Gazette Opinion

*Congress wrong to blame Apple for its own flawed tax code
*Letting dogs bark not just inconsiderate, it’s illegal
*Cuomo won’t fill nanotech jobs by starving education
*Veterans’ obits should all be marked by flags

Galway school board should have delayed vote on administrators' tenure

Saturday, June 1, 2013

It may have been legal, but it still smells funny

How to make JCOPE better

Friday, May 31, 2013

Lopez case showed ethics panel works but still needs to improve

Take time expanding Spa City racino

Friday, May 31, 2013

Questions abound, even if casino amendment is passed

Upstate will never succeed with so many layers of government

Friday, May 31, 2013

*Upstate will never succeed with so many layers of government
*Energy use habits won’t change as we warm up
*Johns deserved to have their mugs in paper, too
*Gun shows too lucrative for Spa City to pass up
*Legislators wrong to close Hill library branch

Tax-free zones just the ticket for upstate

Thursday, May 30, 2013

It may be a tough sell in the downstate-dominated Legislature, though

Reopening Schenectady’s Oneida school is a bad idea all around

Thursday, May 30, 2013

*Reopening Sch’dy’s Oneida school is a bad idea all around
*Don’t dismiss raps vs. Obama as political
*Niskayuna budget got what it deserved

New York state must stop letting electorate decide school budgets

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

*New York state must stop letting electorate decide school budgets
*Amsterdam’s Bacon school a physical wreck
*Disagreeing is OK, but knock off name-calling

Border crossing toll OK, as long as it's small

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Keep it cheap, and it won't hurt commerce

Stick with current Statue security scheme

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Keep Lady Liberty's visitors warrant safeguarding as well

Schools best chance for physical fitness

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Editorial: Longer school day could give more time for phys ed

Democrats talk the talk, except when it comes to one of their own

Monday, May 27, 2013

*Democrats talk the talk, except when it comes to one of their own
*Partisan politics making it impossible to govern
*Good schools worth paying for in Niskayuna
*Remember the heroes who fought for our country

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Watching “Star Trek Into Darkness”

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This tanning is vegan-certified

Ed Noonan

Outdoor Journal

Outdoor Journal: Many anglers getting an early start on bass

Spring babies

Cabela’s coming to New York, but not here

Mike Hochanadel

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Payne to perform music by Little Feat, Hunter

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Capital Region Scene

NYRA reluctantly rebids contentious contract

Linda LeTendre

Waging Peace

IRS: Irresponsible Revenue Search

Steve Williams

Off the Northway

Tech park dreams not quite reality

Bill Danielson

Speaking of Nature

Crises of identity behind name of eastern towhee

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Road construction along Route 73

Anne-Marie Hughes

Ask school counselor

Act quickly on suspicion of self-harm

Ken Schott

Parting Schotts

Bruins-Blackhawks deliver for NBC Sports Network

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School notes: Baseball rankings

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Nothing artificial about these frosting recipes

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Back to school

Applicants sought for universal pre-K

Bob Cudmore

Focus on History

A favorite story of the West End

Judy Atchinson

A Stubborn Woman

On the effects of toxic stress on kids

Proctors staff

On and Off Stage

A true 'Les Miserables' fan

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Division I hoops

BREAKING: Siena hires Patsos (UPDATED)

Mike MacAdam

Seat in the Bleachers

A Seat in the Bleachers: Neither heat nor disaster can break Crouch's spirit

AHL comes to Utica

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Bob Weiner

In The Pocket

In the Pocket: Sportsman’s Bowl is switching to synthetic lanes next season

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			<a href="/news/2013/apr/10/410_eagles/"><h1>One set of Eagles has its wings</h1></a>
			Two games into the season, perennial Western Athletic Conference softball power Duanesburg is right where it wants to be. Galway just wants to be outside. Duanesburg made Galway’s lack of time on the field show in the early innings Tuesday as it took a 14-0 lead after three innings and went on to a 16-3 league win.
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					<div class="name"><a href="/photos/galleries/2013/may/25/dave-matthews-band-and-rain-spac/24773/">Dave Matthews Band and rain at SPAC</a></div>	
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