Final mission for fighter jets (Photo Gallery & Video)
Empire State Aerosciences Museum acquires three planes from Intrepid
Two of the three newly acquired aircraft of the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Glenville took an unlikely trip to reach their destination on Monday, April 30.
May 4, 2012
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- Local Italian tradition strong
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- A story that needs to be told
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- Bonds approved for Glenville assisted living center
- Glenville eyes $7.3M for senior housing project
- Spectrum 8 makes sustainability strides
- Five area Friendly’s close doors
- Alplaus fights to keep its identity, again
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Food&Recipes
- Photo Gallery - Time to Make the Bunnies
- ‘Warmth of Wine’ heats homes
- Families can make better choices with menu labels
- The Family Chow
- Let's Cook!
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Outdoors
- Pine Bush Discovery Center has new leader
- Kokalas couple to be honored for boosting Lake George Winter Carnival
- Bird watching a holiday tradition in region
- Lake George Village considers allowing overnight stays at public docks
- State council awards county more than $940K
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Local Italian tradition strong
Rotterdam Sons of Italy exceeds 500 members, becomes second largest lodge in state
Italian kinship is swelling locally as one group celebrates reaching a membership milestone.
A story that needs to be told
Delmar man hopes D-Day ceremony will become an annual tradition
For the second year in a row, one Delmar resident is seeking to commemorate survivors of an historic day in World War II history that is sometimes overlooked in today’s remembrances.
Many options for guardianships
Matthew Tully offers legal advice for seniors
Colonie Senior Services April activities
Here's what's happening this month in Colonie
Annual event helps seniors understand the law
At Albany Law School’s annual Senior Citizens’ Law Day, older adults can take part in a pro bono law clinic. Representatives from the Elder Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and the Albany Law School Clinic and Justice Center will provide one-on-one counseling sessions. Seniors can bring any concerns and questions they have and get feedback free of charge.
Photo Gallery - Time to Make the Bunnies
The annual rite of spring takes place at Uncle Sam’s Homemade Chocolates in Schenectady is the making of Easter Bunnies. Joe Suhrada, owner of Uncle Sam’s, shows the steps in crafting the chocolate treats.
Drug discount cards yield $2.3M in savings
Program participation steady over first three years
Three years after Schenectady County officials unveiled a prescription medication discount program, more than 9,500 claims were filed with an average savings of 41 percent off retail price.
Tapping the roots of ‘Taps’
Historical Society hosts talk on Butterfield’s bugle call, local ties
Most people would recognize the famed military bugle call “Taps,” but Schenectady County’s connection to the song isn’t as well known as the tune.
File under ‘life saver’
Bethlehem Lions and Senior Services provide File of Life program
For the past five years, the Bethlehem Lions Club has been working with the town’s Department of Senior Services to provide seniors with a small, plastic folder that holds all of their important medical documents.
A political pastime
Scotia man to talk about book detailing Truman’s 1948 election victory
Headlines on the 2012 presidential election are already in focus, but a Scotia man’s book revisits the iconic and erroneous 1948 Chicago Daily Tribune headline, “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.”
It's never too late to learn to swim
Learn-to-swim classes are held on Friday mornings at the University at Albany while school is in session. Running from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., the classes are split into levels based on ability. Non-swimmers start at level one, while the most advanced swimmers are in level six. The program is open to anyone 18 or older.
Bonds approved for Glenville assisted living center
County CRC provides $14.4M in borrowing for Baptist Health expansion
Baptist Health has secured funding to broaden its scope of care through a new assisted living facility a half-mile from its existing operations.
Glenville eyes $7.3M for senior housing project
Schenectady County officials on Wednesday, Feb. 29, announced plans for a new $7.3 million senior complex to be built in Glenville.
Pine Bush Discovery Center has new leader
The Albany Pine Bush Reserve Commission has announced that there is a new director of the Discovery Center.
This will just take a Second
The men of the Second Milers =invite others to check out their organization. They say they’re a welcoming bunch.
Calendar honors nursing home artists
Thirteen artists who live in nursing homes across the state translated visions from their hearts and minds into winning entries of a juried art contest, now featured in a new 2012 calendar, “Art from the Heart.”
Stories of Saratoga
Chuck Latham has spent a lot of time looking into Saratoga history and lore, unearthing stories like the one of the Yuengling brewery and the origin of the potato chip.
Military Museum marks 2,000 stories recorded
Spa City project records actions of nation’s vets in their own words
"It’s amazing how many veterans are self effacing, and say that they didn’t do anything. What they’ve done is pretty remarkable though," Mike Aikey, director of the state Military Museum in Saratoga Springs.
Grannies take to the streets
Antiwar group uses Valentine’s Day to lobby for VA reforms
Each Valentine’s Day for the past six years, a group of grannies dressed in red can be seen on the streets of the Capital District carrying broken hearts, physical representations of their feelings.
