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Gazette news columnist Carl Strock was ringside with his camera for a boxing card at the Times Union Center in Albany Saturday night.
posted Feb. 7, 2012
It's a sea of blue today in New York City as the Super Bowl champion New York Giants are honored with a ticker-tape parade down Broadway.
posted Feb. 7, 2012
Action from Scotia-Glenville's Foothills Council title-clinching win over Johnstown in girls basketball action Monday night in Scotia.
posted Feb. 6, 2012
It was a proclamation for Rev. Carl B. Taylor, a demonstration for Sonja Kaye, and experimentation and exultation for Harold Goodwin and John Curtin.
The Rotterdam Elks offered an explanation, while members of the Helderberg Square Dance Club participated in a celebration.
The new Boy Scouts at the Carver Community Center in Schenectady thought about preparation. Mary Caroline Powers of the Schenectady Community Ambassador Project helped plan exploration for a world traveler.
The Schenectady Environmental Clearinghouse thought about conservation. The Niskayuna Consumers Cooperative considered inflation.
They were all inspirations during February 1972.
posted Feb. 6, 2012
As the New York Giants took on the New England Patriots, local fans took sides and watched the game on the big screen at Vapor Night Club in Saratoga Springs.
posted Feb. 5, 2012
Local high school students modeled new prom dresses and tuxedos in Clifton Park as a fundraiser for CAPTAIN Youth and Family Services.
posted Feb. 4, 2012
Thousands flocked to downtown Saratoga Springs on Saturday for the 14th Chowderfest, the highlight of the city's annual Winter Weekend.
posted Feb. 4, 2012
People associate stereo with listening.
Melody Davis wants them to link stereo with vision.
Davis, an assistant art professor at Sage College of Albany, on Friday helped open the exhibit “Victorian Narrative Stereography: 1855-1910” in the college’s Little Gallery in Rathbone Hall. Visitors will see visual marvels of the 1800s — a time when stereographs and stereoscope viewing devices were prime attractions for the home box office.
Each stereo picture card has two images side by side. The images are almost exactly alike, two perspectives of the same object. A minor deviation in the photos is necessary to achieve a 3-D effect when viewed with special lenses.
posted Feb. 4, 2012
Berne-Knox-Westerlo traveled to Schoharie Friday in boys basketball action.
posted Feb. 3, 2012
Schenectady firefighters battle a two-alarm fire at 708 Union St. this morning.
posted Feb. 2, 2012
Hundreds of pizza enthusiasts crowded the GE Theatre at Proctors on Thursday for the second annual Pizza Wars.
posted Feb. 2, 2012
If you go to the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, wear a warm jacket and sturdy boots. Whether you’re ogling the majestic Ice Palace, smacking a baseball with snowshoes on your feet or watching curlers slide their stones across a frozen lake, it’s all about having fun in the bracing Adirondack air. “Even events that could be held indoors are held outdoors,” said carnival chairman Jeff Dickson.
posted Feb. 1, 2012
Visiting Shenendehowa squared off against rival Saratoga in high school hockey action Tuesday night at Weibel Avenue Rink. Saratoga prevailed, 5-1.
posted Jan. 31, 2012
Scenes from the annual Gazette Bridal Show, which was held Sunday at the Hall of Springs and Saratoga Automobile Museum in Saratoga Springs.
posted Jan. 31, 2012
Order, order — the first January business at many clubs and fraternal organizations in the Capital Region is the introduction and installation of new officers.
Members of volunteer fire departments and their auxiliaries, Free and Accepted Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Toastmasters, the Abruzzese Society and the Laziale Society held gavels and wore smiles for the ceremonies in 1970.
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Manny Lucero, a Mexican featherweight who fights out of Albany, took on undefeated Irish featherweight champion Patrick Hyland in Atlantic City on Jan. 28. Lucero lost by decision. Gazette columnist Carl Strock was there to observe and take these photos.
posted Jan. 30, 2012
Schenectady fire and police personnel respond to a stabbing in a parking lot behind the Bank of America at 500 State St. in Schenectady at about 8 a.m. today. One woman was transported to Ellis Hospital. Police have another woman in custody, according to reports from the scene.
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The Foundation for Ellis Medicine hosted its annual Winter Gala at the Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia on Saturday.
posted Jan. 29, 2012
Fifty years ago, an Atlas rocket launched John Glenn into space, where he became the first American to orbit Earth and the third to travel into space. His flight was the sixth of the Mercury series, the first space program of the United States.
posted Jan. 29, 2012
In July of 1877, Col. Robert Furman looked north from his home at the corner of Smith and Lafayette streets in Schenectady and watched as the German Catholic community began building its elegant new edifice just a few yards away. A prominent member of the Stockade neighborhood’s First Reformed Church and a man described as “most liberal and charitable,” Furman undoubtedly welcomed his new neighbors. But if you told him that 50 years later St. Joseph’s Catholic Church would be in possession of his beautiful, two-story brick house and using it as the rectory, Furman — also referred to as the “Father of Greater Schenectady” — probably wouldn’t have believed it.
posted Jan. 28, 2012
Anthony Lawton decided to heavy it up right away. At 1 p.m., big bass and guitar notes from heavy metal band Mastodon filled the room, and Lawton prepared to drop color into the left side of Len Bohley’s chest. The 34-year-old Lawton, who lives in Rotterdam and has been leaving his mark on men and women since 1998, had already stenciled the pattern into friend Bohley’s pectoral — a large skull with swirls behind it. He dabbed his tattoo machine with black ink and began etching deep black lines around the “teeth” of the boney face.
posted Jan. 27, 2012
When it comes to creating a special wedding cake , you need more than flour, eggs and sugar. You even need more than imagination. You need some artistic skill. There are many wonderful cakes to be had in the Capital Region, thanks to the talents of local bakers at places such as Crisan in Albany and Villa Italia in Schenectady.
posted Jan. 27, 2012
Your bridal bouquet will be one of your most memorable accessories, so let your taste and style shine through. Keeping fashion trends in mind and joining them with your own personality are vital when it comes to selecting your bouquet and all of your wedding flowers.
posted Jan. 27, 2012
Some wedding dresses leave a legacy beyond the next-day knockoff from Kate Middleton's Alexander McQueen stunner to Carolyn Bessette Kennedy's simple tank — and especially Queen Victoria 's white ball gown —changed the way brides dressed for years to come.
Here are some examples.
posted Jan. 24, 2012
The national touring company of "Shrek the Musical" opened a six-day run at Proctors on Tuesday.
posted Jan. 23, 2012
Siena vs. Iona men's basketball at the Times Union Center
posted Jan. 23, 2012
Ralph Slater must have remembered the old World War II line, “Smoke ’em if you’ve got ’em.”
The master hypnotist was out of cigarettes. But he had a couple of young guys at Schenectady’s Van Curler Hotel on Feb. 28, 1961, and decided to light them up.
Slater was president of the International Academy of Hypnotism, and had been booked for five shows at Proctor’s Theatre. Other people were more concerned with cool fingers during the winters of the early 1960s. They were on sleds and skates, and made the most of winter. Some decided they’d stay indoors, and found diversions at the Schenectady YMCA and Boys’ Club.
posted Jan. 22, 2012
Early spans were swept away before modern-day bridges gave cars, trains ready access
posted Jan. 22, 2012
Cub and boy scouts from throughout the region gathered at Camp Boyhaven in Middle Grove this weekend for the annual Klondike Derby and Deep Freeze. The winter skills event, now in its 49th year, featured a sledge race and other competitions in first aid, cooking, map and compass, ice rescue, fire building and emergency shelter. Meanwhile, scouts also camped out Saturday night, cooking supper and breakfast and sleeping in tents.
posted Jan. 22, 2012
Members of the 501st Ordinance Battalion of the New York Army National Guard were welcomed home Saturday from a deployment to Iraq during a Freedom Salute Ceremony at the Stratton Air National Guard Base in Glenville.
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Jill Fishon-Kovachick fell in love with clay at summer camp when she was 11. “Once I put my hands in it, I couldn’t get enough of it,” she said. Last year, after working as an adjunct professor in ceramics at Skidmore College for 17 years, she launched a new career in the field, founding Saratoga Clay Arts Center in Schuylerville, a place where others could discover the art form or deepen their own love affair with the earthy medium.
posted Jan. 20, 2012
Two members of the 109th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard detailed Friday the evacuation earlier this month of seven badly burned fishermen from a South Korean fishing vessel off the coast of Antarctica to New Zealand.
posted Jan. 19, 2012
Schenectady firefighters battle a 2-alarm fire at 1922 Foster Ave. that claimed the life of a woman early today.
posted Jan. 19, 2012
The Plainsmen topped Colonie, 51-16, Wednesday in Suburban Council wrestling action.
posted Jan. 17, 2012
Students perform on the set at the Nott Memorial at Union College for a remake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 17-minute “I Have a Dream” speech, which was delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963. The project was titled "His Dream Lives On."
posted Jan. 16, 2012
The stars were out Sunday night for the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles. A look at some fashions.
posted Jan. 16, 2012
January is prime time for high-school basketball. In 1988 and 1989, young men and women from Linton and Mont Pleasant high schools in Schenectady, Shenendehowa in Clifton Park, Saratoga Springs, Niskayuna and Mohonasen in Rotterdam were among basketeers who laced up and checked in to big games.
posted Jan. 15, 2012
A coalition of Schenectady County service organizations is pitching in to help residents of flood-ravaged Rotterdam Junction to rehabilitate their homes.
posted Jan. 15, 2012
Runners braved wind chills that dipped below zero on Saturday to take part in the 26th Annual Winter Wimp Road Race in Hagaman.
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Union College defeated Harvard, 2-0, in an outdoor ECAC hockey matchup Friday night at Fenway Park in Boston.
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Siena edged Rider on Thursday night in a MAAC basketball game at the Times Union Center.
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Hundreds of people turned out Thursday to check out job opportunities at GlobalFoundaries at a career fair hosted by the company at the Saratoga County Administration Building in Ballston Spa.
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Snow blanketed the region for the first time since Oct. 31 when Mother Nature deposited anywhere from an inch to 8 inches overnight.
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Scotia-Glenville rallied for a 65-51 Foothills Council boys basketball win over visiting Johnstown on Monday night.
posted Jan. 9, 2012
During the 1960s, many trusted their cars to the man who wore the star — the big, red Texaco star.
Others decided to visit the “arrow,” the animated red arrow that was part of the big yellow sign at Sunoco.
Some drove to the big orange “Gulf” ball, the rotating sign at bunches of Gulf service stations. A few might have preferred the familiar yellow sea “Shell,” where attendants always claimed that “Service is our business.”
Those were days when men at the station routinely checked engine oil, washed windshields and handled gas nozzles themselves. Gasolines had exotic names such as “Fire Chief” and “Sky Chief” at Texaco; “Super Marine” “No-Nox” and “Gulftane” at Gulf; Sunoco “Blue”; and “Super Shell.”
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The economic climate of the past three years has certainly affected the musical instrument business, but not always in the expected ways. There were rough patches last year. But it wasn’t all doom and gloom. In early 2011, Parkway Music, a fixture in Clifton Park for the past 18 years, moved to a new building at 1777 Route 9, two miles down the road from its old location. Drome Sound in Schenectady also found a new home last year, moving into the building that used to house Latham Paint, 1875 State St.
posted Jan. 7, 2012
Action from Siena vs. Fairfield on Friday night at the Times Union Center in Albany.
posted Jan. 7, 2012
During the noon lunch hour, Gina Ruggiero and other countermen and women at Ruggiero’s Pizza, Deli & Catering slice, stack, sauté, bake and wrap plenty of dietary diversions. At noon on Wednesday, customers began filling the delicatessen in Socha Plaza off Saratoga Road in Glenville.
posted Jan. 5, 2012
Photos taken this morning show the damage to homes on Avenue B in Schenectady after a gas explosion and fire. Investigators were on the scene.
posted Jan. 5, 2012
Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his plans for 2012 on Wednesday during the annual State of the State address at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center.
posted Jan. 4, 2012
Schenectady firefighters battle a blaze on Avenue B in the city's Northside section. The houses are situated behind Yates Magnet School off Van Vranken Avenue.
posted Jan. 4, 2012
In a night of lighthearted remarks and the occasional mistake, Schenectady’s new mayor and half of its City Council were sworn in Tuesday.
posted Jan. 4, 2012
Action from Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons' 55-32 win over Schenectady High in a Big 10 boys basketball game Tuesday.
posted Jan. 3, 2012
Some of the best work of Gazette photographers is showcased in this 30-photo gallery.
posted Jan. 3, 2012
Snowboarders and skiers enjoy a day on the slopes at Royal Mountain Ski Area in Caroga Lake on Monday.
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UAlbany trounded visiting Hartford in its first conference basketball game of the season at SEFCU Arena in Albany on Monday.
posted Jan. 2, 2012
"Policewoman” was a new title in Schenectady during the spring of 1948.
Patricia McCann was the new employee with the badge. On March 29, the 22-year-old was appointed the first female officer in the police department.
The job was part of a new plan to deal with juvenile delinquency. McCann would work with boys, girls and women and, with partner Joseph Monaco, create the department’s Youth Aid Bureau.
posted Jan. 2, 2012
Hundreds of participants braved the chilly water of Lake George to take part in the annual Polar Plunge, a New Year's Day tradition.
posted Jan. 1, 2012
Governor Andrew Cuomo met with the public on New Years Day during an Open House at the Governor's Mansion in Albany.
posted Jan. 1, 2012
This time of year, resolutions about maintaining one’s fitness usually require a daily visit to the gym. Some people, however, prefer another option. “Hiking is great exercise, and since I started going to the Plotter Kill, I canceled my gym membership,” said Guilderland resident Ed Atkeson.
posted Jan. 1, 2012
January is known for white snowflakes. And red garnets. Each month gets a signature gem — a birthstone — for people who want constant reminders of the time they were born.
posted Jan. 1, 2012
For the first time in several years, ice skaters were able to get out on the rink at the Empire State Plaza in downtown Albany on Saturday.
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The city of Saratoga Springs ushered in the new year Saturday night with its annual First Night celebration.
posted Dec. 30, 2011
As part of its programming for a school holiday week, the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium offered Hands-on Science Activities on Thursday.
posted Dec. 29, 2011
Twenty of our best high school sports photos taken in 2011 by Gazette photographers.
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Burnt Hills/Ballston Spa turned back Guilderland/Mohonasen 4-2 Wednesday in the championship game of the Mohawk 2011 Holiday Tournament at Schenectady County Recreational Facility.
posted Dec. 28, 2011
Adults, teens and kids helped raise money for Habitat for Humanity of Schoharie County by building with Legos at a Lego Build-a-Thon on Tuesday at the Canajoharie Library and Arkell Museum.
posted Dec. 27, 2011
Images from Monday's Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert at the Times Union Center in Albany. The progressive rock group has sold more than 8 million albums and tours regularly with its multi-dimensional art form of the rock opera.
posted Dec. 27, 2011
A look back at some of the photos that were published in Capital Region Scrapbook during 2011.
posted Dec. 24, 2011
Flood damaged churches of Schoharie County joined together to hold a Christmas Eve mass at the Carrot Barn in Schoharie on Saturday.
posted Dec. 24, 2011
Since Nov. 11, Santa and Jonathan Ment have been guests at the Rotterdam Square shopping mall off Campbell Road. Mr. Claus has been greeting his young admirers; photographer Ment has snapped pictures of the Claus encounters.
posted Dec. 24, 2011
There are certain houses around the region that are famous to visitors who have never met the owners and don’t even know their names. What they do know is they can count on seeing a magnificent Christmas light display.
posted Dec. 24, 2011
The 4th Annual Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl, a fundraiser for Franklin Community Center, took place at City Tavern on Caroline Street in Saratoga Springs on Friday.
posted Dec. 23, 2011
The 25 semifinal winners in The Gazette's Christmas Coloring Contest are pictured here. The contest received more than 600 entries.
posted Dec. 23, 2011
When Maria Cimino of Rotterdam first started collecting nutcrackers 10 years ago, she didn’t anticipate her collection would grow to more than 100 unique examples.
posted Dec. 23, 2011
Occupy Albany tents were removed from Academy Park on Thursday, which led to a march around Albany with the last tent, and a scuffle between protesters and police that resulted in numerous people getting pepper-sprayed.
posted Dec. 23, 2011
The Mechanicville City School District kicked off the Positive Behavior Intervention and Support universal initiative for students in grades 6-12 through a series of events this week. Students learn why it's important to "Keep it R.E.A.L" in and outside the classroom, as teachers unveiled the guiding core principles of PBIS and what it will mean to them. Students will focus on respect, effort, acceptance and leadership, as well as responsibility, attitude and learning. One of the events held on Thursday afternoon was an assembly including a performance by local band Ten Year Vamp.
posted Dec. 22, 2011
Gazette photographers captured these images of eye-catching holiday displays around the region.
posted Dec. 20, 2011
Images from Monday night's Scotia-Glenville High School winter concert.
posted Dec. 19, 2011
There may not be any snow on the ground just yet, but there was a snowy owl observed in a tree in Rotterdam on Saturday morning. Resident Cerissa Contakos captured these photos.
posted Dec. 19, 2011
The Octavo Singers perform Handel's "Messiah" at St. John the Evangelist Church in Schenectady on Sunday.
posted Dec. 19, 2011
Eddie Stanley,a former Schenectady High School basketball who was shot and killed in June, was remembered in a ceremony prior to the Albany at Schenectady game Friday night.
posted Dec. 19, 2011
Fire and ice were part of holiday celebrations in 1970 and 1971. The ice came first. On Thursday, Dec. 17, 1970, 16 inches of snow fell in the Capital Region. Some people — like Sandy Hotaling of Schenectady — took the weather with good cheer. Even though she had broken her snow brush as she worked to clear her car, Sandy had a smile for the situation. Fire came as local synagogues prepared for Hanukkah. In 1970, the festival of lights began at sunset on Dec. 22. In 1971, Hanukkah began at sunset on Dec. 12. Candles were lit by all observing the holy days. Drummers and singers were on the move during the holiday season. The junior choir of Schenectady’s Second Reformed Church prepared for Christmas appearances.
posted Dec. 18, 2011
For more than 100 years, Presbyterians had a foothold in the Goose Hill section of Schenectady, but today that’s no longer the case. Still, the building and the beautiful sanctuary that was once home to the Westminster United Presbyterian Church on the corner of Avenue A and Mason Street remains a house of worship, The Everlasting Life Church of God in Christ.
posted Dec. 18, 2011
For five Capital Region residents, Christmas is children, gifts for loved ones and cookies fresh from the oven. They wrote stories about their favorite December memories for The Daily Gazette’s “Happy Holidays” writing contest.
posted Dec. 17, 2011
Uncle Sam’s Homemade Chocolates have earned good reputations, and that’s one reason customers call and visit Deb Butler. As floor supervisor of the sweets shop on Albany Street in Schenectady, the girl from Uncle also manages personnel.
posted Dec. 16, 2011
The Melodies of Christmas began its annual run of concerts Thursday night at Proctors. Shows continue through the weekend.
posted Dec. 15, 2011
Firefighters battle a fire in a vacant house at 3977 Route 20 in the town of Esperance early today.
posted Dec. 15, 2011
A ceremony Wednesday marks the opening of Angelo's Prime Bar & Grill, located on the first floor of the Hilton Garden Inn at the Clifton Park Center Mall.
posted Dec. 14, 2011
Visiting Voorheesville rallied in the closing minutes to post a 40-37 victory over Schalmont in girls basketball action Tuesday night.
posted Dec. 14, 2011
Storefront windows in downtown Schenectady are decked out for the holidays.
posted Dec. 13, 2011
The Fordham Rams trounced Siena, 74-59, Monday night at the Times Union Center in a non-league game.
posted Dec. 12, 2011
Who knows what Carly Reynolds was thinking on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1989? One guy knew — Santa Claus. Mr. Claus was preparing for his big night out on Dec. 24, but still had time to visit Carly and her friends at the nursery school of Woodlawn Reformed Church.
posted Dec. 11, 2011
The annual Winter WonderLARK celebration took place on Saturday along Lark Street in Albany, highlighted by the Santa Speedo Sprint.
posted Dec. 6, 2011
The Polar Express is making nightly runs through the holidays from the Saratoga Springs Amtrak station to the North Pole.
posted Dec. 6, 2011
The Siena and University at Albany men's basketball teams met Monday night at the Times Union Center in Albany in the annual renewal of their Albany Cup rivalry.
posted Dec. 5, 2011
The snowman on Whitney Drive in Niskayuna looked cool and comfortable.
An early December snowstorm in 1981 had brought the coal-eyed fellow in the top hat to life. The weather also energized others in the Capital Region.
Laurie Wolkodoff skied in Saratoga Springs. Adrienne Korkosz tried the sliding in Schenectady.
Dave Haverly and his friends from the Mohawk Valley Van Club collected toys for the Schenectady County Christmas Bureau at Jumpin’ Jack’s drive-in restaurant. Eddie Campbell and company did the same thing for young pals at the Carver Community Center.
posted Dec. 4, 2011
Revelers enjoy the annual Victorian Stroll activities through the streets of Troy on Sunday.
posted Dec. 4, 2011
The University at Albany held its annual winter commencement ceremonies on Sunday at SEFCU Arena on campus.
posted Dec. 4, 2011
Images from the SEFCU Holiday Tree Lighting and Fireworks Festival at the Empire State Plaza in Albany on Sunday.
posted Dec. 4, 2011
Here are some of the photos we've shot of holiday events this weekend.
posted Dec. 4, 2011
All Scott Stewart wants for Christmas is snow. He built a 7-foot toboggan last month during a woodworking seminar at the Adirondack Folk School in Luke Luzerne. “It’s really satisfying to make something with my own hands, to go back to these basic skills that we’ve been doing as humans for thousands of years,” he said
posted Dec. 3, 2011
The lack of snow and unseasonably warm temperatures have extended the season into December for golfers at courses throughout the region.
posted Dec. 3, 2011
Developers celebrated the topping off Friday of Market Center, a luxury apartment building under construction in downtown Saratoga Springs.
posted Dec. 3, 2011
Ballston Spa got into the holiday spirit Friday night, filling the streets for the annual Ballston Spa Holiday Parade.
posted Dec. 2, 2011
More than 1,500 people were expected to attend Albany Medical Center’s 28th annual Dancing in the Woods black tie gala Friday inside the former Macy’s store at Crossgates Mall. The event benefitted the Melodies Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Albany Medical Center.
posted Dec. 2, 2011
Saratoga Springs got in the holiday spirit Thursday night when it hosted the 25th annual Victorian Streetwalk in the downtown area.
posted Dec. 1, 2011
A woman driving a Honda CRV died this morning in a three-vehicle crash on I-88. Her car was crushed in an accident involving a tractor-trailer, which appeared to be in front of the CRV, and a Saturn sedan that appeared to be behind the CRV. The driver of the Saturn was extricated and suffered minor injuries while the truck driver was uninjured.
posted Dec. 1, 2011
Saratoga Springs beat Shaker/Colonie, 5-2
posted Nov. 30, 2011
Businesses like Four Corners Tire in Perth are seeing busy days recently with customers getting snow tires and all-weather tires put on their automobiles before the snow starts falling.
posted Nov. 29, 2011
The Saratoga Springs girls toppled Schenectady, 45-32, Monday night in a non-league basketball game in Saratoga Springs.
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Everyone’s busy around the holiday season.
December parties mean folks put on festive ties and gowns … and put in a few extra calories.
In 1970, some prepared for a happy yuletide. Others received early gifts. And still others just went to work.
Longtime Capital Region publicist Ed Lewi wore a big smile as he was presented an award from the Schenectady YMCA. Lewi had recently headed the organization’s membership drive. Cornell University student John Bradley received a plaque from Mayfair-Burnt Hills Kiwanis Club President Joseph Magish, and a smile from Saratoga County’s Mary Flascher. Bradley had spent a year in Africa; Flascher had spent time as the county’s alternate dairy princess.
Scotia firefighters decorated their station on Mohawk Avenue. And local Marines and postal workers mobilized for the Toys for Tots program,
posted Nov. 28, 2011
Action from UAlbany's 81-63 college basketball victory over visiting Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday.
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Shenendehowa versus Niskayuna-Schenectady, 7-0
posted Nov. 27, 2011
Fans of dance, music and fantasy know what to expect when the curtain rises on “The Nutcracker.”
Ballerinas dance as toy dolls, flexible flowers and elegant snowflakes. Magical uncles bring handsome wooden soldiers to life to defend home and hearth against evil mice. Glamorous sugar plum fairies, noble cavaliers and tall Christmas trees are also on stage.
November and December bring several local productions of the famous holiday show. Each “Nutcracker” offers something different — surprises for people who might not be expecting twists and unusual characters in the yuletide story based on “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” written in 1816 by Germany’s E.T.A. Hoffmann.
posted Nov. 27, 2011
As it enters its 13th year, the Kristy Pollak Christmas Event and Drive-Thru Holiday Park has a new beneficiary in Make-A-Wish Northeast New York.
posted Nov. 27, 2011
With winter just around the corner, residents of Schoharie are still struggling to overcome the flooding that devastated the village nearly three months ago.
posted Nov. 27, 2011
The halls of Amsterdam's City Hall are decked out with many holiday wreathes as part of a fundraiser to help Old Fort Johnson recover from flood damage last summer.
posted Nov. 25, 2011
Shoppers throughout the Capital Region queued up as early as Thanksgiving night to begin the quest for bargains as the tradition known as Black Friday kicked off the holiday season.
posted Nov. 25, 2011
The Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake football team took its drive for a state championship to the Carrier Dome in Syracuse on Friday, where it faced Maine-Endwell in the finals.
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About 3,300 runners turned out Thursday morning for the 10th annual Turkey Trot in Saratoga Springs to benefit the Christopher Dailey Foundation.
posted Nov. 24, 2011
When nobody’s looking, the miniature dolls on Deb Crosby’s evergreen might walk across branches and take naps — bunches of small but comfortably furnished birch wood nests are hanging on the boughs.
“These are the kinds of things I used to make for my kids when they were younger,” said Crosby, who lives in Rotterdam. “My daughter just got married. I think grandchildren are on my mind.”
The holiday season will come to mind for people visiting the fifth annual “Festival of Trees,” co-sponsored by the Schenectady County Historical Society and its Washington Avenue neighbor, the YWCA. The show opens Friday and runs through Sunday, Dec. 11.
Decorated trees will soon sparkle and shine throughout the Capital Region and beyond.
posted Nov. 23, 2011
No Thanksgiving dinner is complete without pie for dessert. that holiday tradition makes for busy days for the staff at Smith Bros. Farm & Orchard Bake Shop in Charlton.
posted Nov. 22, 2011
Seattle Mariners outfielder Casper Wells, a 2002 graduate of Schenectady High School, met with the students at Van Corlaer Elementary School in Schenectady on Tuesday.
posted Nov. 22, 2011
While there are lots of ways the Capital Region fancies itself up for the holidays, our outdoor light displays are often spectacular. Vote for your favorites here, and send us photos of your own display for others to enjoy.
There are no prizes, but we will write about some of the top vote-getters.
To submit your photo, click <a href="http://www.dailygazette.com/let-lights-shine/"popup="800,600"> here </a>.
posted Nov. 22, 2011
SUNY students from across the state gathered to protest student loan debt and tuition increases by pushing a paper-mache boulder up State Street and delivering a failing report card to Governor Cuomo's office on Monday, November 21, 2011.
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For guys who grew up in Schenectady’s Third Ward, the night before Thanksgiving has always been boys’ night out.
They meet at the Schenectady Veterans of World War II Hall on Union Street, have a few beers and settle the world.
Conversation was on tap Nov. 25, 1987. And while guys like “Rockhead,” “The Roamer” and “Joe Plastic” were toasting friendship on the fourth Wednesday of the month, other people were doing other things in a month of “Novembrances.”
The Schenectady Choral Society performed a free concert at the Schenectady County Library. Local fashion models decided to show off dresses and gowns they had made themselves. Arts and crafts fans prepared bazaars and rummage sales.
posted Nov. 20, 2011
Occupy Albany protesters marked the one-week anniversary of arrests at Lafayette Park on Saturday, November 19th, by organizing one of the biggest crowds since the start of the protest on month ago.
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The 43rd annual Gazette Holiday Parade stepped off Saturday along State Street in Schenectady.
posted Nov. 18, 2011
Crowds lined Main Street for blocks and waved at honking fire trucks and colorful floats as the ninth annual Classic Image Johnstown Holiday Parade drew more than 1,000 people Friday night.
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Photos from Siena's 65-56 win over Navy in its 2011-12 opener Wednesday night in Albany.
posted Nov. 16, 2011
Paul Pownall and his friends — student chefs at Schenectady County Community College’s highly regarded culinary arts school — have different appetites for the fourth Thursday in November.
Pownall must have sausage lasagna on his holiday table. Kara Lindsay Shoen prefers her mother’s oyster stuffing. Shannon Dowen-Ronda makes cinnamon crème brûlée for Thanksgiving dessert. Michelle Anaya-Malone begins festivities with lumpia — Filipino spring rolls.
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Protesters continue to stay in Lafayette Park in Albany past the 11 P.M. curfew and subject themselves to arrest by the State Police. On Tuesday night only three protesters were arrested as a small crowd and local television crews watched from the sidewalk.
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The third annual Girls’ Day Out, presented by the Schenectady County Working Group on Girls brought together 150 middle school girls from the Schenectady City School District to teach them how to make positive choices, build and maintain healthy relationships and live healthy lifestyles and also gave them a chance to tap into their creativity.
posted Nov. 15, 2011
Kids flock to the renewed family-owned skating rink in Rotterdam. Shown is activity on a recent Friday night.
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Regal Entertainment Group opened its new Regal Stadium cinemas Monday at Clifton Park Center. Discounted movies and concessions were also part of the attraction.
posted Nov. 14, 2011
Images from before, during and after the 36th annual Gazette Stockade-athon 15k (9.3 miles) road race held Sunday morning in Schenectady.
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There was always something cooking in the kitchen at Felix and Caroline’s place. Spaghetti, ravioli, veal and peppers, and eggplant parmigiana were generally on the stove and in the oven. Petta’s Kitchen at 134 Duane Ave. opened in 1951, and fans of Italian food have been visiting ever since. The Petta’s staff has entertained celebrities over the years. Actor Anthony Quinn was in once, and so was basketball star Elvin Hayes. Hayes was in town for a game against the Schaefer Brewers, the local hoop all-star team of the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1961, television stars Howard Duff and Annie Fargue visited for a late-night dinner.
posted Nov. 13, 2011
24 "Occupy Albany" protesters were arrested by State Police after they refused to leave Lafayette Park at the 11 P.M. curfew on Saturday night. Lafayette Park is the state-owned park next to the city-owned half where protesters have been camped out since last month.
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The Schalmont girls soccer team defeated Beekmantown in a Class B regional game Saturday.
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The city of Amsterdam celebrated Veterans Day with a ceremony and parade at the World War I Memorial and Veteran's Park on Guy Park Ave. on Friday morning.
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Johnstown turned back Massena High School of Section X in a girls regional volleyball contest Thursday at Gloversville High School.
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Mechanicville fell to Hoosick Falls, 2-1, in the Section II girls Class C soccer championship game on Wednesday.
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Bethlehem edged Shenendehowa, 3-2, Wednesday in the Section II girls Class A soccer championship game.
posted Nov. 9, 2011
Photos from around the region on Election Day and, later, as results started to be counted after polls closed.
posted Nov. 9, 2011
Schalmont defeated Lowville 2-0 in overtime in Class B and Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake blanked Jamestown-DeWitt 3-0 in Class A in girls soccer regionals on Tuesday.
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Schenectady firefighters battle a blaze in a vacant building on Strong Street early this morning.
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On a Monday night exactly 100 years ago this week, two men knocked on the front door of 17 Jay St. in Schenectady. They wanted to see George Lunn.
A former minister at the First Reformed Church, Lunn was running for political office, and the next day he would be elected the city’s first and only Socialist mayor. First, however, he had to play ball with the bosses of his newly adopted political party, and that meant signing an agreement the night before the election assuring Socialists everywhere, but particularly those in New York state, that he would follow the dictates of the party leaders or give up the mayor’s office.
posted Nov. 6, 2011
Shenendehowa captured the Class A Section II field hockey championship on Sunday by defeating Niskayuna in a game played at Schuylerville.
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Scenes from the Schenectady Business and Professional Women's Club's 35th Annual Fashion Show and Woman of the Year Celebration at Glen Sanders Mansion in Scotia on Sunday.
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Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake rallied in the closing seconds of Saturday night’s Section II Class A Super Bowl for a 26-23 victory over Amsterdam at Shenendehowa's Steuerwald Stadium. For the Spartans, it was their fourth straight championship.
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Unbeaten Schalmont posted its third straight Section II Class B football championship, edging Albany Academy, 36-35, in overtime Saturday afternoon at Steuerwald Stadium.
posted Nov. 6, 2011
The Mohonasen Mighty Warriors beat Queensbury, 2-0, in the Section II boys’ soccer Class A championship game at Colonie High School.
posted Nov. 6, 2011
Mark, a husky guy in sunglasses, black leather jacket and a full blond-and-gray beard, approached my father at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. He was quick with a handshake. And kind words. “Thank you for your service,” he told my dad, Harold “Jeff” Wilkin Jr. of Rochester, who spent the first half of the 1940s with the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII.
My 90-year-old father knows few motorcycle guys like Mark, a road captain with the Winston-Salem chapter of the national Harley Owners Group cycle club. But he met bunches of riders — and fellow veterans — during an Honor Flight out of Rochester on Sept. 17.
The Honor project has been around for a few years now — veterans from around the country are flown to Washington to see the inspiring war memorials and accept thanks from a grateful public. Folks who run the plane rides and sightseeing tours think the fliers, sailors, soldiers, nurses and support staffers never received grand welcomes home when the war ended in 1945. Days and nights in Washington are meant to be long-overdue celebrations.
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Saratoga won its 12th straight Class A girls title at the Section II Cross Country Championships at Saratoga Spa State Park on Friday.
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Photos from Shenendehowa's emphatic, 49-6 Class AA Super Bowl win Friday night over Columbia.
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Shenendehowa blanked Guilderland, 2-0, Thursday night at Colonie High School to reach the Section II Class AA boys soccer championship game.
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Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake topped Scotia-Glenville, 3-1, Wednesday night in a Section II girls semifinal soccer game played at Stillwater High School.
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Shenendehowa blanked host Saratoga Springs, 1-0, on Tuesday to advance to the Section II Class A field hockey championship game.
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Shaker's Cat Crummey battles Guilderland's Gaby Peda in the Section II girls high school tennis championship singles match Tuesday at Sporttime in Schenectady. Crummey won her third straight title.
posted Nov. 1, 2011
Action and behind-the-scenes photos from a professional boxing card last week at the Convention Center of Empire State Plaza.
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Talk about weird science — giant chickens, living fly traps, leering vampires and sneering witches used to be common sights inside the Schenectady Museum.
But only during October. During the 1970s, Friends of the Schenectady Museum were on the grounds for frightening fundraisers. There was usually something for everyone; adults could chuckle at a poor soul simmering in a soup pot, while small children could visit a pumpkin patch that featured friendlier characters.
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Young and old turned out to enjoy Greenberg's Train and Toy Show at Hudson Valley Community College on Sunday in Troy.
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Images from the Festival of Nations on Sunday at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany.
posted Oct. 30, 2011
First-time visitors to the Margaret Reaney Memorial Library and Museum in St. Johnsville often have trouble focusing on their reading. In this yellow-and- gray brick building constructed in 1909, the written word often takes a back seat to the visual wonderland on display.
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Host Union College claimed the Dutchman's Shoes Trophy with a 38-28 victory over RPI Saturday afternoon.
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Clifton Park hosted a Halloween parade Friday at Clifton Common. The event included free refreshments and a bounce house, and a fire truck from the Jonesville Fire Department was on site, as well.
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Shaker blanked Schenectady, 5-0, Thursday night in their Class AA boys’ soccer playoff opener.
posted Oct. 27, 2011
Occupy Albany protesters took their act to the Capitol on Thursday, marching from Lafayette Park to the second floor office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
posted Oct. 27, 2011
The region got its first taste of winter Thursday as a mix of rain and snow left a small coating of white.
posted Oct. 27, 2011
An investigation has been reopened into the June 1979 disappearance of Glenville resident Agnes Shoe.
posted Oct. 25, 2011
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake won its 24th consecutive Suburban Council girls volleyball title with a 3-game sweep of visiting Shenendehowa on Monday.
posted Oct. 25, 2011
For some people, Halloween’s chief attractions are outside.
Pumpkin faces flicker on front porches. Kids in costumes walk the streets. There’s always a dark cat around, someplace.
Everything is black and gold — especially indoors. And design experts say fans decorating for the cheerfully grim holiday can use other options for creative and spooky living and dining rooms.
posted Oct. 24, 2011
In 1971, book and movie aficionados, student and civic politicians, party planners, fundraisers and good knights showed up in the October photo portfolio of the Schenectady Gazette. Suzanne Melanson and her friends at Elmer Avenue School were on the book beat. Kids promoted the school’s book fair, one of several activities held during National Education Week. Bob Hadley went to the movies at Schenectady’s State Theater. As executive producer of the American Theater League, which presented Broadway road shows in the Schenectady area, Hadley helped restore a cinema presence at the movie house at State Street and Erie Boulevard.
The new school year put new teens in charge of student government at Linton High School. Rob Faulisi, Mark DiCocco, Sue Spencer and Linda Litz were in office. Frank J. Duci was among the candidates hoping to win office in Schenectady County.
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The Animal Protective Foundation hosted a Howl-oween Party canine costume contest at Riverview Orchards in Rexford on Sunday.
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The second day of the Occupy Albany protest was a peaceful one in Academy Park.
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Hundreds gathered Friday in Lafayette Park, camping out later in nearby Academy Park, to "Occupy Albany," a protest growing out of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement.
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Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake ran its girls volleyball record to 15-0 Thursday by defeating visiting Ballston Spa on Thursday.
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Family and friends at Lakeside Farms in Ballston Lake demonstrated the process of making apple cider on Thursday.
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Hard work is welcomed by the men and women who staff the emergency medical helicopters in the Capital Region, because they know that their service might mean the difference between life and death for the patients who end up onboard.
posted Oct. 20, 2011
Moammar Gadhafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed today by revolutionary forces in his hometown of Sirte.
posted Oct. 19, 2011
Schenectady mayoral candidates Roger Hull and Gary McCarthy squared off Wednesday night for a debate at the GE Theatre at Proctors.
posted Oct. 19, 2011
A new wind technology laboratory containing a giant General Electric wind turbine was dedicated Tuesday at Hudson Valley Community College’s TEC-SMART classroom and training center.
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Gazette columnist Carl Strock dropped in on the Occupy Wall Street festivities in lower Manhattan on Saturday and returned with these photos.
posted Oct. 17, 2011
Photos show the brilliant rainbow that appeared over the Capital Region on Friday evening. The vantage points in these photos are Ballston Spa, Glenville and two locations in Clifton Park.
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In the spring of 1950, the Nash company decided to revive the Rambler name. “We are proud to revive a famous name in the history of our industry,” said H.O. Doss, who was in charge of sales for Nash. “The first of this series of new cars will be shown publicly in mid-April.”
The Rambler joined the Statesman and the Ambassador in the Nash lineup. And in late March of 1950, George W. Wedekind and William C. Lester, president and sales manager, respectively, of Wedekind Motors in Schenectady, traveled to New York City for a special dealer preview of the Rambler.
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Many turned out Sunday to participate in the annual American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk at Washington Park in Albany.
posted Oct. 16, 2011
Firefighters came from many parts of upstate Sunday to participate in a cleanup effort at the Schoharie Fire Department, which suffered extensive flood damage from Tropical Storm Irene.
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Unbeaten host Schalmont beat Schuylerville, 26-14, to capture the Class B West football title on Saturday night.
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Images from the Occupy Wall Street Solidarity Event in front of the New York State Capitol in Albany on Saturday.
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Union and Western Michigan battled to a 2-2 draw in non-league college hockey action Friday night at Messa Rink.
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Members of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing leave Glenville on their annual mission to Antarctica in support of the National Science Foundation.
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Host Niskayuna toppled Saratoga Springs, 5-0, in Suburban Council field hockey action Wednesday.
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Host Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake edged Saratoga Springs, 1-0, for their sixth straight victory in a Suburban Council soccer game played under the lights at Union College.
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Learning experiences for young people were abundant in Schenectady during 1948.
Cub Scouts studied the American flag, a troop of kids in Scotia collected newspapers for recycling. Youngsters in the Schenectady Boys’ Club signed up for craft classes and actors at the Brown School figured out how to escape a wicked witch.
posted Oct. 9, 2011
Images from before, during and after Sunday's Mohawk Hudson River Marathon, which started in Schenectady and finished in Albany.
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Columbus Festival at Cook Park in Colonie on Sunday, October 9, 2011.
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Shenendehowa steamrolled CBA, 42-0, Saturday night in a battle of unbeatens in Clifton Park before a packed crowd. It was the final home game in Shen coach Brent Steuerwald's illustrious career. A pre-game ceremony honored Steuerwald, the only head coach in the history of the Shenendehowa football program.
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The Middleburgh Fall Festival and Parade on Saturday, October 8, 2011.
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Old Stone Fort Days in Schoharie on Saturday, October 8, 2011.
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Maple Ski Ridge Fall Festival Craft and Car Show in Rotterdam on Saturday, October 8, 2011.
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At Schott’s Boxing Gym in Albany, Stef Scott trains, spars and looks after his young son. (Gazette photos by Carl Strock)
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Schenectady High clinched a playoff spot with a 35-34 overtime victory over Niskayuna Thursday night at Larry Mulvaney Field.
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Nick Wiggins, a Shenendehowa graduate and now a member of the University of Rochester Yellow Jackets, came home Thursday night for a concert in a packed Shenendehowa High School auditorium. The Yellow Jackets recently acquired national fame after performing on NBC's "Sing Off."
posted Oct. 6, 2011
In the past four or five years, a number of wineries have been cropping up in the region. Uncork New York, a clearinghouse for wineries in the state, currently lists 14 wineries for the Greater Adirondacks area.
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October 5th, 2011
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Music, dance, crafts and more were featured Sunday at the Saratoga Native American Festival held at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
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The first 19 out of 150 temporary housing units for flood victims arrived at a FEMA staging facility in Cobleskill on Sunday, October 2, 2011.
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The Capital Region Buddy Walk for the Down Syndrome Aim High Resource Center at Central Park in Schenectady on Sunday, October 2, 2011.
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Cleanup continues to be slow going for residents of the Priddle Road area of Esperance, more than a month after flood waters from the Schoharie Creek washed away many homes and changed lives in the rural area forever.
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Runners braved a rainy Saturday to run in the 17th Annual Susan G Komen Northeastern New York Race for the Cure at Empire State Plaza in Albany.
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The Shriners held their statewide meeting in Schenectady in 1949. The next year, photos show Schenectady group members enjoying a clamsteam.
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Residents and small business owners crowded into the Rotterdam Junction firehouse Wednesday night for a town hall meeting led by Congressman Paul Tonko, who brought representatives of numerous agencies to the session to help answer flood-related questions.
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The Boston Red Sox lost to the Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied past the New York Yankees on the final day of the regular season as the Rays secured the final American League playoff berth.
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Ashley Dona scored four goals to spark host Johnstown over Hudson Falls, 10-0, in girls Foothills Council field hockey Tuesday.
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img/photos/2011/09/27/nightout4.jpg Standing on platform, Lydia Kulbida of television station WTEN was the evening emcee at the Women'sNight Out program held at the Marriott in Colonie and hosted by Ellis Hospital.
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Former President Bill Clinton speaks during a New York Open for Business Statewide Conference at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany today.
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Over the past few weeks, volunteers have fanned out, bringing manpower, food, tools and supplies to communities throughout the region that were devastated by flooding
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Aspiring young actresses attend the casting call for the lead role in “How I Live Now” on Sunday at Ellis School of Medicine on Erie Boulevard in Schenectady.
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Proctors celebrated the opening of its 2011 season with a gala in the mainstage theatre lobby on Saturday, September 24, 2011.
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There’s a lot about the building at 112 Spring St. in Saratoga Springs that will take visitors back to when it was School No. 4. These days, School No. 4 is known as 112 Spring Street, and is home to a variety of businesses, many of them art-related or environmentally friendly. “I wanted to do something a little different with this building, so we saved all the footprints from the old classrooms and kept as much of that old school feel that we could,” said Glaser, who purchased the property in 2004 and in 2007 won an Excellence in Historic Preservation Award from the Preservation League of New York State. “We put in the carpeting, but we kept some of the old desks and blackboards. We wanted to make it a special place.” The building was built between April and November of 1911, and to help celebrate its 100th birthday a reunion will be held Sunday, Oct. 2, from 2 to 4 p.m. All former students, faculty members and other employees are invited to attend.
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Scenes from the 18th annual FAM 5K “Fund” Run/Walk at the Cobleskill Fairgrounds on Saturday.
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Niskayuna topped host Shenendehowa, 2-1, in Suburban Council girls field hockey action Friday.
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An enthusiastic crowd turned out Thursday night at Proctors for the flood relief benefit concert for the local chapter of the American Red Cross. Several local bands performed.
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The Alco Heritage Museum received delivery of its first artifact, an M-47 Patton Tank. The tank was delivered to the Museum on a flatbed truck Thursday morning.
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Extras for "The Place Beyond the Pines" wait in line at St. George's Hellenic Center in Schenectady on Wednesday.
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Visiting Albany downed Schenectady, 5-1, Tuesday in Big 10 boys soccer action at Larry Mulvaney Field.
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Images from 1946 when the state Democratic party convention was held in Albany and the Republican convention was held in Saratoga Springs.
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Work continues at Locks 8, 9 and 10 and other locations in the aftermath of severe flooding in the region.
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Crews continue working to repair damage done along the Mohawk River by flooding that resulted from tropical storms Irene and Lee.
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Colonie defeated Mohonasen in three straight games to win their Suburban Council boys volleyball contest Monday.
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The replica Half Moon arrives at the Corning Preserve in Albany on Monday after the Voyage of Discovery.
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After a one-week delay to clean up after floodwaters damaged the school, students finally started classes Monday at Middleburgh Middle and High School.
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Cruising, the Beatles, pizza, football games, Carrols hamburgers and the senior prom. Memories from 1966 are never far away for Cindi Baranowski Morrison and her friends. Morrison and pals — Carol Comenzo Collura, Lois Caracciolo Ferro and her husband, Richard Ferro, among them — will recall their high school days Oct. 22, when Linton High School’s Class of 1966 meets to celebrate its 45th class reunion.
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The first Kiwanis Club Ugly Car Contest in Schenectady on Saturday, September 17, 2011.
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Mail carriers have banned delivery to Bluff Avenue in Schenectady after two pit bulls broke loose, knocked down a carrier and bit her.
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Visiting South Glens Falls clipped Scotia-Glenville, 2-1, in Foothills Conference soccer action Thursday.
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Host Saratoga Springs topped Shaker, 6-1, in girls field hockey action Wednesday.
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The bell from the USS Schenectady arrives on a C-130 transport plane Wednesday in Glenville at the Navy Operational Support Center.
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News columnist Carl Strock toured parts of flood-ravaged Schoharie on Tuesday and came back with these photos.
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These photos of the flood cleanup were taken Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2011.
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The Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School girls volleyball team and coach Gary Bynon celebrated their 300th consecutive Suburban Council victory Tuesday as the Spartans defeated Niskayuna.
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Gazette Photographer Patrick Dodson was in Schoharie County Monday, Sept. 12. Here's what he found at the Gilboa Dam.
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Gazette news columnist Carl Strock captured these images from an exhibit on the World Trade Center attacks at the State Museum in Albany and a 9/11 commemorative ceremony in Saratoga Springs.
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Employees at Schenectady’s General Electric Co. were proud to light the world. Members of the General Electric Athletic Association are pleased to travel the world.
“We’ve been to Germany, France, England, Australia, Italy and many of the states here in the U.S.,” said Grace Sgambelluri, secretary of the group of G.E. travelers. Sgambelluri joined the GEAA’s board of directors in 1978 and is still on the job for the board, currently as secretary. The General Electric group shot is one of three gatherings featured in today’s Capital Region Scrapbook. School kids from Yates School on Salina Street in Schenectady and musicians from the Western Gateway Moose Band are other stars of the show.
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A 70-foot transmission tower fell into the Mohawk River near Lock 10 and knocked out power for 20,000 customers in the Amsterdam area early Saturday morning. Sept. 10, 2011.
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State officials were just starting to get a tally on the devastation from Irene when the next round of flooding from Lee struck Thursday, causing even more damage.
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In a game of equally talented offenses, Ballston Spa took advantage of a late injury to Schenectady’s top running back and pulled out a 41-34 overtime victory in a Class AA thriller Friday night at Larry Mulvaney Field.</
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The Rugged Rams turned three of Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake’s seven turnovers into 17 points and pulled off a Class A Northwest Division stunner Friday night on their turf field.
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Glenville Rotary Muddy Sneaker 5K Run at Indian Meadows Park in Glenville on Friday, September 9, 2011.
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Many areas hard hit just 11 days earlier by historic flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene found cleanup efforts literally washed away by new flooding caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee.
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Crews from the state Department of Transportation clean up Main Street in Fonda after overnight flooding along the Cayadutta Creek. The Fonda Fairgrounds are also shown partially underwater. Meanwhile, waters crept over the banks of the Stockade neighborhood in Schenectady, flooding the lowest lying streets.
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Torrential rain from Tropical Storm Lee forced both the Mohawk River and Cayadutta Creek over their banks Wednesday night and Thursday morning in the village of Fonda.
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While much of the focus after Tropical Storm Irene was on flood damage in the western part of the Capital Region, the village of Waterford also sustained devastating flooding from the Mohawk River.
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Eastern Montgomery County and western Schenectady County felt the fury of Mother Nature again last Sunday afternoon as a tornado touched down in the town of Florida, crossed the New York State Thruway, then cut a path of destruction through parts of the towns of Amsterdam and Glenville.
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Gazette columnist Carl Strock sent the final day of the 2011 thoroughbred racing season at Saratoga Race Course on Labor Day.
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Paul Swere is keeping a date with his classmates from St. Columba's-St. Joseph's High School on Saturday, Oct. 22. A fall homecoming will be held at Mohawk Country Club on Union Street, and stories from 50 years ago will be on the menu. Swere, Eleanor-Ann Loughney Olbrich and Mary Kelly Connelly are among those who will be serving them. The 1961 graduating class was the first after students from the closed St. Joseph's Academy were absorbed by St. Columba's.
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Our photographers were in Schoharie, Schenectady and Montgomery counties Saturday. Here's what they shot.
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Our photographers were in flood-ravaged territory again on Friday. Here are some of their shots.
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Acceleration is a celebration for Eric Voelker. “High five!” said Voelker, 23, of Lake George, as he secured a teenaged girl inside The Comet. Seconds later, the famous roller coaster at The Great Escape theme park in Queensbury began its slow click and clack, steep climbs, sharp drops and assorted twists and turns.
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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand led a contingent of state and federal officials who toured Schoharie County on Thursday to get a firsthand look at the damage caused by Hurricane Irene.
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Here are some of the photos taken for us on Monday about noon by Chris Milian.
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With the wind and rain of Hurricane Irene long gone and flood waters finally beginning to recede, businesses and residents have begun the task of cleaning up and trying to get life back to normal as much as possible.
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Readers submitted their images of the damage caused as Hurricane Irene roared through the area on Sunday. Email your photos to mrobarge@dailygazette.net.
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Shots from all our photographers taken of Monday's flooding.
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Millie Semprevivo’s childhood Easter memories aren’t of colorful eggs, but of colorful gloves. “In those days, we always had Easter outfits,” recalled the 73-year-old Gloversville native. “Everyone got a pair of beautiful leather gloves. Whatever color your dress was, you would get them [in that color].” The gloves were custom made at Principe Glove Co., the shop that once sat behind her Gloversville home. Millie moved into the house and refurbished in 1983. At the same time, daughter Crisan Anadio made over the longtime glove shop, turning it into a comfortable home.
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Joe Frazier was in Saratoga the other day, signing autographs at the track and singing, sort of, at Siro’s afterwards, and Gazette columnist Carl Strock tagged along.
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At Saratoga Springs, August 27, 2011
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Along with the more than two miles of hiking trails, the sanctuary includes the Bozenkill and a 30-foot waterfall that’s only about 15 minutes from the parking area on the Schoharie Turnpike. “A 30-foot waterfall is sizable, so that’s a pretty unique thing,” said Mark King, director of protection programs for the Eastern New York Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, which overseas about 50 similar preserves ranging from Westchester County up to the southern Lake Champlain area, and as far west as Otsego County.
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About 150 people participated in the third annual triathlon held Saturday by the Duanesburg Area Community Center.
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Actor Ray Liotta was on the scene today as "The Place Beyond the Pines" filming continued at Schenectady High School. Some 500 extras, composed mostly of high school-age students, were used for several hours in the filming.
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Doc Spring and his Dixieland Jazz Band perform Wednesday night before a l;arge crowd at Freedom Park in Scotia.
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Clifton Park defeats Cranston, R.I., 11-5, Tuesday night to advance in the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series at Clifton Common.
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Fabulous Favorites: Grandma Cosentino always had plans when she picked a peck of peppers. “She cooked all the time and she was a fabulous cook,” said her daughter-in-law Margaret Cosentino of Amsterdam. A spicy, stuffed bell pepper was just one of Josephine’s kitchen accomplishments.
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Office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington today, moments after a 5.9 magnitude tremor shook the nation's capitol.
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Top riders from Saratoga Race Course showed off another talent Monday night, crooning tunes at Jockey Karaoke to benefit the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund at Vapor Night Club in Saratoga Springs.
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In Clifton Park: August, 2011
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The former Linton High School is now Schenectady High. On Friday, Sept. 16, students from more than 50 years ago will tour their old classrooms and hallways. Teens from another era, now in their mid-60s, will remember tales from younger days. Fiftieth reunion activities are set three days that weekend.
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People waited in line for free backpacks and school supplies Saturday at the Hamilton Hill Family Resource Center in Schenectady during its Family Fun Day.
posted Aug. 19, 2011
Can't get enough Ryan Gosling or Bradley Cooper? Here's a comprehensive gallery of the photos our team has shot this summer of "The Place Beyond the Pines."
posted Aug. 19, 2011
Brent Steuerwald, the winningest coach in Section II football history and the third most successfull all-time in New York state, will retire as coach after this season.
posted Aug. 19, 2011
It was 125 years ago Saturday that Thomas Edison first visited Schenectady, having found a place where he could manufacture more of his products. He never realized it would someday mean the beginning of one of the world's largest corporations, General Electric.
posted Aug. 18, 2011
Here are shots from the first day of the 2011 Altamont Fair.
posted Aug. 18, 2011
Eddie Money performed at the Empire State Plaza August 17, 2011.
posted Aug. 17, 2011
Tyler McGill of "The Early Show" on CBS jumped off a ramp in the Mohawk River behind a power boat going 20 mph on Tuesday. It was part of a taped segment with the U.S. Water Ski Show Team that will be aired at 8:30 a.m. Friday.
posted Aug. 17, 2011
Traditional ice cream splits start with single scoops of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream. The banana slices are placed on the sides of the scoops; the ice cream and banana are covered with strawberries, pineapple and hot fudge (or chocolate syrup) and those toppings are covered with whipped cream and peanuts. Candy sprinkles are also used. Nostalgia and presentation are key ingredients in their popularity.
posted Aug. 16, 2011
The Schalmont High School football team, under the guidance of coach Joe Whipple, work out during the first day of practice on Monday at the school.
posted Aug. 15, 2011
Farmers and kids in 4-H programs in Schenectady, Albany and Greene counties brought horses, cows, sheep, hens, roosters, ducks, rabbits and other critters to the 1967 Altamont Fair. A “world of yesteryear” was also featured. Grandma’s kitchen from the past, Thomas Edison phonographs and early radios were on display. “Christmas in August” was the theme of the flower show.
“On the ‘don’t miss it’ list this year at the fair is No. 3028, one of the last steam locomotives built in Schenectady’s old Alco plant,” wrote Jane Rowe.
posted Aug. 14, 2011
People tour the USS Slater in Albany on Sunday, August 14, coinciding with national "Spirit of ’45 Day."
posted Aug. 13, 2011
Hundreds of people turned out to Schenectady's Central Park to experience the sights, sounds and tastes of the islands during the Carama 2011 Caribbean Cultural Festival.
posted Aug. 13, 2011
It was 1 p.m. on Tuesday. DeThorne, head lifeguard at Schenectady’s football field-sized pool, had nine people on her watch. Gray skies and mild temperatures — the city’s summer oven was only 76 degrees — had persuaded some aquanauts to stay home.
DeThorne, 20, who graduated from Schenectady High School in 2009 and will be a junior this fall at the University at Albany, has been watching people swim at Central Park for the past five summers. Nine people in the water is a small crowd. On some days, when it’s 90 degrees in the Capital Region, there might be a hundred people or more in the 900,000 gallons of cool blue.
posted Aug. 12, 2011
Democratic U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand toured Specialty Silicone Products Inc. in Ballston Spa on Friday.
posted Aug. 12, 2011
Filming of the independent production of "The Place Beyond the Pines" moved to Schenectady's City Hall on Friday, with stars Bradley Cooper and Rose Byrne on set.
posted Aug. 10, 2011
Albany County law enforcement officials are shown at the scene of an accident today after a vehicle killed three pedestrians in Voorheesville.
posted Aug. 9, 2011
Filming continued in and around the Trustco Bank at State Street and Brandywine Avenue as filming for the indie film "The Place Beyond the Pines" continued Monday.
posted Aug. 8, 2011
Images from the Hometown Heroes Salute for the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing at Proctor's Theater in Schenectady on Sunday.
posted Aug. 8, 2011
Several dozen marching groups participated in Sunday's Turning Point Parade in Schuylerville. The parade commemorates the Battle of Saratoga in 1777 during the Revolutionary War.
posted Aug. 8, 2011
A film crew followed a motorcycle behind the Trustco Bank at State Street and Brandywine Avenue as filming for the indie film "The Place Beyond the Pines" continued today.
posted Aug. 8, 2011
Like school kids everywhere, students at the Washington Irving Open School learned how to read, write, add and subtract. But Open School projects were different from assignments received by students in other schools.
In 1974, for instance, kids found a cow skeleton in a field and decided to assemble it in class. The school had opened three years earlier. A 40th anniversary reunion picnic is set for Aug. 20.
posted Aug. 4, 2011
New York's senior U.S. senator, Democrat Charles Schumer, visited the Capital Region on Thursday, making a stop at Johnstown’s Epimed facility for a roundtable discussion with economic development leaders before visiting SUNY Cobleskill’s Center for Environmental Science and Technology, where scientists are developing new-age gear expected to turn a variety of materials into electricity.
posted Aug. 4, 2011
Filming for the independent production of "The Place Beyond the Pines" moved Thursday to Dairy Circus in Scotia for scenes involving stars Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes.
posted Aug. 3, 2011
The Fulton County Museum dedicated a military exhibit, from all wars, on June 10 to Fulton County veterans who have served their country.
posted Aug. 1, 2011
Longtime Schenectady resident Marion Berning Sweet will turn 100 on Thursday. Photos in the gallery date back nearly 100 years.
posted Aug. 1, 2011
Dancers get their groove on at the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs on Sunday afternoon.
posted July 30, 2011
Members of the Whip-It Outskirts "shadowcast" the cult classic "Rocky Horror Picture Show" on Saturday night at Maple Ski Ridge in Rotterdam.
posted July 30, 2011
Saratoga Race Course jockey Alex Solis was the subject of this week's On the Clock feature.
posted July 29, 2011
The Cobleskill Sunshine Fair opened its nine-day run on Friday at the fairgrounds on South Grand Street in Cobleskill. The fair runs through Saturday, Aug. 6.
posted July 29, 2011
Filming has been going on all week in and around Schenectady for the independent film, "The Place Beyond the Pines," starring Bradley Cooper and Ryan Gosling. Crews filmed a chase scene involving Gosling on Thursday on Gower Road in Glenville and a bank robbery scene Friday in Scotia.
posted July 29, 2011
Many people lined Mohawk Avenue in Scotia this morning, hoping to catch a glimpse filming for the movie "The Place Beyond the Pines."
posted July 28, 2011
The Philadelphia Orchestra kicked off its 2001 summer season Wednesday night with a performance at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
posted July 24, 2011
Several couples got married just after midnight Sunday at City Hall in Albany as soon as same-sex marriage became legal.
posted July 24, 2011
The 15th Annual Silks & Satins 5K Run took place on Saturday, with more than 1,100 runners participating in the 5K event on the streets of Saratoga Springs. All proceeds benefited Special Olympics.
posted July 23, 2011
Competitors from throughout the Northeast gathered on the shores of Lake George on Saturday for the Adirondack Aerial Assault, an open pole vault competition.
posted July 22, 2011
More than 25,000 fans braved temperatures approaching triple-digits to celebrate the opening of the annual thoroughbred meet at Saratoga Race Course on Friday.
posted July 22, 2011
Scenes from a fight card at the Crowne Plaza in Albany last weekend.
posted July 19, 2011
Thousands turned out at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Tuesday for a concert by the band Furthur, featuring Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, founding members of the Grateful Dead.
posted July 19, 2011
The Saratoga County Fair began its annual run Tuesday at the fairgrounds in Ballston Spa.
posted July 18, 2011
Casey Anthony is escorted to an SUV after she was released from the Orange County Jail in Orlando early Sunday. Anthony was acquitted last week of murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee.
posted July 18, 2011
Pictures show the aftermath of a fire Saturday at 1671 Crane St. in Schenectady.
posted July 18, 2011
On Monday, Aug. 2, 1971 — opening day — 19,413 people were in the clubhouse, box seats, grandstand and at the rail as Saratoga Race Course began its 103rd meet. Weather was cloudy and there was some humidity, but nobody seemed to be complaining. Barbara and Dick Verrutto of Rotterdam and Tony and Agnes Triplo of Glenville were among the stars in the stands. The Bendalls, McNeils, Doyles, Sykeses and Hennesseys — all of Schenectady — dressed for success.
posted July 17, 2011
Gas prices are high and wallets are slim. But it’s summer and it’s always nice to get away, even if it’s just for a day.
The Gazette Features crew shared their favorite nearby day trips, places you can get to in a few hours, explore for a day, and come home feeling like you’ve had a vacation.
So get in the car, take a friend or the family, and head out for a summer jaunt. And don’t forget to send a postcard home.
posted July 16, 2011
“We’ll have every kind of barbecue you can possibly imagine — ribs, brisket, pulled pork, barbecued turkey legs, even corn on the cob,” said Elizabeth Young, executive director of the Downtown Troy Business Improvement District, which is sponsoring the event. “And all the different fixings that go with them. You can expect the smell of barbecue throughout the city of Troy.”
posted July 15, 2011
Downtown Schenectady was alive Friday with the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of summer at the sixth annual SummerFest.
posted July 15, 2011
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Schenectady is holding its annual Festa this weekend. The celebration continues from 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
posted July 14, 2011
More than 65 llamas -- out of 100 initially rescued from a sanctuary in Montana -- make their home at Red Maple Farm in Middleburgh, where they are taken care of by Wes Laraway.
posted July 14, 2011
A massive explosion ripped through a two-story home in Salem Wednesday, killing four and injuring several others.
posted July 13, 2011
Consistently one of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center's most popular nights, SPAC and Emma Willard hosted American Girl Doll Night, a celebration for girls and their families prior to the New York City Ballet performances. Girls were encouraged to bring their dolls and experience an evening of music, American Girl crafts, pink lemonade, sugar cookies, classic photo booths and doll giveaways.
posted July 11, 2011
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s Action Council celebrated its ballet gala event, "A Gatsby Evening," on Saturday with a lawn party followed by a performance by the NYC Ballet.
posted July 9, 2011
Thousands turned out at the Altamont Fairgrounds on Saturday for the annual WGNA Countryfest. The daylong event included performances by country music stars including Miranda Lambert, Randy Houser, John Michael Montgomery, Sunny Sweeney, Brett Eldredge, Joanna Smith and the Back40 Band.
posted July 9, 2011
Terry Gallo stepped quickly over the maroon and gray bricks at the Waters Edge Lighthouse. “Hope you have your roller skates on,” she said to a visitor, as she prepared to talk to people sitting on the spacious, semicircular outdoor deck of the Glenville restaurant. Like other waitresses, Gallo steps lively, talks cordially and serves quickly.
posted July 8, 2011
The Saratoga Polo Association kicked off its annual summer season Friday. the season runs through Sept. 4, with matches at 5:30 p.m. Fridays and Sundays.
posted July 8, 2011
Excelsior College hosted its 40th commencement on Friday in Albany.
posted July 7, 2011
The 10th annual Camp Bisco music festival kicked off Thursday at the Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville.
posted July 7, 2011
Royal Mountain in Caroga Lake is usually known as a winter skiing destination. But on Wednesday evenings in the summer, engines roar and competitors zip along a dirt course in supercross motorbike racing.
posted July 6, 2011
Fledgling performers from throughout the area are gathering at Proctors in Schenectady this week for Broadway Camp: Mamma Mia!, where they are working with professionals including actor and director Kevin McGuire, vocal coach Kelly Bird and master dance instructor Sara Weck-Keller.
posted July 5, 2011
The New York City Ballet opened its summer season at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center on Tuesday night with a performance of “Fearful Symmetries.”
posted July 5, 2011
Bright colors filled the skies as fireworks exploded over the Empire State Plaza in the annual Fourth of July celebration Monday night.
posted July 5, 2011
Images Monday from a Tri-City ValleyCats basegame at "The Joe" in Troy; the carnival at Clifton Common in Clifton Park; and the Firecracker road race in Saratoga Springs.
posted July 3, 2011
Crowds lined the streets in Northville Saturday for the town's Fourth of July parade.
posted July 3, 2011
The village of Northville hosted its annual 4th of July parade on Saturday along Main Street.
posted July 3, 2011
“I think people come to Saranac Lake for the things it doesn’t have,” said Lakeview Deli owner John Van Anden. “It doesn’t have the huge shopping area, it doesn’t have the big-city feel. It has the lakes, the water, the mountains.”
posted July 2, 2011
Collins Park in Scotia was packed to capacity Friday night for the annual Fourth of July weekend fireworks display over the Mohawk River at Jumpin' Jack's Drive-In.
posted June 28, 2011
Funeral services were held Monday for James E. Cushing, a former Schenectady County Republican chairman, businessman and donor to many causes, at St. Mary of the Angels Chapel at Siena College.
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