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SCHENECTADY
Annual show provides local designers their moment in spotlight
Friday, May 24, 2013
There were waves, a few kisses, hands on hips, sultry strolls, perfect hairstyles and knockout outfits during the fourth annual Electric City Couture, which showcases local designers and models.
SCOTIA
Freedom Park in Scotia announces summer shows
Thursday, May 23, 2013
When most people are finding something to be down about on a gloomy morning like Thursday, the board members of Freedom Park Foundation were all smiles. The foundation announced its 34-date 2013 Summer Schedule on Thursday.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Geocache Challenge opens at 16 local parks and historic sites this weekend
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Sixteen state parks and historic sites in the Saratoga/Capital District Region will host 50 all new geocaches as part of the second annual Geocache Challenge starting this weekend .
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.
GE’s Nancy Fitzroy is subject of latest Wizards of Schenectady video
Friday, May 17, 2013
Most of Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy’s friends were all about going to Skidmore College and finding a husband. She had other plans. “I didn’t have any idea of what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn’t want to go to Skidmore and get my degree in ‘Mrs.,’ ” said Fitzroy, a Pittsfield, Mass., native and a mechanical engineer at General Electric Co. for 37 years from 1950-87. And she did get married, too.
SCHENECTADY
Duryee AME choirs in sound hands with Tucker
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Larissa Tucker is director of the Duryee Voices of the Duryee Memorial AME Zion Church on Schenectady Street in Schenectady and also is in charge of the church’s combined choir and the children’s choir. Along with her duties of directing the groups and organizing them, she also lends her own voice to the music, and that is usually something very special.
Mother's Day especially difficult for military moms
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Tammy Lence wears the black and cobalt blue uniform for Laz Parking. She wears the black and yellow, star-spangled Army lanyard around her neck for her son, Michael McCarroll.
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?
Founder of fashion show feels at home in multiple fine arts
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Electric City Couture Fashion Show founder Joleen Button will be an interested observer at the popular event at Proctors later this month.
CAPITAL REGION
Alzheimer’s conference to provide attendees with info, support and a respite
Saturday, May 11, 2013
When your spouse has Alzheimer’s disease, it changes your marriage.
Antique lovers find lots of browsing options in Ballston Spa
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Tea cups and toys. Stoneware and glassware. Elegant dining room sets in cherry, oak and mahogany. Clocks and cupboards, paintings and prints. Silver spoons and vintage jewelry. “We have everything, from soup to nuts,” says Lesley Ann Lewis, manager of Stone Soup Antiques Gallery.
Country store has roots in 19th century Mariaville
Sunday, April 28, 2013
If Silas Marsh woke from the dead today and happened upon the small general store he built back on Mariaville Lake in 1831, he’d have no trouble recognizing the place.
New theories seem to make faster than light travel possible
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Ever since the Starship Enterprise engaged warp speed in 1966, the idea of moving around the galaxy faster than light remained the construct of the show’s producer, Gene Roddenberry. But in the real universe, traveling faster than light is just not possible. Albert Einstein told us so, though that could be changing.
Red-winged blackbird has soap-opera private life
Sunday, April 28, 2013
The red-winged blackbird is an iconic symbol of spring. To teach you about the lives of these beautiful birds, let me tell you the story of a typical male of the species.
Deacon brightens days for women in county jail
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Pat Jones’ trips to the Schenectady County Jail don’t always get the kind of tangible results she’s looking for, but that doesn’t stop her from putting forth the effort. Jones attends St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Baker Avenue, where she is an ordained deacon.
