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Down The Fairway: McMahon’s simpler technique gets the point across
Sunday, May 19, 2013
LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Hall of Fame member Kay McMahon has been giving golf lessons for more than three decades. But eventually, she realized that her students weren’t getting the right message.
Most snakes are harmless, interesting additions to garden
Sunday, May 19, 2013
With the arrival of warm weather, it is likely that gardeners and yard workers may soon come into contact with snakes. I am writing this week’s column on behalf of the snakes and asking that you who see them give them the benefit of the doubt before grabbing a shovel.
Bleecker was once booming community
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Bleecker, a town in northern Fulton County, had a population of 533 in the 2010 census, but in 1860 it boasted twice that many people, many of them employed in lumbering and tanning.
Changes are coming on Saratoga County board
Saturday, May 18, 2013
It’s still early in the political year, but it looks like at least five seats — and maybe more — will be turning over on the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors.
Bruins' comeback goes to top of Strader's list
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Like most hockey fans who were watching Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference quarterfinals game between Toronto and Boston on Monday night, NBC Sports Network play-by-play announcer and Glens Falls native Dave Strader thought the game was over when the Maple Leafs took a 4-1 lead on Nazem Kadri’s goal with 14:31 left in the third period.
Fest reveals enduring vitality of New Orleans
Thursday, May 16, 2013
“The young get old, the old get cold,” sang the leader of the Last Straws two weeks ago, launching the second weekend of Jazz Fest. Formed 57 years ago to play music already antique then, these vaudevillians sang that even in New Orleans, where the past isn’t gone and isn’t even past, change happens. It was the 44th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — my third.
Outdoor Journal: Striper bite on Hudson starts to warm
Thursday, May 16, 2013
If you happened to be anywhere near the Hudson River in downtown Albany, you probably noticed the fleet of fishing boats and anglers lining the shore. They’ve been fishing all the way up and down the river for several weeks, catching smaller 20- to 30-inch fish at first, but with the water warming, the “striper bite” is nearing its peak, evidenced by some of the bigger catches lately.
Will tragedy in Bangladesh spur change?
Thursday, May 16, 2013
I wondered whether we’d see a wave of shareholder proposals next year at U.S. retailers whose clothing is made in places like Bangladesh, where a building collapse last month killed more than 1,120 factory workers — about the population count of the village of Nassau in Rensselaer County.
How we came to be lovers of reading
Monday, May 13, 2013
My wife and I are proud members of the Friends of Schenectady County Public Library, a cause we believe in strongly and hope to do more for in the future.
Down The Fairway: Amateurs, pros eye Gazette Cup
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Local club professionals play the game of golf as part of their job, although they rarely tee it up as often as they would like. The pros normally play for pay in their weekly events. Area amateurs, however, compete mainly for fun. Both sides are passionate about the game, each squad is loaded with talent and both teams will be shooting for bragging rights when the 11th annual Gazette Cup tees off Wednesday morning at Mohawk Golf Club.
There’s method in red-winged blackbirds’ mating behavior
Sunday, May 12, 2013
This week we’re looking at the world through the eyes of a female red-winged blackbird. What kind of challenges does she face? What decisions does she have to make?
NASCAR will dominate FOX Sports 1 debut
Saturday, May 11, 2013
We are 98 days away from the launch of FOX Sports 1, the new 24-hour sports channel that will replace the Speed Channel. On Thursday, FOX Sports gave us a glimpse of what the opening day of the channel will look like on Aug. 17. There will be plenty of NASCAR and Ultimate Fighting Championship programming that day.
Swift justice for speeders in Cranesville
Saturday, May 11, 2013
If a trooper clocked you going more than 35 mph on Route 5 in Cranesville years ago, you had a very slim chance of avoiding a fine, typically $15.
Schaefer’s legacy may be recognized
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve wants the roughly 23,000 acres from the Essex Chain of Lakes to the end of the Hudson Gorge named the Paul Schaefer Wild Rivers Wilderness.
Outdoor Journal: Taking a tom in High Peaks
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Three years ago, the New York State Outdoor Writers Association held its annual fall conference in Lake Placid. I limited my outdoor activities that weekend to the various types of lake and stream fishing the area offers.
