VFW joins Excelsior in college plan

03/18/11 The New York State Veterans of Foreign Wars announced an education partnership Friday with Excelsior College that could cut tuition costs to veterans by as much as 80 percent. The program was launched in hopes of providing returning service members with an affordable education while strengthening VFW's membership numbers among young veterans. The VFW was instrumental in pushing the legislature ...

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Exhibition Examines the Pervasive Presence of Artist Robert Smithson in Contemporary Art

03/13/11 Tacita Dean, Rozel Point, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1999, 35mm slide projection, courtesy of the artist, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris and Frith Street Gallery, London.

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Visually, Bethlehem Church hasn't changed much in 150 years

03/11/11 One hundred fifty years ago, enough Germans had settled in a portion of southwestern Effingham County to start their own German-speaking Lutheran church.

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Wind farms are not for the birds

03/04/11 Sonya Thomas is five feet tall and weighs just 105 pounds. But last fall she won the world chicken wing eating competition in Buffalo, N.Y., devouring 181 wings in 12 minutes.

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Old guard maps out new strategy

03/03/11 Cyr, a Navy veteran of the 1980s and 1990s, and Reed, the director of veterans services at Excelsior College in Albany, created a new program offering a discounted education at Excelsior to vets and their spouses who join the Altamont VFW in an effort to attract new recruits to the post. The national Jewish War Veterans organization has opted to throw out the bricks and mortar model altogether ...

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Hangover lingers for NYC housing market

02/28/11 Sales volumes in the final quarter were down a third from year-earlier levels, despite a 9% fall in ...
 

Really Good Information about Ulster County Real Estate

02/10/11 Share First of all, when explaining Ulster County Real Estate, you start with it is location in Up-S...
 

Book Review: Smoking Typewriters

02/09/11 The Introduction compared and contrasted the coverage of the Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont which had appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Berkeley Barb. The Barb was mentioned in the first sentence.

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Schenectady grad Lyons stars for Xavier basketball

02/09/11 Lyons, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound guard from Schenectady (Schenectady High and Brewster Academy), is averaging 15.6 points with 42 rebounds, 33 assists and 10 steals in nine conference games. Senior Joe Buicko of Altamont (Hotchkiss Academy) had a goal to help his Hamilton men's hockey team grab a 3-3 tie with Bowdoin last Saturday. The 6-foot, 190-pound forward has five goals and a team-high 14 ...

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Libertyville High winter play takes on family drama

02/08/11 The Fine and Performing Arts Department of Libertyville High School will present its winter play, "Look Homeward, Angel," at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 11 and 12 in the LHS Auditorium, 708 W. Park Ave., Libertyville. "Look Homeward, Angel" is an enlightening drama that takes a look at a real family and their struggles. Written by Ketti Frings and adapted from the novel by Thomas Wolfe, it was the 1958 ...

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Roadshow: Highway 17 tops list of most improved roads

01/01/11 Gone but not forgotten -- the dangerous center 'suicide' lane on 17 and other Bay Area highways.

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In photos: Holiday tea at Ten Broeck Mansion

12/12/10 A holiday tea was held Sunday at Ten Broeck Mansion in Albany. The yearly event is put on by the Albany County Historical Association, which operates the mansion. To open a photo gallery, click on any photo at left.

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Around Tech Valley

11/18/10 Cronin and Co. LLC, a marketing communications company with offices in Albany and Glastonbury, Conn., won a silver award for best advertising campaign at the 50th Annual Hatch Awards presented by The Ad Club of New England for its "Stronger Than Ever" film trailer for The Jimmy Fund. The following Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni were among those honored Oct. 15 for outstanding alumni ...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger focuses on environment

11/18/10 As California's governor, it may have been Arnold Schwarzenegger 's last appearance on a world stage. His third and final Governor's Global Climate Summit concluded Tuesday at UC Davis with the forming of coalitions,...

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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Interview: Albert Maysles (Part 1)

11/17/10 Forty years ago on December 5, Albert Maysles' Gimme Shelter was released. The searing documentary about the last leg of the Rolling Stones 1969 tour culminated with the group's concert appearance at the Altamont Speedway near San Francisco. Today, in my Wall Street Journal article here, Albert, 83, talks with me about the film that accidentally captured the Love Generation's dark side, gave the ...

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McNulty a political, personal friend to many

11/09/10 McNulty, 87, the Democratic Party's elder statesman, was a special person in the younger life of the 77-year-old Nolan, an attorney, who recalled those early days as he stood in the back of St. Joseph's Church in Green Island, where the service was held. In 1973, McNulty had stood up to party stalwarts Dan O'Connell and Erastus Corning 2nd fearlessly launching the first primary for sheriff in ...

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VIDEO: Paul Tonko to serve second term for 21st Congressional District

11/03/10 Amsterdam Democrat Paul Tonko declared victory Tuesday to a second term in the U.S. House of Representatives over a challenge from an Altamont businessman.

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'Ladies and Gentlemen' shows Stones' rock 'n' rollin'

11/01/10 The self-dubbed "world's greatest rock 'n roll band" has issued "Ladies and Gentlemen The Rolling Stones," their signature concert movie, shot over four hot nights in Texas during the "Exile" tour.

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Citi Trends Announces Nine Retail Store Openings

10/28/10 Citi Trends, Inc. is pleased to announce the openings of nine new retail stores.

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Citi Trends Announces Nine Retail Store Openings

10/28/10 SAVANNAH, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citi Trends, Inc. is pleased to announce the openings of nine new re...

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Bite-Sized

10/27/10 Proceeds from the Mexican buffet, priced at $15 per person, will go to the AIDS Council of Northeastern New York and Invisible Children, a charity dedicated to helping children forced into being soldiers in the Ugandan conflict. The lineup includes puff pastry filled with roasted corn, pear, winter squash and carrot compote; salad with Granny Smith apples, Gorgonzola, prosciutto, greens and sour ...

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Around the Region

09/29/10 n Fountain Springs: The Butler Township Board of Supervisors recently announced that Halloween trick-or-treating will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 30. During their September meeting, the supervisors approved a $100 donation to the Ashland Public Library

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