in one country versus another, or the various ways that the bean can be processed once it is removed from ...

A Blow to Women

by Erin Pihlaja January 10, 2013

Is the Violence Against Women Act getting pushed off the fiscal cliff? The act, which provides federal funding for the investigation of cases of violence against women, and the prosecution of those perpetrators, has been renewed ...

The Capital Region is Funny

by Erin Pihlaja January 4, 2013

We saw a bit of the spotlight when The Colbert Report did a segment on Night Moves (a local all-nude establishment) that featured Times Union critic Steve Barnes, and it looks like we've caught some ...

Pick of the Scrum

by Erin Pihlaja December 27, 2012

A nervous tension was in the air at Brown’s Revolution Hall last Thursday night (Dec. 20). Two emcees stood on a stage in the front of the room, and as the chatter died down, they ...

No Last Call

by Erin Pihlaja December 20, 2012

On Dec. 17, the Albany Common Council voted not to support a proposal by Raven’s Head Brewing Co. to convert the long-vacant St. Joseph’s church to a brewery and brew pub. While the final decision ...

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Oh What Fun

by Erin Pihlaja December 14, 2012

Carolers young and old flooded the Times Union Center on Wednesday (12/12/12) to help set a world record for the most people singing “Jingle Bells” while ringing jingle bells. The event was the brainchild of ...

Which Way to the River?

by Erin Pihlaja December 13, 2012

It’s pretty easy to hate on Interstate 787, but the “monstrosity,” as it was described during a public hearing on the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program in Albany, is just one of many impediments that will ...

Care for the Caregivers

by Erin Pihlaja December 6, 2012

When the Albany County nursing home was built in 1973 at 780 Albany Shaker Road, it was hailed as a $9 million “state-of-the-art” facility. Patients from the Ann Lee home and the Hun Memorial tuberculosis ...

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Uncle Sam Skates

by Erin Pihlaja December 6, 2012

Glass shards from broken liquor bottles lie on the cement; small testaments of illicit behavior that goes largely unchecked under the highways at the foot of Hoosick Street, just before the Hudson River. Someone once ...

The No Zone

by Ann Morrow November 29, 2012

Watervliet has only one “building of distinction” and as of last Tuesday, that building, known by its majestic 137-foot-high tower, may be doomed to obliteration. Two days before Thanksgiving, the Watervliet Common Council, in a special ...

Everyday Santa Claus

by Erin Pihlaja November 29, 2012

“When you get that call saying your family has been adopted, it's a huge sense of relief,” said Tawana Cook. Cook is a recipient of the Adopt-a-Family program facilitated by the Commission on Economic Opportunity ...

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