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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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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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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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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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Standing Up

by Ann Morrow April 10, 2013

The battle continues over St. Patrick’s Church in Watervliet. A plan to incorporate the church’s façade and 137-foot-high tower into the design of the Price Chopper store was declined on Tuesday by Nigro Companies, owners ...

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Equalize It

by Molly Eadie March 28, 2013

Jenni Rivera-Landers, Michelle Rivera-Landers, and their daughter, Dakota attended a vigil on March 26, outside of the James T. Foley courthouse to show support for national marriage equality. The couple were married at the First ...

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Fighting Mad

by Molly Eadie March 6, 2013

Thousands of people gathered in West Capitol Park on Thursday (Feb. 28) to protest Gov. Cuomo's Secure Ammunition and Firearms (SAFE) Act, signed in January. Buses carried people in from across the state for the ...

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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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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 ...

Golden Twilight?

by Erin Pihlaja November 21, 2012

Twinkies, an icon of processed junk food, may disappear. Panic ensued last week when Hostess Brands Inc., creator of Twinkies, Wonder Bread and various other baked goods, announced that it would shutter operations at its ...

Field of Dreams

by Erin Pihlaja November 8, 2012

The Troy City Council voted unanimously last week to support a bid for a NYSERDA grant, which Councilman Rodney Wiltshire (D-At Large) said would cover up to half the costs required to install a city-owned ...

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Sandy, We Hardly Knew You

by Erin Pihlaja November 1, 2012

On Monday afternoon, bare grocery store shelves, like these in Price Chopper on Madison Avenue in Albany, demonstrated that Capital Region residents were preparing for the worst as superstorm Sandy barreled toward the East Coast. ...

Occupy Albany Anniversary

by Molly Eadie October 25, 2012

On Sunday (Oct. 21), one year after Occupy Albany set up camp, from which they were eventually evicted, Occupiers marched to Academy Park to review the year and celebrate. While they've moved out of the ...

New Alcohol Restrictions at LarkFest

by Erin Pihlaja September 20, 2012

It was a year of change for LarkFest, the annual Albany street festival that took place Saturday (Sept. 15), shut down Lark Street from Washington Avenue to Madison Avenue, and drew thousands of people. For ...

Grudge Match

by Erin Pihlaja September 12, 2012

Judging by the tone of Tuesday’s (Sept. 11) debate between incumbent Sen. Roy McDonald (R-Saratoga) and challenger Kathy Marchione, the Republican primary race for the 43rd district New York State Senate seat is beyond ugly. ...

After the Flood

by Erin Pihlaja August 30, 2012

Dona Waszczak had to rebuild completely after Hurricane Irene destroyed her house on Priddle Road in Esperance. The tropical storm hit New York State on Aug. 28, 2011, and caused billions of dollars in total ...

Toward a Living Wage

by Jaired Crofut August 23, 2012

“When you look at the minimum wage that exists in New York state, every New Yorker should be totally embarrassed,” said Deputy Senate Minority Leader Neil Breslin at a press conference at the Albany Labor ...

Here to Stay

by Erin Pihlaja August 16, 2012

C-R Productions, which operates at the historic Cohoes Music Hall, has met its fundraising goal of $75,000. The campaign to save the company’s production budget started on Aug. 1 and ended on Aug. 15. Without ...

Troy Residents Enjoy a National Night Out

by Erin Pihlaja August 9, 2012

Kaylynn Barr, age 13, worked on a chalk drawing on 10th Street in Troy on Tuesday evening (Aug. 7) during a National Night Out event hosted by the Hillside North Neighborhood Group. The event is ...

POTUS Makes a Nanovisit

by The Staff May 10, 2012

For his third trip to the Capital Region since taking office, President Barack Obama addressed a gathering of students, university administrators and public officials on Tuesday at the University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science ...

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