About 400 elementary- and middle-school students taking part in the Shenendehowa Inventors program will display their inventions at the former Cotton Market store at Clifton Park Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
A jet carried the casket of Staff Sgt. Amy Seyboth Tirador, 29, who was killed Nov. 4 in Iraq in a non-combat incident, home to Colonie today to a hero’s welcome. Greeting it were an Army honor guard, an Army color guard, Colonie Police, members of the Patriot Guard Riders, friends, family and airport personnel.
Posted on November 13, 2009.
Colleen Murphy, mother of Staff Sgt. Amy Seyboth Tirador, a Colonie native, wipes tears from her face as she looks into the hearse carrying her daughter's casket at Albany International Airport Friday.
Colleen Murphy, left, mother of Staff Sgt. Amy Seyboth Tirador, a Colonie native, looks on as her daughter's casket arrives at Albany International Airport Friday.
The Patriot Guard Riders leave Albany International Airport Friday, followed by the hearse carrying the casket of Staff Sgt. Amy Seyboth Tirador, a Colonie native.