Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from March 2007:
Checklist.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... BILLY JOEL, "ALL MY LIFE." CD-single and download track. Joel's first pop song in 14 years was written as an anniversary present for his wife. Fans who have been clamoring for something new from Joel may have wished for a more eventful single, but "All My Life" is well sung and produced ...
PICKS OF THE WEEK -March 1-7.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Friday MARTHA STALWARTS Martha Graham has been parodied, copied, worshipped, sneered at, analyzed and endlessly deconstructed in the 80 years since she founded her company. But the masterpieces among the 181 works she choreographed are still worth a good, hard look ....
All amped up; Group of Albany musicians getting together for a really big show ^ft,b.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: Greg Haymes Isit spring yet? There may still be plenty of snow on the ground, but local music CDs are blooming like May tulips this week. Albany Amped, a loosely organized association of like-minded pop 'n' rock musicians that formed last year, has been ...
OFFBEAT.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... More art than you can possibly see in one night: Last Friday night was an all-out arts blitz. After checking out the opening reception for the new exhibit at Albany Center Gallery (39 Columbia St., Albany), I only had time to visit six of the more than two dozen exhibition venues on Troy ...
Sonning '08 prize given.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Estonian composer Arvo Part won the 2008 Sonning Music Prize, Denmark's top music award, for works that are "rich in spiritual overtones," the prize committee said Tuesday. Part, 71, will receive the $105,938 award, ...
This CD is a real snoozer, on purpose.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: FRED SHUSTER - Los Angeles Daily News An album of household noise from a hair dryer, washing machine and vacuum cleaner is soothing both fussy infants and frazzled adults. In Berlin and Tokyo, "Infant Calm" (Pre/Sony; $14.98), with its purring mechanical noise ...
Film firms ordered to mediate dispute.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press LOS ANGELES - A judge has ordered a film production company co-founded by Madonna and another firm to enter into mediation to try to settle a legal dispute involving competing plans to make a movie on prisoner abuse. Attorneys for Madonna's ...
Moody mystery; Actor returns in challenging title roles of 'Jekyll & Hyde'.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: MICHAEL ECK - Special to the Times Union Virginia's Rob Richardson is making only his second appearance at the Cohoes Music Hall, in the title roles of "Jekyll & Hyde," but he's pretty familiar with the area, nonetheless. Like so many other working actors ...
BARS & Clubs.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Today Bitch is back. After three albums on Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe label with the dynamic queer-core duo Bitch and Animal, Bitch has uncorked her debut solo disc, "Make This, Break This" on the Kill Rock Stars label, and she's still not pulling any punches. She stops at ...
Coming Attractions.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Lennon in town A son of a Beatle makes an appearance in town when Sean Lennon comes Tuesday, April 10, to The Egg in Albany. He is his mother's son, too, and the Yoko Ono influence comes out in his experimental bent, much different than his half-brother Julian's forays into pop ....
Auditions and Entries.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... AnimaLovers Contact: 448-5468; http://www. animalovers.org Notes: Needed: donated items for a May auction to benefit the Animal Welfare League of the Greater Capital District. Desired items include artwork, jewelry and quality crafts. "At the Park" Concert Series ...
ART OPENINGS.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Red Gallery. Photos by Ana N. Zangroniz, images of Cuba. Opening 6 p.m. Friday. Concludes 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. 29 Second St., Troy. 788-7895. Riverfront Studios. "Affiliate," celebrating Women's History Month with works by female artists Anne ...
Kremlin medal lauds Rostropovich.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin has awarded renowned cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich with a state medal, the Kremlin said Monday. Putin signed a decree awarding Rostropovich with the Order of Service to the Fatherland, First ...
SCREEN TEST.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... While it usually comes in like a lion, March this year comes in like "Wild Hogs," as in the new suburban motorcycle comedy - starring John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy - opening Friday. Get your motor running on this quiz about other cycle-centric cinema: ...
Southern edge; 'Moan' takes look at race, abuse and redemption.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: BOB STRAUSS - Los Angeles Daily News If you've seen the poster for "Black Snake Moan," you probably haven't forgotten it: A stern-looking (or is it demented?) Samuel L. Jackson looms over a barely dressed, dirty-blond and chained-up Christina Ricci. The image recalls ...
Sound and vision; Albany Symphony Orchestra combines new music with Empire State Plaza art collection.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: JOSEPH DALTON - SPECIAL TO THE TIMES UNION Although their colors are loud and their shapes off-kilter and imposing, the 1960s-style paintings and sculpture that adorn the concourse of Empire State Plaza have become such a part of the busy public space, they are almost ...
You review.(Preview)
Mar 01, 2007 ... UP NEXT Drop by the review blog (http://blogs.timesunion. com/reviews) this weekend to share your take on C-R Productions' "Jekyll and Hyde" at Cohoes Music Hall; the roots music of The Taj Mahal Trio at the Egg; The Extensible Toy Piano Festival at the University at Albany Performing Arts ...
Elderflower liqueur a subtle treat.(Life - Food)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: William Dowd A fleet of bicycles plus bunches of sambucas nigra, a dainty white flower that blossoms for only a few days in early spring, seem an unlikely combination to bring something truly new to the adult beverage universe. The blossom, more commonly ...
When time is limited, soup makes dinner quick.(Life - Food)(Recipe)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: SARAH FRITSCHNER - (Louisville, Ky.) Courier-Journal If you have time for leisurely weekend cooking, you have the advantage over busy cooks who procrastinate planning, shopping and chopping until the last possible moment. But your soup may not be any better ...
After-school tutoring, summer enrichment programs make a difference.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Kate Gurnett's wonderful front page stories on growing poverty in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Capital Region (Times Union, Feb. 25) validates what is happening all over the world. The widening gap between poverty and affluence will continue to grow and destroy lives and ...
Some bacteria have role in healthy diets.(Life - Food)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: SALLY SQUIRES - Washington Post Bacteria aren't usually welcome ingredients in food or drink. Just ask anyone who's recently had to toss out a jar of peanut butter because of concerns that it might be tainted with salmonella. But some strains of friendly ...
Working together.(Main)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2007 ... t's hard to believe that it took 10 years to reach an agreement on overhauling New York's broken, unfair workers' compensation system. It's harder still to believe that Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver could reach an accord so soon ...
Reform politics before fixing state government.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Gov. Eliot Spitzer is complaining about how dysfunctional state government is. He is hell bent on reforming it. I have a question for the governor: Why does he think state government has gotten so dysfunctional? Maybe the answer is ...
Why a far-left label for moderate opinions?(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2007 ... In a Feb. 17 letter to the editor ("Objectivity skewed by leftist editorial cartoons"), the author criticized Times Union editorial cartoonist John de Rosier's "extreme far-left thinking." I argue that de Rosier is far from far-left wing. I've followed his work in the Times ...
Many questions to answer after teen's death.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2007 ... It seems as if New York state will have a lot of questions to answer after the death of the 13-year-old boy in Colonie. Why were these men in Colonie joy riding with these clients when they were based out of the O.D. Heck Developmental Center? Who supervises these workers when they are on ...
Act limits employer meddling in worker choices.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2007 ... I guess I should be flattered by George Will's praise of my straight talk on the Employee Free Choice Act in his column Tuesday. Unfortunately, Will's analysis of that legislation is anything but straight or accurate. Will got one thing right. I did say that "employers wield so ...
Stratton doesn't deserve a big pay hike.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Recent news stories coming out of Schenectady have been all negative. Everything from a State Police investigation into the Schenectady Police Department to a proposal for city inspectors to trespass inside taxpayers' houses to raise assessments. These stories are in addition to the ...
Sibling singers vie on 'Nashville Star'.(TV & Radio)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: AARON BARNHART - McClatchy It was the match-up no one saw coming, except perhaps for a proud papa in Muscle Shoals, Ala. Entering the "Nashville Star" country music competition in separate tryouts in different cities, brother and sister Zac and Angela Hacker ...
Help is smoke screen for global profit.(Main)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: ALLAN M. BRANDT Presidential hopeful Barack Obama is trying to quit smoking. There are, of course, many good reasons to. He will significantly reduce his own risk of serious disease and that of those around him by not smoking. But clearly, one of the reasons Obama wants ...
Dinner din; Just how loud are Capital Region restaurants? We let a decibel meter answer that.(Life-Food)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: STEVE BARNES SENIOR WRITER The Cheesecake Factory on a busy Saturday night is as loud as a CDTA bus driving down a city street. During a test last weekend, both the middle of the Wolf Road restaurant's dining room and a passing bus as heard from an Albany sidewalk ...
Employees deserve to have a free choice.(Main)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: LANCE COMPA This is the second of two articles about the Employee Free Choice Act. Aproposal to let American workers decide in peace and quiet about whether to join a union has provoked a torrent of crocodile tears from corporate executives. The Employee Free ...
Love it or leaf it, cilantro's on menu to stay.(Life-Food)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: JAIME BUERGER Columbia News Service Thousands of Americans are engaged in a fiery debate over what some call the devil's weed, and others consider heaven sent. "It's like the moon is crashing into the earth," complained Rob Carney, a 25-year-old data analyst in Boston, ...
Cook up some intrigue.(Life-Food)(Recipe)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: LIZ KOHMAN - Gannett News Service If you know your grocery list by heart, you've got a problem. Instead of keeping a resolution to diet, try making a resolution to change your diet. Start by picking recipes that look tasty, but intimidating - like the rice ...
New REQUESTS:.(Life - Food)
Mar 01, 2007 ... New Requests: We haven't received any new recipe requests for this week, but we're still looking for a few from previous solicitations. Here's ...
Police review board seeks changes; Members say lengthy investigations, lack of effort by department hamper civilian panel.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: MIKE GOODWIN - Staff Writer SCHENECTADY - A civilian panel that inspects the results of police internal investigations says the Police Department takes too long to investigate complaints, makes only "marginal effort" to get statements from witnesses and regularly fails ...
Reader Requests:.(Life - Food)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Looking for a lost recipe? Here's your chance to ask all Times Union readers for help. Each week we'll print as many of the recipes we receive as we can, and we'll publish the rest of them online at http://blogs.timesunion.com/recipebox. Rhonda wanted a recipe for ...
Reader Favorites: Whole-Wheat Pasta.(Life - Food)(Recipe)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Lean Lasagna Makes 8 servings From Self magazine, submitted by Alice Gochman, Chatham Center. Cooking spray 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 pound ground turkey breast 3 cups tomato sauce 3 teaspoons Italian seasoning ...
SAVOR AND SHARE.(Life - Food)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Recipe Box is a place to share your favorite recipes, cooking tips and culinary knowledge. Add your recipes, requests and cooking tips online at http://blogs.timesunion.com/recipebox. You're welcome to submit any recipe, but to make it more rewarding, we're giving you a chance ...
Meetings.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... t SCHALMONT SCHOOL BOARD Feb. 12 Approved the second reading of a policy on employment of relatives of board members. Increased property tax exemption levels for senior citizens and disabled residents. Approved a $33,000 interfund ...
Noteworthy.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Official reception The League of Women Voters of Schenectady County will host a Legislative reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Gazette building, 2345 Maxon Road, Schenectady. Elected officials representing Schenectady County will speak at the free event. For more ...
School spending on ballot; Burnt Hills voters to decide on renovation work and land purchases.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: DAN HIGGINS - Staff Writer BURNT HILLS - Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Central School District voters will decide on two propositions today that, if passed, will allow the district to pay for renovations and to buy new land for future expansion. Neither of the ...
Sipping.(Life - Food)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Bogle Vineyards Petite Sirah California 2004 $10.99 A FRAGRANT, distinctive nose, excellent tannins and chewy weight make this big red a solid alternative to more expensive zinfandels or cabernet sauvignons ....
Food Calendar.(Life - Food)(Calendar)
Mar 01, 2007 ... FRIDAY CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Cooking 101 Where: Putnam Market, 433 Broadway, Saratoga Springs When: 4 p.m. Cost: $75 Contact: 587-FOOD Notes: Learn basic cooking processes and recipes to create your own culinary masterpieces. Intuitive Eating ...
War on steroids.(Main)(Editorial)
Mar 01, 2007 ... So here are doctors, pharmacists and business people, rogues one and all, making millions of dollars off an alleged steroids racket that exploits federal and state prescription drug laws. Who's about to stop them, especially when defiance about steroids and other performance-enhancing ...
Cornell's president comes calling.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: MARC PARRY - Staff Writer Cornell University and its president have marked two firsts. Last month, the Ivy League school released its first study of Cornell's economic impact on New York. This week, with the capital in budget mode, President David ...
Plentiful food, truth in short supply; Fishermen will gather to dine and swap stories at annual Trout Unlimited banquet.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: SHANNYN STODDARD - Special to the Times Union. ALBANY - Trout Unlimited's Clearwater Chapter will hold its annual banquet Saturday at the Sovereign Best Western Hotel at 1228 Western Ave. The event begins at 4 p.m. with a cocktail hour, followed by dinner at 6 p.m. ...
Backyard Naturalist.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: Carol Coogan Special to the Times Union Houseplants bring tangible life-giving energy into our home and workplace. Scientific and academic research proves that houseplants are beneficial to our health. The indoor environments of man-made buildings, furnishings ...
Business Certificates.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The following business certificates were recorded recently in the Schenectady County Clerk's Office: DUANESBURG Carlie Coolidge doing business as Quest's End at 5394 Western Turnpike. Devon Brown doing business as Hardcore Construction at 169 E. Shore ...
MEETINGS.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... KNOX TOWN BOARD Tuesday, Feb. 13 Appointed Betty Ketcham to the Planning Board, effective Feb. 13. Ketcham, a former member and chairperson of the Conservation Advisory Council, will serve out the remainder of William Bellerjeau's term. The board also ...
Schenectady County Calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Today COMMUNITY "Home: A Place, A Feeling" exhibit Where: Jerry Burrell Gallery, Hamilton Hill Arts Center, 409 Schenectady St., Schenectady When: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Contact: 346-1262 Notes: The juried exhibit features work by Nita June Borland, Miki Conn, ...
MEETINGS.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... MILTON PLANNING BOARD Feb. 21 Approved construction of a cell tower on Sodeman Road. Set aside action on a special permit sought by Don Henderson of 121 White Road to develop accessory apartments at that location, pending further research on a ...
District will pitch plan to voters; After much larger building projected was defeated, meeting tonight will detail $29.4 million project.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: LEIGH HORNBECK Staff writer SCHUYLERVILLE - A public meeting tonight at the Schuylerville schools will detail a $29.4 million project to expand the district complex on Spring Street. "We surveyed residents after a proposed capital project was voted down in October ....
Proposal for Round Lake Bypass is opposed; Environmental groups are critical of project's $29 million cost and open space impact.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: TIM BLYDENBURGH - Staff Writer ROUND LAKE - Two environmental groups have criticized the state's proposed Round Lake Bypass in Saratoga County, saying it's too expensive and would diminish local wetlands and open space. The Sierra Club Hudson-Mohawk Group and ...
Signs illuminate a dangerous problem; Warning flashes to drivers heading toward intersection that's seen many crashes.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER - Staff Writer NORTH GREENBUSH - A new traffic signal with novel warning signs has been installed at a dangerous Route 150 intersection, and residents are hoping it will be enough. The intersection of Route 150 and county Route 68 at Snyders ...
Puppet theater show set on watershed issues.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - High school students from the Waldorf School will explore local watershed issues with a large-scale mask and puppet theater performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The public is invited to "Connecting with Our Watershed" in the Saratoga Springs City Music Hall, which ...
City Center is hosting home and garden show.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - The Saratoga Springs Rotary Club's Home and Garden Show will be held Friday through Sunday in the Saratoga Springs City Center. The hours of the show, which will benefit nonprofit organizations, human ...
Noteworthy.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Divorce clinic An uncontested divorce clinic will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Mechanicville Community Center. The class is for lower-income New York state residents who want to learn about low- or no-cost divorces. To inquire about eligibility and to make an appointment, ...
County water plan is just too expensive.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... It's the Saratoga County Water Project. The biggest farce since the Saratoga County landfill. Now the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors are determined to cost the taxpayers at least $76 million on a countywide water system that cannot support itself financially. This is ...
Resort project needs environmental review.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Stillwater Town Board appears to be on a fast track toward approving the proposed Brown's Beach Resort project: a $75 million, seven-story, multi-building complex that will be built on a flood plain and tower 91 feet above Saratoga Lake. The Town Bard has decided it isn't necessary for ...
School district thankful for ice storm help.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... The Jan. 15 ice storm left the 110-square mile Saratoga Springs Enlarged City School District with numerous concerns for the well-being of our community members, parents and students who rely on the district's services and facilities on a daily basis. We would like to recognize ...
Saratoga County Calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Today COMMUNITY FARE Giffy's barbecue Where: Ballard Road Elementary School, Ballard Road, Wilton When: 3:30-6:30 p.m. Cost: $9 for chicken dinner Notes: Takeout only. COMMUNITY SALES Book sale Where: Town of Ballston ...
MEETINGS.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... EAST GREENBUSH SCHOOL BOARD Feb. 14 Accepted the resignation of Michael Bennett, special education teacher, effective Jan. 29, so that he can accept the assistant principal position at Columbia High School. Appointed Amy MacHaffie, elementary ...
Noteworthy.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Scholarship available Applications are available for the West Sand Lake Grange 949's Beryl H. Moul Memorial Grange Scholarship. Rensselaer County high school seniors and recent graduates accepted into an accredited college program in agriculture, forestry, nursing and related ...
Town ready for a party; Residents urged to participate in events celebrating Brunswick's bicentennial.(Capital Region)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer BRUNSWICK - Organizers of the town's bicentennial celebration are seeking residents and businesses to participate in activities that will run through October. "We're looking for people who want to be involved in the events," ...
Calendar.(Business)(Calendar)
Mar 01, 2007 ... Today MEETINGS Capital Region Women's Council of Realtors Where: The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center, 660 Albany Shaker Road, Colonie When: 8:30 a.m. Cost: $25 Contact: Nina Amadon, 448-6462 Notes: The annual Breakfast of Champions will be held to honor ...