Story archive for April 2008

Wednesday, April 30

• River Rats stymied by Munroe, end season

• Holy Names dominates Schenectady Invitational

• Warriors show heart in 5-3 lacrosse win

• Letters to the Editor for April 30

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 30

• From the SCCC Kitchen: Lemon, lime form winning cookie combo

• Macadamia nuts make rich snack, lend elegance to salads, desserts

• Editorial: Silver should keep open mind on tax cap

• Editorial: Don’t throw out that old TV, recycle it!

• Village aims for clearer design guidelines

• Man faces charges in fatal overdose

• Suit claims sick man was left in the cold

• Albany Airport gets $690K grant

• Middle school teacher faces charges

• Voters OK town’s purchase of school

• Cuomo reins in legislators’ pork spending

• 2nd autopsy supports ruling that man’s death was accidental

• Budget talks continue deep into night

• Construction on elementary schools under way

• Farmers market slated to open

• Big House project falls through

• Consumers get conflicting advice on rebate checks

• Faculty union hits state spending restraint

• Witness: Lee said he shot man in groin

• Spanking solution to crime, says group

• Weather extremes threaten local sod crop

• Lucarelli family faces stress of draw for third year in row

• Filly will test boys if post draw is OK

Tuesday, April 29

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 29

• Letters to the Editor for April 29

• Music appreciation

• VELscope is painless device that enables dentists to detect signs of oral cancer

• Editorial: Wilton historic preservation law needs work

• Owner closing book and computer stores

• Code case goes to court

• Dairy farmers’ revenues soar in 2007

• Kinnear: River Rats have to keep poise

• Bankruptcy filing halts foreclosure

• Area’s newspapers continuing to lose readers

• Migliore's visit short, but sweet

• Restrictions noted on sale of Plug Power stock

• Union softball team has good balance

• Defection opens door for Denis of Cork

• River Rats are feeling no pressure

• Princess Drive residence suffers heavy fire damage

• Superintendent gets settled in

• County asks 3 areas be protected

• Scrap collector puts dent in nature trail

• McNulty reflects on 20 years in Congress

• River research center planned

• Shaken baby trial nears end

• Truck spill charges probed

• Lori Drive through road approved

• Famed pathologist does 2nd autopsy at family’s request

• Residents reject EPA's water stance

• Rash of recent gunfire blamed on 'vendettas'

• Students’ mural depicts Indian symbols

Monday, April 28

• Classic Tales of Old Dorp: Woodlawn Theater closed in 1930

• Capital Region Scrapbook: Glenville family, dog received training in seeing-eye program

• Letters to the Editor April 28

• Letters to the Editor April 28

• Letters to the Editor April 28

• Editorial: Why are trains still being treated as an afterthought?

• Late substitute James wins Jack Scaccia Memorial

• SCCC's Andi gets 400th win

• Students, beach balls fill UAlbany fountain

• 5,000 learn eco-friendly ways

• Zoning board to decide extending Reunion’s wind test tower permit

• Students get airtime on school’s own radio station

• Unwanted spotlight

Sunday, April 27

• $29 & Under: Veneto's Pizza & Pasta has subs and excellent wings

• Critic at Large: Marathoners run their way into skeptic's heart

• One well-rested Rat keeps Albany alive

• Late spree keeps Conquest on a roll

• A Seat in the Bleachers: Derby film worth seeing

• Scholastic Profile: Lupo overcomes adversity

• Handwriting can reveal much about the writer’s personality

• Raising kids is a laughing matter, says speaker for Humor Project

• Dom Irrera brings Italian humor to Proctors

• Letters to the Editor for April 27

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 27

• Star Talk: Phoenix mission to search for water in Mars polar region

• Back in time: Montreal invited world to visit international exposition

• Op-ed column: Taking back gains made by teachers simply unfair

• Op-ed column: Government at all levels can — should — take steps to help with gas crunch

• Op-ed column: What is justice worth?

• Editorial: Legal, but no way to treat a nonprofit

• Editorial: Wrong way on Thruway tolls

• AHL Notebook: Rookie Ward exceeds expectations

• AHL Playoff Notes: Penalty kill a mainstay for River Rats

• Down the Fairway: PGA of America plays important role

• Joining the herd

• Volunteers plant maples, other trees

• Fence, Writers Institute partner up

• Fonda couple leaves strong legacy

• Peebles Island State park evokes Revolutionary era

• Musicians learn to change with technology

• Jumping fleas! It’s uke time

• How do you write?

• Union students take over downtown

• Area Golf Notes: New champs coming at Stadium Classic

• Lyrical duo fill Proctors with luscious harmony

• Octavo Singers enliven Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’

Saturday, April 26

• Weary from 5OT loss, Rats must pick up pieces

• Conquest getting blocking again

• Letters to the Editor for April 26

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 26

• The Egg’s ‘Jimi & Mr. B’ celebrates music, dance and theater traditions in New York

• Editorial: Blame it all on ethanol? You could

• Super Steel loads, ships out locomotives headed to Africa

• Vets’ honor remains at lodge

• School budget’s tax hike criticized

• Resignation frees Tonko for Congress

• Slow start for historic houses law

• Thruway travels to cost more

• Search continues for Kentucky Derby trophy with local ties

• Cameras stymie vandals in Vale Cemetery

• Colonie (7:53.27) reaches championship in 4 x 800

• High school track leaderboard

• SBA tries again for cellphone tower

• War Pass’ absence won’t affect Monba

• Distributor drops plan for center

• Behind the Broadcast: Newkirk was ironman behind the mike

• Gardening agency, park projects grow

• Huge Johnstown fire was started accidentally

• Wind turbine planned at GE plant

• Borromeo gives intimate, sophisticated performance

• Philadanco dancers perform at their best with energy, personality

Friday, April 25

• River Rats lose 5-overtime marathon

• Brothers continue to dominate Big 10

• Streaks set Section II relay record at Penn

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 25

• Letters to the Editor for April 25

• Expecting more

• Philadanco willing to meet any dance challenge

• Editorial: Diluting those 'Contracts for Excellence'

• Falling interest rates hurt savers

• Students tested on the environment

• Owners looking to sell ‘castle’

• School board OKs $50.69M budget

• Costs climb steadily at private colleges

• Weather service warns of fire risk

• Teens play stock market, make out big

• Funding for projects unlikely

• Cop tells of finding body

• Town of Colonie, Albany County close to a deal for Heritage Park

• Site of tragic fire in dispute

• Woman charged in starving death of elderly mother

• Stunned residents left with memories after Johnstown blaze

• In the Pocket: Ailing Neumann gets a pinch-hitter

• Riedy throws gem in Schenectady softball win

• More police hit Schenectady's streets

• Johnstown blaze destroys three old mills

• Evans brings looks and talent to Palace

• Reality is ‘Counterfeiters’ fails to answer key questions

• An expert gives advice for storing dahlias

• Vegetable growing easy, rewarding with planning

• Saratoga Springs garden wins citywide contest

• Roots Music Fest offers a tasty batch of bands

Thursday, April 24

• Johnstown fire destroys four buildings, damages as many as 13 more

• Patriots get going in second half

• Pivotal Game 5 will put heat on Rats-Phantoms loser

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 24

• Letters to the Editor for April 24

• Last day to enter Gazette contest

• Mommy makeovers

• Eating breakfast can boost performance at school, work

• Gazette Gardener: Rose expert offers advice for growing healthy blooms

• Area bridge results listed

• Editorial: Don’t give up on reform in Albany

• Editorial: Address Sch’dy gun culture

• Regulator says more nuclear engineers needed

• School monitor builds trust

• Foam maker receives award

• $29M school budget sent to voters

• Tenants evicted from storefront

• Water lawsuit dismissed

• Executive session is criticized

• Nonprofits must pay tax bills

• Prosecutor says killing linked to drug trade

• Parents will have access to school information online

• Ethanol, engine woes linked

• Masullo drainage work unlikely to start soon

• Amsterdam school board adopts $52.9M budget

• Local superdelegates unwavering in support of Clinton

• Stripers are headed for Albany

• Wild trout: a different kettle of fish

• Crappies keep anglers busy on area lakes

• Ballston Lake runoff rules raise concern

• Feds look to consolidate lab operators

• Police combat rising Schenectady violence

Wednesday, April 23

• Clang! River Rats come up short

• Siena lands Gieler, adds power inside

• Warriors clamp down on defense, 5-4

• Letters to the Editor for April 23

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 23

• From the SCCC Kitchen: Combining two sugars key to crispy cookies

• Editorial: No more Band-Aid parking solutions for Sch’dy hospitals

• Editorial: Necessity making Americans green

• Mayor accused of lapse in ethics

• Something in the water adds appeal to State Seal spring

• SUNY funding system urged

• Lake level stops rising

• Company wants to restore old buildings

• Report finds village court inadequate

• Beech-Nut PILOT agreement gets nod

• Scotia keeps fire chief

• NYRA’s bankruptcy plan likely to get OK

• Schenectady resident offers city police a hand

• Lindsay’s clutch hit lifts Mohonasen to 4-3 win

• Lawyer: Clerk’s firing tied to vendetta

• Colonie stays unbeaten in softball

• Seniors urged to ride scooters safely

• Area's March home sales continued skid

• Worries surface over hospital merger

• Boy’s passions were music, movement

Tuesday, April 22

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 22

• Easing the load on the heart

• Editorial: Amsterdam needs to get the most for its water

• NanoCollege welcomes new gov’t partnership

• UAlbany tech college to form first partnership

• Gun plant plans $10M renovation

• BlueShield undergoing streamlining

• Luther Forest work not without costs

• Tang gets $1.7M foundation grant

• State hiring put on hold

• Board delays adoption of school budget

• Larger student housing backed

• Final hearings set on Beech-Nut plans

• In tough times, some try growing own veggies

• Hospital asks for council help on parking

• Brush fires prompt bans on burning

• Alert postal worker catches falling tot

• Ex-Urban League head pleads guilty to fraud

• Two held in Ga. in murder of Fonda trucker

• School board adopts $8.12M spending plan

• Bryans gets a reward; Evans a PR

• Rats not looking ahead

• Prado, Nafzger lead Hall of Fame selections

• Krempa named F&M head coach

• Saratoga County ends 2007 with $30.8M surplus

• Fire victims picking up the pieces after loss

• Couple will discuss building communication in marriage

• Letters to the Editor for April 22

Monday, April 21

• Capital Region Scrapbook: Octavo Singers to raise voices, perform Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’

• Classic Tales of Old Dorp: Ellis among outstanding citizens of Schenectady

• Back in Time: Churchgoers prayed in 1912 for victims of Titanic sinking

• Editorial: CDTA doing the right things at the right time

• Tyminski and his acoustic band rip it up bluegrass-style at The Egg

• Musical comedy ‘succeeds’ through stellar cast, direction

• Camerata makes up for cancellation with fine early-music program on love

• Facts, fiction mingle beautifully in NYSTI staging of ‘Anastasia’

• Rodney puts Rats back in control

• Brent Sutter gets rare chance to watch son

• Caulfield sparks Danes' 13-3 win

• Still teaching life’s most important lessons

• Team whupped, but it’s a start

• Ex-professor finds a home for cherished scale

• Pooches race around wide fields

• Polling place change irks officials

• Letters to the Editor April 21

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 21

Sunday, April 20

• Elite start gives Bryans Boston advantage in Boston Marathon

• River Rats will try to pressure Phantoms goalie

• A feast for the senses

• Education report: Success in school begins at home

• ‘Barrage’ puts high-energy spin on blend of classical, pop music

• Dumb movies, puritanical censors enough to ruin your day

• Plum ‘Inherit the Wind’ role takes Corlew to new venue

• Book review: True tales recount close calls, tragedies in Adirondacks

• Chefs Take Out provides restaurant-quality dinner to go

• Letters to the Editor for April 20

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 20

• Angel investors can give wings to young companies

• Op-ed column - Tonko for Congress? His record says ‘no’

• Better for the Earth

• The enlightened look of Stickley

• Editorial: Best chance yet for a Better Bottle Bill

• Imposing Mormina came up big for Rats

• Down the Fairway: Temperament aids skillful Breen

• Volunteers make ‘extreme’ repairs

• Composer combines old, new

• Varin breezes to Fonda Speedway win

• Some kids eager for real guns

• Revised PCB dredge plan challenged

• Bricks honor crime victims

• Special education a growing challenge

• Longtime labor activist keeps on with GE fight

• Op-ed column - Now’s time to cut back

• They Might Be Giants definitely crowd-pleasers

Saturday, April 19

• Phantoms foil Leighton, pull even with River Rats

• Patriots are starting to click

• Without Jones, Conquest win second straight

• Horse racing: Bustin Stones pointed to Met Mile

• Great Danes no match for top-ranked Orange, 10-5

• Letters to the Editor for April 19

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 19

• We want stories about your dad

• She’s certainly endearing as Abby

• Editorial: McCain gas tax cut fuelish

• Editorial: Use incentive plan to cut health insurance costs

• Officials to detail NanoCollege deal

• UAlbany hires new dean for business school

• Public Service argues utility takeover proposal

• Incentives added for homebuyers

• Hospital mourns hard worker

• High lake level closes roads, boat launches

• Vandals mark up school district yet again

• Guardsmen discuss training, leadership

• Congressional district hopefuls open wallets

• Snow prompts April Mardi Gras

• Pizza King owner now happy with forced move

• Food Bank’s farm gets ready to grow crops for the hungry

• Little things add up in city’s budget

• Firefighters battle Scotia house blaze

• Bishop Maginn standouts lead All-Area team

• Saratoga County granted water line access

• Area gets hit with spring fever

• Parents to get infant CPR training

• Trial to begin for Schenectady murder suspect

• Small stage forces bland dance performance

• ‘Ring of Fire’ pays tribute to Cash

• Orchestra brings some jazz to performance

Friday, April 18

• River Rats' Conboy suspended for eight games

• Skaggs, Hornsby combo: Crazy, hot and fun

• Letters to the Editor for April 18

• Laughs are hard to come by in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'

• Buglisi performances promise best of modern dance

• ‘Moon’ tugs at heart, makes its point

• Pacino strikes out in a big way with idiotic ‘88 Minutes’

• Director playfully tries to find bin Laden

• Jukebox: Sebastian to reunite with Traums at WAMC

• Editorial: Paterson a little late with tough talk

• Cliffside Restaurant will be auctioned

• Unemployment rate stays the same for region

• KeyCorp reports income decline

• Visa stock boosts Arrow Financial net

• Job seekers find employment options at fair

• HondaJet service moves to area

• Student joins race for seat on school board

• Mazurek to head veterans programs

• Xctasy’s abuser loses his appeal

• Dozens of events will help mark Earth Day

• Forum will address cleanup of mercury

• Albany-Saratoga Speedway opens tonight

• Local youths chosen by lottery to attend pope's rally

• As fuel costs rise, truckers say they’re running on empty

• In the Pocket: Paupst already making an impact

• Collector’s tractors, trucks to be auctioned

• DOT eyes change in Fonda bridge plan

• State says 5 lawyers didn’t earn retirement benefit

• Police arrest alleged Cobleskill vandals

• Fish Creek Marina restaurant in need of a tenant

• Congressional race gets even larger

• Cap Rep production focuses on meteoric rise and tragic demise of country star Hank Williams

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 18

• Conquest star sidelined with injury

Thursday, April 17

• Letters to the Editor for April 17

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 17

• Editorials: Where were Sch'dy cops early Monday?

• Planting, cleanup are sure signs of spring

• Contest will give dads their own day

• Historical mystery of Anna Anderson as possible Russian princess portrayed in play ‘Anastasia’

• Natives long for Afghanistan of their youth

• Gavin Park gets ready for youth soccer tournament

• GE gets $1.72M research contract from U.S. Navy

• Schenectady police investigating after man shot

• Raises being erased by inflation

• 2007 economy battered Colonie Center owner

• Rats' Cornacchia forced to show toughness right away

• River Rats open AHL playoffs with shutout win

• Soldiers train for Iraq tour

• Fish find freedom, families find fun at Spa park trout stocking event

• DOT in talks on land for Fonda bridge project

• Schoharie County officials ban all outdoor burning

• Police seeking Schenectady man’s killer

• 40 years later, Clifton Park rec program is still popular

• Concerns voiced on Saratoga Springs roundabout

• Gloversville school needs could force job, program cuts

• Plans for new Schenectady club gain city approval

• Interest shown in Gloversville church's pipe organ

• Families remember victims of homicide at Schenectady ceremony

• Cliburn medal gave Yang a major boost

• Five Amsterdam city workers to receive asbestos abatement training

• Parade to honor Bellevue Hospital founder

Wednesday, April 16

• Snack bars are a dream from breakfast to dessert

• Letters to the Editor for April 16

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 16

• Producing consistently light matzo balls takes time and the proper technique

• Fragomeni shares his love for jazz in clubs and classroom

• Editorial: Time for temporary building moratorium in Niskayuna

• Forest farming could pay big

• English couple walks in steps of local ancestor

• Board OKs $25.23 million school budget

• School baseball: Bison rely on defense

• River Rats players enter series with confidence

• Artists will show off their talents in city

• Rats' Kinnear knows championship feeling

• County honors brothers for war service

• Pieces of coral sold for growing

• One-stop shopping increases with gas prices

• TrustCo Bank Corp sees drop in first-quarter income

• Pools, playground in Schenectady now smoke-free areas

• Revised project receives an OK in Glenville

• Proposal would turn Chalmers buildings into luxury apartments

• Schenectady police defend patrol policy in wake of beating

• Thunder of thoroughbred hooves returns to Saratoga

• Last-minute taxpayers scramble to file

• Man found with gunshot wound in Schenectady

• Domestic workers seek support for bill

Tuesday, April 15

• Wehrum quickly turning Union lacrosse program around

• Flood, former Union coach, AD, dies

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 15

• Pianist Rubinstein’s interest pivotal in Tomsic’s growth

• Gazette invites stories of dear old Dad

• Letters to the Editor for April 15

• Editorial: Pettiness on part of Dudley Observatory

• Cold War vets get break in taxes

• Board proposes $17.7M school budget

• Plan for back-to-nature park on track

• Section of walking trail slated to be ready in fall

• Mall’s cinemas open on May 16

• Convention center funding plan outlined

• Solar advocates paint upbeat future for industry in N.Y.

• SUNY-Cobleskill national power in track

• Union Street swingers club for sale

• SCCC students face added costs

• Another candidate seeks Reilly’s seat

• UAlbany adopts slogan to attract best students

• River Rats' injured stars return in time for playoffs

• Huckabee's message: Be responsible

• Schenectady police absent during attack

• Patients postponing costly dental repairs

• Saratoga IDA will fix rail crossing

• Warnerville fitness center project receives boost

Monday, April 14

• Conquest strategy in overtime produces win

• Paupst captures NBA's Guild Memorial tournament

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 14

• Classic Tales of Old Dorp: Writer can attest to roaring nature of Twenties

• Capital Region Scrapbook: Models gave women a taste of summer fashions in 1948 show

• Editorials: Go year by year, case by case, with CDBG

• General recalls Afghanistan service

• Dutch troupe’s ‘Sporen’ challenges, confounds, intrigues at Egg show

• SSO caps season with all-American program

• Yanks unearth Red Sox jersey from new stadium site

• Letters to the editor April 14

• Back in Time: In 1923, stores brought out colorful hats, suits

• New Fonda mayor lists park events, planning for grants as priorities

• Ex-Saratoga supervisors fight Town Hall plan

• Niskayuna schools consider teaching pupils languages

• River Rats drop regular-season finale

• Crime victims come together for support

Sunday, April 13

• Lucarelli's Monba earns spot in Kentucky Derby

• River Rats draw Phantoms in AHL playoffs

• Birth control pills more varied, safer

• ‘Ring of Fire’ a tribute to Johnny Cash through his music

• Showcase for ideas

• Russell Banks ponders issues of disparate social classes

• Compassion is key to immigrant issue

• Zaika hits ground running with first-rate Indian cuisine

• Q&A: Opera was first love, but Gisella Montanez-Case sings many styles

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 13

• Letters to the Editor for April 13

• Op-ed column - Blogs: Will they kill papers or provide new life?

• Op-ed column - Peace symbol needed now more than ever

• Entrepreneurs, undaunted by talk of recession, start up businesses

• Op-ed column - Isolating bits makes speech blustery

• Editorial: The high cost of textbooks

• Editorial: A new sense of possibility for Amsterdam

• AHL Notebook: Rats' Blanchard quietly effective

• Down the Fairway: Cooper makes most of chance

• DeLorenzo takes 'Ice Jam' feature

• Area Golf Notes: Club pros to kick off season at Columbia G&CC

• Fire companies prepare for AMD

• State agencies will have to make do

• NYSUT flexes political muscle

• Alliance finds positive messages in hip-hop

• Budget helps defendants in civil cases less

• Building kites fun for kids

• Compassion key to immigration reform

• A head for style

• Leo Kottke brilliant, fun, exuberant

• Variety of works a tribute to Hudson

• Michael Buble keeps things ‘intimate’

• Dogs of Desire put on show to please packed house at Skidmore

Saturday, April 12

• Gove does in former River Rats team

• Horse racing: Monba still has a shot

• Letters to the Editor for April 12

• SSO to play work by Wery in concert of Americana

• Editorial: Mahan plan best way to deal with Colonie deficit

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 12

• Spanish-language paper Registro off newsstands

• Agora connects video game players to online communities

• State consumer confidence continues to slip

• AngioDynamics starts agreements

• Planned sewer district revised

• New detective position added to budget

• Condo project strikes water; source unknown

• Effort to keep cars off Exit 14 site

• Gas prices, airline woes not stopping vacations

• Activist Cindy Sheehan urges change in nation

• Board seeks financing to eliminate town deficit

• Ruling lets Stanford Crossings proceed

• Johnstown firefighters showcase pumper

• Trained searchers to look for missing boy

• Bowling: Queens Tournament has talented women’s field

• Behind the Broadcast: Adding local talk shows part of WTMM growth

• Four injured in Schenectady house fire

• Center connects kids with art and their African roots

• Burglar gets added time for trying to frame a frame

• State Legislature triples budget for teacher sex investigations

• Intriguing characters make ‘Battles of the Band’ spark

Friday, April 11

• River Rats can play role of spoilers

• Judo: U.S. Nationals steppingstone to Olympics

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 11

• Letters to the Editor for April 11

• Airway Meadows Club offers a unique layout

• Rejuvenated amateur schedule includes pair of state championships

• AuBuchon will play less this season

• Bigley comfortable in professional debut

• Farrigan wearing many hats with ENYGA

• Gerard shrugs off physical ailments

• Kids learn right way to compete in juniors

• Cobleskill G&CC lands another elite playing pro

• At age 49, Mueller still among the best

• Mayne sets sights on regaining NEWGA title

• Parcells’ backing makes pro-am a surefire winner

• Local pros are more than just top players

• Normanside’s tough par-3s will challenge elite seniors

• Scotia native Diaz, fellow LPGA standout Pressel to star in Skins Game at Mohawk Golf Club

• Saratoga National makes several improvements

• Pinehaven CC popular stop for major events

• Bar is always set high for superintendents

• World-class golf returns to Turning Stone Resort

• Golf, business interests merge in EWGA

• Futures leads to LPGA

• Driving ranges improve golf games all year long with heated facilities

• Gazette Cup gets season off to running start

• Swingle Singers give Bee Gees, Bach the a cappella treatment

• Film review: ‘Smart People’ is intelligent look at brainy, dysfunctional family

• Editorial: Needless mess at Sch'dy IB

• Golfers tee off despite higher fees

• District reacts to high water

• Hospital merger plan gets help from grant

• Board looks at options for building

• School budget calls for increased spending

• Town of Rotterdam urged to fix road

• Stockade Walkabout in need of a director

• Mantia steps up to Saratoga Catholic position

• AI will shutter Mass. plant; 80 jobs affected

• Stock car racing: Fonda ready to ‘Go Green’

• Firm hired to design new station

• State grants will boost agri-tourism efforts

• Press manufacturer, spinoff firm adjust to economic times

• DNA matches body to missing Schenectady woman

• Clifton Park camp staff to train in use of Epi-Pens

• Exams draw few job seekers

• Tax proposed to shrink town of Colonie's $18M deficit

• After 34 years, 'go-to' Gloversville fire staffer calls it quits

• Schenectady school board OKs 2.3 percent tax hike

• Fasig-Tipton sold to Dubai firm

• Director: Safe House needs more room

• Great guitarists leave egos at the door for Albany show

• Comedy pokes fun at communication

• Some city hip-hop added to rural rock

• Local original play features terrific script

• Skaggs, Hornsby will team up, Kottke will play alone

• ‘Sporen’ displays ‘physical schizoprenia’ of dancers

• ‘Street Kings’ is over the top but thought-provoking

• ‘Holly’ takes sobering look at sex-slave trade

Thursday, April 10

• Conboy makes an impact in return to Rats

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 10

• Letters to the Editor for April 10

• Ruff is ready: PBS character to visit museum, challenge kids with 'Fetch!' Lab

• Hudson River inspires 3 world music premieres

• Show a funny look at perspective of both genders

• Boating: A successful season requires prep work

• Fly-Fishing: Trout should prosper in state's rivers

• Outdoor Journal: Lake Kissimmee largemouth bass don't disappoint

• Editorial: Don’t ignore test scores for tenure

• Editorial: Flight to quality worth cost

• Sheriff’s union receives contract

• Area gas prices reach record high of $3.39

• Gap between rich, poor families in state still widest in nation

• District to get $128K less from state

• Scotia village board criticized over fire chief issue

• Boards adopt budget plans

• Water level at record high for date

• Catholic diocese moves to close $975K deficit

• Schenectady police chase suspect, find gun in bathroom

• Budget includes new taxes, fees

• Budget benefits SUNY schools

• District plans middle school sex ed

• Ballston Spa schools will undergo changes

• Glendale Home plan shared with state

• State budget plan includes $46 million more for AMD

• Legislation earmarks $49M for SUNY-Cobleskill projects

• Teeth of saber tooth tiger scanned

• You don’t have to travel far for wieners

• Aid to schools increases sharply in spending plan

• Rotterdam assessor says he’s found errors

• Europa Galante brings effervescent performance

• ‘Emotional eating’ among topics at Colonie conference

• Bird-nest cookies provide sweet taste of spring

• New exhibit on ‘Invaders’ coming to State Museum

Wednesday, April 9

• Rats' Leighton AHL goalie of year

• Frozen Four appearance caps big year for Petrecki

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 9

• Letters to the Editor for April 9

• From the SCCC Kitchen: Treviso and asparagus team up in spring salad

• Editorial: Shameful inaction on congestion pricing

• Editorial: Give taxi firms a fare increase or fuel surcharge

• KeyBank adds help center to Albany assets

• 2 local sites set to lose Empire Zones

• O’Hara’s SGS files for Chapter 7 liquidation

• New CEO unsure when Plug Power will issue outlook

• WTMM hires Sinkoff to do sports talk show

• City Hall repairs added to proposed Amsterdam budget

• Don’t count young Patriots out of baseball race

• Officials prioritize Gloversville sidewalk projects

• Funds sought to fix school

• Great Danes rout Bulldogs in lacrosse

• Fire destroys house, stops traffic

• Library board gets OK to design trail

• Request for new pickup trucks defeated

• Official supports buying ex-school building

• Metroplex measure sent to state

• Agency wants to help at-risk youths

• UAlbany stadium not part of plan

• Youth job program likely to fill up fast

• Yaddo pergola being replaced

• Sch'dy schools chief blasted on IB decision

• Highway repair funding increased

• ‘Hot, fast-moving fire’ leaves five homeless in Scotia

• Deal in place for $124B state budget

• Local fans of pope expect tight security

• Cobleskill-Richmondville district projects tax levy increase of 2.9%

• Empire Jazz Orchestra tears it up at SCCC

• ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ great musically but lacks in drama

• Pianist Woodbury Kasius finds food for soul in music

Tuesday, April 8

• Local star Riley was ‘destined for great things’

• Letters to the Editor for April 8

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 8

• Editorial: Maintaining canal hours a good move

• Closing churches recommended

• Legacy of Husteds recalled

• Village sets sights on new docks

• Firms tapped for office campus proposals

• Plug Power hands reins to new CEO

• Tree trimming or tree mangling?

• Fire department urges plans be made for new substation

• County eyes architect for animal shelter

• WAC knee-deep in good pitchers

• New rule will help smaller SC schools

• Wheels for Work gets less aid

• Ammanns are double trouble

• Dutchwomen off and running

• Students watch trout grow from eggs

• Dems boycott budget session

• Scholar to work on Yiddish encyclopedia

• State reverses course on canal hours

• Parents voice concern over IB program

• Rotator cuff injury common, leading to pain or weakness in joint

• Mayor proposes grants funding

• Editorial: The newest Hall of Famer

Monday, April 7

• Back in Time: City reacted mournfully and peacefully after Martin Luther King’s assassination 40 years ago

• Classic Tales of Old Dorp: Gazette of 1900s posted scores on outdoor board

• Capital Region Scrapbook: In 1948, rising opera star Mimi Benzell joined local clubs for spring sing

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 7

• Letters to the Editor April 7

• Sack's one-hitter sparks Union sweep

• Presizniuk named Union's MVP

• Crowds cheer creek thrill-seekers

• A fine Sunday outing for Glens Falls Symphony

• Online missing persons system unveiled

• Family members hold out hope for missing loved ones

• Duo unwraps gifts for Troy audience

• Preservation League cites commission for restoring village

• Curtain Call’s wacky ‘World’ is wonderful

• Shielding youths proposed

• Blind scoutmaster an ‘amazing guy’

• Donors raise $10,000 for family who has had ‘real bad luck’

• Editorial: Sch'dy gun amnesty plan needs more an incentive

Sunday, April 6

• Riley headed to Hall of Fame

• A Seat in the Bleachers: Siena ready for bigger challenges

• Children need reassurance in era of school violence

• Telling the greatest story

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 6

• Letters to the Editor for April 6

• Developer, city in dispute over Joyce’s Log Cabin site

• Op-ed column: Spitzer coverage enabled newspapers to define themselves

• Op-ed column: State judges suing for raises is shameful with ordinary people hurting

• Putting priorities in a row

• Editorial: Time to end this rite of spring

• Editorial: Pensions for employees only

• AHL Notebook: MacArthur gets chance as a pro

• Civil confinement law being tested

• Museum plots ambitious expansion

• Love your belly

• Caulfield nets seven goals in UAlbany victory

• Radio station amps local musicians

• Police keep an eye on schools

• More women are claiming their place in business and politics

• Health care quality in need

• Niskayuna breezes in lacrosse opener

• Hungry Spot Cafe caters to lunch eaters on the run

Saturday, April 5

• Albany Pro Musica’s 27th season finishes on a high note

• Behind the Broadcast: Couch potatoes, warm up those thumbs

• Letters to the Editor for April 5

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 5

• New Plays Festival provides opportunity for playwrights and actors to shine

• Empire Jazz Orchestra to feature David Newman and Colleen Pratt

• Editorial: Don’t make supermarkets quit selling cigarettes

• Penalty sought in lake dispute

• Market to offer farm products

• Goat case gets Humane Society attention

• School board terms sought

• Counties won’t face welfare hike

• Proposed budget will raise taxes

• Amsterdam budget would slash funding

• Public hears ideas on fixing financial crisis

• Derby preps may separate pretenders, contenders

• Circus shows up at school

• Man pleads guilty to rape, faces 10 years

• Martin steps down as BH-BL coach

• NanoCollege to aid Sweden in energy work

• Loudis suffers another medical setback

• Balanced attack powers Rats

• NYRA ready to start seating lottery

• Residents say Route 7 is due for an upgrade

• Glenville officer resigns, another arrested

Friday, April 4

• Glenville officer resigns, another arrested

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 4

• Usually reliable Clooney fumbles ball in football comedy "Leatherheads"

• Editorial: Recycle a bicycle today

• Editorial: The high price of 'getting along'

• Curtain Call prepares to take audiences ‘Around the World’

• ‘Nim’s Island’ delightful, unpretentious

• Movie’s nuanced performances, grim scenario worth viewing

• Students get advice on the future

• Letters to the Editor for April 4

• Preschool isn’t just about ABCs

• Students studying seeds from shuttle

• Unsold books tossed out, recycled

• School applies for grant for sidewalks

• Duanesburg's Hillenbrand overpowers Braves

• Leighton has become leading goalie in AHL

• Man allegedly grabbed child, 6

• Versatile Shea sparked Shenenedehowa's banner season

• ‘Grouper law’ not affecting students

• Thompson leads Royals to sweep

• Officials restore funding for leaf pickup

• Firm launches fraud hotline service

• Union ratifies WNYT contract

• Plug CEO search narrowed to two

• Officials encouraged by meeting on arsenal plans

• Cities to see $29.6M more in aid

• Montgomery County offers drug discounts

• Gloversville among ‘Best Places to Live’

• Chuck’s Store owner offers to sell land to school

• Neighbors against park fields

• DNA helps with rape arrest

• Group marches for brighter lights

• Modern cars challenging rescuers

Thursday, April 3

• UAlbany keeps an upper hand on Siena

• New York Buzz roster has international flavor

• Rats stay close to first place

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 3

• Author says dreams helped detect cancer, avert death

• Sleeping pills do their job, but should be a last resort

• Gazette Gardener: Easy test can determine if seeds are viable

• Letters to the Editor for April 3

• Editorial: Metroplex has earned higher debt cap

• Editorial: Foolish truck surveys, protests

• Trout angling isn't the only game in town

• Outdoor Journal: It's time to buy some new gear

• Atlantic Energy merger allows for big growth

• Region bucking national trend as ‘angel’ investment remains strong

• Salmon for the baby? Beech-Nut thinks so

• N.Y. consumer confidence level hits record low

• Electric rate hike sought in Richmondville

• New school leader chosen in Johnstown

• Musician finds his passion while performing for children

• District having no luck finding site

• District plans on new facility for charter students

• Ashcroft addresses packed hall

• Fly-Fishing: It's April, and possibilities are limitless

• City shooting incidents increase

• DOT starts Route 67 bridge project

• Body may be missing woman

• State OKs cigarette tax boost

• Health chief urges grocers to stop selling cigarettes

• Firm offers to raze 3 city buildings

• School board cuts budget by $1M

• Move to suburbs sparks growth in Sons of Italy Lodge

• Poetry offers path to redemption

Wednesday, April 2

• Rats defenseman Borer lost for season

• Letters to the Editor for April 2

• Ginger adds interest and healthful element to cuisine

• Merger forcing exit of St. Clare’s director of public relations

• Incomes for health insurers shrink but revenue increases

• Pearl Leather to expand, add 40 jobs

• Van’s Harley sold, may relocate

• Views split on grouper law and students

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 2

• Editorial: Berkeley. Portland. Schenectady?

• Area bankers fear loss of options under proposed regulatory reforms

• AMD incentives called good investment

• Ex-VA director returns amid vet complaints

• District offers pre-k next school year

• Town ready to award roads contract

• Shen keeps tax hike under 4 percent

• Students call for national health care plan

• Trial under way for rape suspect

• Five charged after armed standoff

• Longtime police officer remembered

• Squirrels may offer climate change insight

• Cuomo told to probe state police

• Amsterdam Common Council votes to pay contractor $50K less for Church St. project

• 7 municipalities join forces to develop waterfront plan

• Nature not making parks tasks easier

• District to offer pre-k next school year

• Editorial: As good as it gets for cellphone antennas

• From the SCCC Kitchen: Broccoli, olives at heart of healthful, easy salad

• Rocky Velvet’s Graham Tichy is well versed in ’40s, ’50s music

Tuesday, April 1

• Times Union to add $60M printing press, packaging site

• WWI battle mural finds new home

• Officials say 11-year-old girl set fire

• Grant to help hospitals share medical records

• Aretakis to join race for seat in Congress

• Saratoga park chief gets national post

• Police employ tear gas to end standoff

• Vivian sparks CBA lacrosse victory

• State budget will be late

• Letters to the Editor for April 1

• Officials satisfied with efforts at farm

• Derby beckons thrill-seekers

• Schenectady schools lauded for arts programs

• Online Letters to the Editor for April 1

• College notes: Football outlook bright for UAlbany

• Dispute prompts school review

• Prisons slated for closure spared by budget agreement

• Fools' gold: Tradition of April 1 trickery goes back centuries

• Schenectady police, clergy battle illegal guns

• N.Y. farmers to increase soybean acreage

• Firm plans to build ethanol plant at port

• News of soldier's death saddens ‘Yellow Ribbon Lady’

• TODT displays offbeat art, lets viewers find meaning

• Editorial: The truth is, Spitzer wasn't telling it