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Friday
Dec
30
12:02 am
Skating starts Saturday
Jimmy Vielkind in Captiol Confidential reports that the Empire State Plaza skating rink in Albany will open to the public at 11 a.m. Saturday, after being closed for over three years. Skate rental and...
Friday
Dec
30
12:01 am
Friday, December 30, 2011 local almanac
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Thursday
Dec
29
12:05 am
Fundraiser Jan. 9 for fire victims in Catskill
Vincent Seeley, Catskill Village President, called in to the "WGXC Afternoon Show" Wed. Dec. 28 to announce a fundraiser Jan. 9 for Charles Swain Jr.’s home at 17 Henry St., which burned down Dec. 20....
Thursday
Dec
29
12:04 am
Forecast for New York state politics in 2012
Here's a quick forecast of the coming year in New York state politics, courtesy AM New York's 2012 forecast. The legislative redistricting process is bound to set off some sparks. State lawmakers must...
Thursday
Dec
29
12:03 am
Cash Mobs: a buy-local shopping initiative
Emily Maltby writes in The Wall Street Journal about "cash mobs," a grassroots effort to use social media sites to support local businesses. Unlike "Small Business Saturday," an event with corporate s...
Thursday
Dec
29
12:02 am
Climate report examines impact on region
Jim Planck reports in The Daily Mail about a region-by-region report on the effects of climate change in New York. Columbia University, the City University of New York, and Cornell University were inv...
Thursday
Dec
29
12:01 am
Thursday, December 29, 2011 local almanac
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Wednesday
Dec
28
3:37 pm
Wind Advisory for Western Greene County
Western Greene County, Western Albany County, and Western Ulster Counties are all under Wind Advisories from the National Weather Service through this evening. A Wind Advisory means that winds of 31 t...
Wednesday
Dec
28
12:05 am
Farm bills back in Albany next year
William Magee, D-Nelson, who represents the 111th District in Albany, in the Utica Observer-Dispatch, has a guest column where he discusses two bills for farmers that did not get passed in the last le...
Wednesday
Dec
28
12:03 am
Stockport water 'unacceptable' at many locations
Kristi Berner in The Columbia Paper reports that Fran Martino of the Greater Stockport Creek Watershed Alliance says her organization tested water at 35 locations in the watershed last summer, "and th...
Wednesday
Dec
28
12:02 am
Record number of NY military funerals
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="372" caption="From New York Military Forces Honor Guard."][/caption]The New York Military Forces Honor Guard performed 10,500 military funeral honors in 2011,...
Wednesday
Dec
28
12:01 am
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 local almanac
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Tuesday
Dec
27
12:28 am
Rollins honored tonight
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="296" caption="Sonny Rollins. Photo from CBS by John Abbott."][/caption]Germantown's jazz legend, saxophonist Sonny Rollins, was honored last week at the Kennedy...
Tuesday
Dec
27
12:04 am
Kinderhook gets grant for sewer project
Emilia Teasdale in The Columbia Paper reports that Kinderhook has received a grant for $285,000 from the state to connect 33 properties in the business district to the sewer in Valatie. Kinderhook May...
Tuesday
Dec
27
12:03 am
Cuomo supports state-run casinos
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been increasingly vocal about his desire to open state-run casinos in New York. In a year-end interview with the New York Daily News, Cuomo said he'd support a casin...
Tuesday
Dec
27
12:02 am
Taconic Hills Superintendent Sposato retires
The Register-Star reports that Taconic Hills Superintendent Mark Sposato announced his retirement at Wednesday's Board of Education meeting. The Star's John Mason says the announcement came as a surpr...
Tuesday
Dec
27
12:01 am
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 local almanac
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Monday
Dec
26
3:36 pm
Sky lights up with post-Christmas earthshine
Space.com reports that Christmas may be over, but you can expect one more show of lights tonight, as, shortly before sunset -- around 4:30 p.m. or 5 p.m. -- Venus will be shining brightly toward the w...
Monday
Dec
26
2:52 am
$9.5 million Hannaford deal tops 2011 list
Michael DeMasi in The Business Review reports that a deal for a Hannaford shopping center on Route 9 in Columbia County topped a list of real estate deals in an 11-county region around Albany in 2011....
Monday
Dec
26
12:02 am
Holiday closings
The Daily Freeman rounds up holiday closings: Here’s a rundown. • Amtrak: Saturday schedule Monday. • Banks: Closed Monday. • County offices: Closed Monday. • Federal offices: Closed Monday. • F...