[Photo Gallery] Honoring the Fallen
A cloudy day didn’t stop bagpipes, a firing party and laying of wreaths Wednesday, May 22, at The Crossings of Colonie.
May 25, 2013
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- [Photo Gallery] Honoring the Fallen
- A lifetime of service
- Library ladies
- 60 years strong, 80 years young
- Reading the greens
Business News
- Smart House breaks ground
- Target age subject of apartment review
- Outside the box
- Ocean of opportunity
- Family ties run deep on these slopes
Senior Center News
- Westview Senior Center events for May
- Albany JCC April activities
- Westview Senior Center events for April
- Colonie Senior Services February activities
- Albany JCC February activities
Food&Recipes
- Outside the box
- Fired up over food
- A new chef joins family business
- Movement started From Scratch
- Photo Gallery - Time to Make the Bunnies
Home&Garden
- Smart House breaks ground
- Ocean of opportunity
- Ground broken on Judson Meadows
- National Grid forecasts lower natural gas bills this winter
- Garden Club looks to children
Outdoors
- Grants aim to keep history afloat
- Family ties run deep on these slopes
- Decades for Delmar tradition
- Spotty fall on tap
- RC plane hobbyists take to the sky
Health&Fitness
- Smart House breaks ground
- Ocean of opportunity
- Ground broken on Judson Meadows
- National Grid forecasts lower natural gas bills this winter
- Garden Club looks to children
Columnists
Senior Spotlight stories
A lifetime of service
After half-century volunteering with EMS and fire, Colonie resident stepping off call
Bill Teator, 72, has been working with several different emergency medical services within the Town of Colonie for more than 50 years and will officially retire from it all on May 31.
Library ladies
Progress Club helps celebrate Bethlehem Library’s centennial
On Saturday, May 11, the 100th anniversary of the library was commemorated with a Founder’s Day celebration at the Bethlehem Public Library on Delaware Avenue.
60 years strong, 80 years young
Albany Memorial honors longtime nurse Esther Rappold for decades of service
Friends, family and coworkers gathered at Albany Memorial Hospital to celebrate 80-year-old Esther Rappold's 60 years of service at the facility.
Reading the greens
After 42 years working on the links, Colonie resident looks back on career
After almost 50 years of working in the golf maintenance business and 42 years on the greens at Albany’s Wolferts Roost Country Club, Bill Stevens stepped off the grass to retire this past April.
Smart House breaks ground
Living Resources’ modern Guilderland group home to house six residents
Living Resources, a Capital District nonprofit, held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, May 1, for its group to be located off Ardsley Road in Guilderland. The building was touted as the state’s first barrier-free “smart house” designed especially for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Remembrance effort still strong
Delmar man continues event commemorating D-Day veterans
As what has been called the Greatest Generation ages, finding World War II veterans is getting harder. Tougher still is locating survivors of a single action, even one as momentous and enormous as D-Day.
Tonko tackles health care changes
Congressman fields questions on Affordable Care Act at V’ville library
Rep. Paul Tonko held a forum Wednesday, March 27, at the Voorheesville Public Library to discuss health insurance changes taking effect later this year as part of the Affordable Care Act.
'They don't make them like that anymore'
Former Republican chair remembered for his love of town, family, life
For those who knew him well, Harry D’Agostino was more than a longtime Colonie Republican party leader. He was a father figure.
Retirement Redefined
Area seniors are reinventing themselves later in life.
Target age subject of apartment review
Murray Manor Apartments would be for 55-and-up
Members of the Colonie Planning Board have reservations about an apartment complex proposed to be built on Boght Road after learning the developer’s intended tenant demographic.
Years later, fearless service recognized
Beltrone resident’s WWII volunteerism acknowledged by Red Cross award
Shirley Sheriff was honored as a 2013 Legacy recipient by the American Red Cross Northeastern New York Region on Thursday, March 7, for her humanitarian efforts during the war.
