Up With Hope, by Lori Young
Submitted by Lori Young Back in the late 1980′s, I was a student at Albany High School. We had two celebrity meetups. The first came when we were called to an assembly and got to hear Jesse Jackson...
View ArticleRiver of history, river of future
ALBANY — Since 1609, we’ve heaped a mountain of abuse on the Hudson River, which isn’t really a river at all, of course, but a tidal estuary all the way up to Troy. Across the centuries, we’ve emptied...
View ArticleAt Hudson’s origin, a sense of recovery
At Hudson’s origin, a sense of recovery By Fred LeBrun After all, even a long day’s hike assessing how the headwaters of the Hudson have changed over the last decade is merely one step after another...
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New century, new threats By Brian Nearing FORT EDWARD — This summer’s dredging of PCBs from the Hudson River reflects a fading echo of the worst abuses from its industrial past. With a small flotilla...
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Visit helps revive ghost village
Times Union's Fred LeBrun and Jim Odato paddle down the Hudson River just below Sanford Lake in the Town of Newcomb on Monday. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union) By Fred LeBrun Mid-morning and a hard frost...
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Rafting brings many ripple effects
Wayne Failing, guide for Middle Earth Expeditions, takes his raft down the Hudson River between Indian Lake and North Creek earlier this month. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union) By Fred LeBrun “How do we...
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Immigrant health care — an issue a century ago too
Submitted by Rosemary Armao, a University at Albany professor and resident of Colonie. She writes a blog at http://blog.timesunion.com/armao/ While West Albany is officially in the town of Colonie,...
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Creativity, color and crowds fuel Lark Street’s shopping scene
Co-Reported by Molly Koweek and Rebecca Isenhart This story was originally posted in the High School blog. Lark Street is Albany’s hip, bohemian downtown secret. With plenty of shops, boutiques and...
View ArticleScrap metal, down by the river
This article was written by Bridget Streeter, a journalism student at the University at Albany. Each year millions of tons of metal is deemed scrap. From run-down cars to broken appliances, we are...
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Albany’s ‘Mother Church’ gets a makeover
This article, co-reported by Chelsea Diana and Emily Scott, was originally posted in the High School blog. Like something out of a classic European city, the Gothic spires of the Cathedral of the...
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