http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HldVI4InS...

Different Popolizio. You're thinking of Frank Popolizio.

Although the "slashing" was the call, it looked a heck of a lot more like Gost was, for lack of better term, giving a little tap to the jewels...

For the record, writer Ben Coccio and director Derek Cianfrance have both said Rittner was instrumental in convincing "The Place Beyond the Pines" to shoot in Schenectady. The narrative was always set in the city, but there were talks about filming it elsewhere.

I don't think they are planning to close either of the existing firehouses. This will be a new, third one.

For more info about the band: www.thebentwoodrockers.com

Editorial gets it right. Another piece of potentially good news is nano proposal for incubator at empty former Union Station building in downtown Albany.

Hear hear

If VLTs lower the quality of life in a community, that makes less of a reason for government to subsidize them, not more. Is restoring this subsidy to the least economically disadvantaged part of the Capital Region really a wise use of state resources? Can you think of nothing better to spend the money on?

That "creative interpretation" is not as absurd as you imply, and there's no way the city should now pursue a vendetta against the church in pursuit of $50-a-day fines.