Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from June 2007:
Fresh tracks.(Life-Scene)(Sound recording review)
Jun 01, 2007 ... ROCK Richard Thompson, "Sweet Warrior" (Shout! Factory) "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" is the bleakest song on Richard Thompson's new album, "Sweet Warrior." Dad is Baghdad, and the song, filled with military slang Thompson found online, details the thoughts of a soldier ...
Light bulbs save energy but raise vision fears.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2007 ... I'm in total agreement with Paulette Ryder's letter of May 24 that a law mandating the replacement of energy-inefficient incandescent light bulbs with fluorescent lights should not be passed. I have a very personal reason. Within the past month I was diagnosed with macular degeneration of ...
Scene & heard.(Life-Scene)
Jun 01, 2007 ... 'Ex' appeal A Schenectady woman is putting the pain of divorce to some use: getting a reality show gig. Tina Dame, 30, is slated to be featured on Monday's episode of the ABC reality series "Ex-Wives Club" (9 p.m., WTEN Ch. 10). "How do you mend a broken ...
Dowd exemplifies what Gore is criticizing.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2007 ... After reading Maureen Dowd's column in the May 23 Times Union, I have to ask what was the point? Gore has written a book "The Assault on Reason," which examines why political discourse in America has become all about trivia and "gotchas" rather than actual fact-based reasoned ...
Adult and embryonic stem cells are different.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Greg Horak's May 22 letter regarding stem cell research calls for a response. Mr. Horak makes the grave error of conflating adult stem cell research with embryonic stem cell research. The differences between the two types of research are crucial, and can be easy to miss because ...
Federal spending plan is free of tax increase.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2007 ... An Associated Press story published by the Times Union, "$2.9 trillion plan would hike domestic outlays" (May 18), states that the budget adopted by Congress assumes the President's tax cuts will expire in 2010. That is not our assumption. Our budget does not include or require a tax ...
Britons earn thanks for Northern Ireland peace.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Thank you for your voice on the peace process in Ireland ("Ireland's moment," May 10). The restoration of devolved government is a significant step, which hopefully will be followed by governance that serves all of the people. Northern Ireland was designed by the British to ...
'Gracie' scores with a moving family story.(Life-Scene)(Movie review)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: BILL ZWECKER - Universal Press Syndicate Even today, with tens of thousands of soccer moms omnipresent across the landscape of suburban America, it is somewhat puzzling that the world's most universally accepted sport - known everywhere outside the United States as ...
'The View' eyes new replacements.(TV - RADIO)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: ERIN CARLSON - Associated Press NEW YORK - Now that Rosie O'Donnell has exited stage left, "The View" must find someone to fill her seat and somehow match her watercooler appeal. That won't be easy, but there's a lineup of famous ladies who could make worthy successors. ...
Family puts its history and emotions on the line for 'Gracie'.(Life-Scene)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: ELLEN McCARTHY - Washington Post It's always complicated, being part of a family. But even more so when you're the only girl in a family of four kids and the oldest brother, the golden child, dies tragically young. It gets really tough when, almost 20 years later, your ...
Schenectady county calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Jun 01, 2007 ... TODAY ENTERTAINMENT 3/4 North Where: Moon & River Cafe, 115 S. Ferry St., Schenectady Cost: N/A Contact: 382-1938 Notes: Acoustic music. Barbara's School of the Dance Where: Proctor's Theatre, 432 State St., Schenectady When: 7 p.m ....
Mohawks make history with police powers.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... It was a historic moment for the St. Regis Mohawks at the State Police Academy this week as 11 of their finest were certified with full police powers. The reservation that straddles the Canadian border thus became the first Native American police department in New York to have full police ...
Greek Festival's focus is on tradition, taste.(Arts & Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: Staff report Members of St. Basil's Greek Orthodox Church in Troy have more to celebrate this year than just their 13th annual Greek Festival this weekend. It is also the 75th anniversary of the church, located at 909 River St. According to a ...
ALLEN GRINDLE visual artist.(Life-Scene)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: TIM KANE - Special to the Times Union For decades, Allen Grindle has toiled away in makeshift studios in dilapidated warehouses in downtown Albany, creating paintings and, later, prints that eventually gained quite a bit of attention beyond the Capital Region. During ...
Around the region.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... TODAY COMMUNITY Celebration of Life Where: Riverview Medical Park, 896 Riverview Road, Rexford When: 1:30-4 p.m. Contact: 399-4600 Notes: Free event open to cancer survivors, their families and friends. FAIRS & FESTIVALS Lake George ...
Albany county calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Jun 01, 2007 ... TODAY ENTERTAINMENT Dance party Where: Polish Community Center, 225 Washington Ave. Ext., Albany When: 8:30-12:30 p.m. Cost: Members, $6; nonmembers, $10 Contact: 452-6883 or online at http://www.singlesoutreach.org Notes: All welcome. Dance lessons from ...
Grads leaving Emma Willard, rose in hand; 81 will receive diplomas at their commencement ceremony on Sunday.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II - Staff Writer TROY - When Beth Martin graduates from Emma Willard as a member of the class of 2007, she'll be looking ahead to studying environmental science on her way to finding a role in stemming global warming. "I've traveled a little ...
Fall Out Boy lets songs take center stage.(Life-Scene)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: DAVID MALACHOWSKI - Special to the Times Union SARATOGA SPRINGS - New seats and all, a perfect summery night welcomed the first SPAC rock show of the year, headlined by MySpace mavens Fall Out Boy. In a haze of video screens and pyro, the mascara-heavy quartet ...
'Elliot' transcends time of war.(Life-Scene)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: MICHAEL ECK - Special to the Times Union HUDSON - Three soldiers stand on the tarmac, awaiting the flight that will take them to war. It is 1950, and George is going to Korea. It is 1965, and George Jr. is headed for Vietnam. It is 2003, and Elliot is bound for Iraq. ...
Snuffing out ads for tobacco; District moves to keep magazines' cigarette advertising from kids.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: PAUL NELSON - Staff Writer SCHENECTADY - Tucked among the pages of some popular magazines aimed at teen and young adults are tobacco ads that detractors say have one goal in mind: lure youngsters to smoke. But if city school district officials get their way, ...
Rolphie Run is set for Sunday.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... COBLESKILL - The second annual Rolphie Run will be held Sunday at Locomotions at the Schoharie County Fairgrounds on South Grand Street. Registration for ...
$12,000 awarded to Schalmont students.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: RICK CLEMENSON - Staff Writer ROTTERDAM - Thirty-four graduates at Schalmont High School were selected as scholarship winners of the Justin Micalizzi Dollars for Scholars Class of 2007 Memorial Scholarship Fund. Micalizzi of Rotterdam was a classmate of the ...
Rensselaer county calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Jun 01, 2007 ... TODAY CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Adult scrapbooking Where: Castleton Public Library, 85 S. Main St., Castleton When: 7-11 p.m. Contact: 732-0879 Notes: Trade ideas, try new techniques. Senior computer class Where: Castle Hill Senior ...
SOCIAL scene.(Life-Scene)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Biennial Debutante's Cotillion What: Elegant coming-out party sponsored by Albany Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. When: Sunday, May 27 Where: Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Albany "Legislative Idol" What: State ...
Around the region.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... TODAY COMMUNITY Celebration of Life Where: Riverview Medical Park, 896 Riverview Road, Rexford When: 1:30-4 p.m. Contact: 399-4600 Notes: Free event open to cancer survivors, their families and friends. FAIRS & FESTIVALS Lake George ...
Saratoga county calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Jun 01, 2007 ... TODAY COMMUNITY Celebration of Life Where: Riverview Medical Park, 896 Riverview Road, Rexford When: 1:30-4 p.m. Contact: 399-4600 Notes: Free event open to cancer survivors, their families and friends. COMMUNITY FARE Italian dinner ...
Around the region.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... TODAY FAIRS & FESTIVALS Lake George Elvis Festival Where: Lake George, Lake George When: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Cost: $15-80 Contact: 668-2200 or online at http://www.lakegeorge elvisfest.com Notes: Various events around Lake George. Call or visit the ...
Around the region.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... TODAY COMMUNITY Celebration of Life Where: Riverview Medical Park, 896 Riverview Road, Rexford When: 1:30-4 p.m. Contact: 399-4600 Notes: Free event open to cancer survivors, their families and friends. FAIRS & FESTIVALS Lake George ...
MEETINGs.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... NISKAYUNA TOWN BOARD May 22 Appointed seasonal water and sewer laborers. Appointed temporary student interns for the Engineering Department. Authorized the preparation of bid specifications and authorized advertising for bids for an ...
A crucial turn in the health care debate.(Main)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: RONALD BROWNSTEIN Sooner or later, the political argument about expanding access to health care always returns to the same intractable question: Who pays the bill? The health care proposal that Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama released Tuesday, ...
Firehouse would cut response time; Proponents say site next to Saratoga Lake would handle about 40 percent of calls.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: LEIGH HORNBECK - Staff Writer SARATOGA - Building a firehouse next to Saratoga Lake will cut firefighters' response time to the area by almost half, proponents of the plan say. Steve Bodnar, Quaker Springs Board of Commissioners chairman, hopes fire district ...
Cellphones sought for school benefit.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... COLONIE - Sand Creek Middle School of Albany is conducting a cellphone fundraising drive. The school is collecting used and inactive cellphones to raise money for the sixth-grade Nature's Classroom field trip. All cellphones collected will be sent to Pace Butler Corp. in ...
MEETINGs.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... SCHUYLERVILLE SCHOOL BOARD May 24 Awarded bid contracts for scientific and graphing calculators to Staples Business Advantage and GDW-G. Granted use of school facilities to the Schuylerville Community Theater for a children's summer theater. ...
Listener saves radio DJ.(Business)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press SHELBY, N.C. - A radio listener helped save a disc jockey who suffered an on-air seizure and pleaded for help before passing out in his studio. WOHS DJ Tim Biggerstaff, who has suffered from diabetes since childhood, has always been candid ...
'Mr. Brooks' shines bright on dark minds.(Arts & Entertainment)(Movie review)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: AMY BIANCOLLI - Houston Chronicle Vengeful Bible-thumper in one movie, sandwich-making mama's boy in another, the average cinematic serial-killer is a poster boy for bad parenting. A clinging mother screwed up somewhere, and badly. But in "Mr. Brooks," Bruce ...
Benefit for trooper's family.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: Staff reports ALBANY - A benefit for the family of slain State Trooper David Brinkerhoff will be from 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday at O'Brien's at the Garden Grill, 276 Second Ave. Brinkerhoff was killed in the line of duty on April 25 during a search for Travis ...
Parents decry teacher cutbacks; Ballston Spa district cites declining enrollment, costs.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: SCOTT WALDMAN - Staff Writer Editors note: An earlier version of this story appeared on timesunion.com Wednesday night. BALLSTON SPA - The possibility the Ballston Spa school district may cut five or six teaching positions at the beginning of the next school ...
Hatred rears its head in form of nativism.(Main)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: ANDREW GREELEY Bigotry never goes away. When it becomes unfashionable, it goes underground and waits until a new hate group appears into which it can project its twisted sickness. Racism, anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism and anti-immigrant nativism are chronic ...
Students send message into the future; Burnt Hills Class of 2007 leaves time capsule to tell students of tomorrow about today.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: DAN HIGGINS - Staff Writer BURNT HILLS - The Class of 2007 has a message for the class of 2057: We care about our school, our cultural artifacts, and our world. It's a message that will be sent through time via a stainless steel box that will soon be sealed ...
TB and porous borders.(Main)(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2007 ... T he trans-Atlantic journey of a Georgia man infected with a drug-resistant strain of contagious tuberculosis has done more than expose deplorable gaps in the nation's health-tracking system. It also shows that nearly six years after 9/11, and with billions of dollars spent to improve ...
BIRTHS.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... SETON HEALTH / ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL HAMILTON, Royal Arthur III, son of Lisa and Royal Hamilton, Mechanicville, June 29. SLITER, Elliott James, son of Wendy and James Sliter, Cohoes, June 30. WALTHER, Jeremiah David, son of Sara and Jonathan ...
Enough, Mr. Bruno.(Main)(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2007 ... I t's time to ask, publicly and pointedly, what people at the state Capitol are beginning to fear. Is Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno really willing to kill the Sematech computer chip consortium's move to Albany, and the 450 high-paying jobs it will bring? Is he even willing to put the ...
Senior news.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... AARP 3991 July 22: White Christmas at MacHaydn Theatre, $50. Trip includes bus, show, buffet dinner at Winding Brook and gratuities. Bus will leave Wal-Mart on Hoosick Road at 12:45 p.m. Reservation deadline is June 22. Sept. 20-25: Knoxville, Tenn. Package includes ...
Saying farewell to the old school; Several hundred are already confirmed to attend goodbye party for Rensselaer Middle-High.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER - Staff Writer RENSSELAER - A gathering of people who graduated, attended or worked at the Rensselaer Middle-High School campus will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday to say goodbye to the building. The campus off Broadway in the city is slated ...
Student-made video to play on C-SPAN.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Alexander Macina , a student at Shaker Junior High School in Latham, received second prize in C-SPAN's "StudentCam," http://www.studentcam.org, the video documentary contest that invites middle and high school students to produce a video exploring a current political topic using C-SPAN ...
Walk benefits slain trooper's family.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... MARGARETVILLE - Several dozen people participated in a benefit walk and gathering on May 26 to remember slain state Trooper David Brinkerhoff, who died during a manhunt in April for shooting suspect Travis Trim. The walk passed the site of the farmhouse stormed by State Police ...
Bigger, better First Fridays; Popular arts event adds more shows and exhibits, starting today.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... ALBANY - In May, more than 1,000 people came out to celebrate the arts of Albany. And starting today, even bigger and better shows and exhibits are planned. It's the kickoff of another round of First Fridays, a celebration of the arts in Albany. Among the attractions will be the ...
Grisham in Italy for next book.(Arts & Entertainment)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK - John Grisham is taking a vacation, an Italian vacation, from the courtroom thriller. The author of such million-selling classics as "The Firm" and "The Client" is setting his next book in Italy. "Playing for Pizza," the story of an ...
Neighbors mourn fire victim; Pleasantdale residents are stunned at the death of their friend, handyman.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II - Staff Writer SCHAGHTICOKE - The explosion and fire that killed a 61-year-old man in his second-floor residence Wednesday afternoon also dealt a blow to residents in the hamlet of Pleasantdale who counted on him as their friend and trusted handyman. ...
Looking back.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... On this date in 1907 June 1 Andrew McClure of Paterson, N.J., an employee of the Buffalo Bill show, was thrown from a wagon while ...
ALBANY COUNTY EDITION.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Rugby festival Capital District Youth Rugby, at 2227 Story Ave., Niskayuna, will play the first game of its inaugural season when it hosts a rugby festival, starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, at the University at Albany. Admission is free. For information, call 879-1879. ...
Track oversight a concern; Saratoga Springs officials want a say about design changes at race course.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: DENNIS YUSKO - Staff Writer SARATOGA SPRINGS - Saying they are extremely concerned about the historic integrity of Saratoga Race Course, city officials outlined a four-step plan on Thursday to try to gain oversight for any changes proposed for the track's architecture ...
Bruno to head ceremony for water project.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... MALTA - Sen. Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, will hold a groundbreaking for the Saratoga County water project at 11:30 a.m. today. The event will be held in the Shenantaha Park off Eastline Road. Bruno and other public officials are expected to speak. Although the water line will ...
big belly laughs; 'Knocked Up' a reckless and randy roll call of nature's consequences.(Life-Scene)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: AMY BIANCOLLI - HOUSTON CHRONICLE Boy meets girl. Boy and girl have ill-conceived sex, pun definitely intended. Girl gets pregnant. Boy and girl cope. The end. So goes "Knocked Up" _ two-plus hours of bemused 21st-century riffing on the world's hoariest story. But it's a ...
Fundraiser June 10 for Brinkerhoff family.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... A fundraiser for the family of slain State Trooper David Brinkerhoff will be held June 10 at the Knights of Columbus on Mansion Street in Coxsackie. The event is from noon to 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $8 for children older than 5 and free for children younger than 5. ...
SAVE OUR STREETS MARCH SET FOR SATURDAY IN TROY.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... TROY - A Save Our Streets march sponsored by members of the city's African-American community will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday in response to the city's first murder of the year. The march will go from Frear Park to the Martin Luther King Jr. Apartments. It is sponsored by the ...
DEMONSTRATION DAY PLANNED FOR KAYAKERS.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Kayak enthusiasts can test colorful kayaks of different shapes and sizes at the Kayak Demo Day being held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Corning Preserve in Albany. It is sponsored by Eastern Mountain Sports, which carries outdoor gear and ...
SLIDE SHOW AND TALK ON MADAGASCAR OFFERED.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... "Madagascar: Cry of the Lemur" will be offered at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Bethlehem Public Library, 451 Delaware Ave., Delmar. Photographer Gerry Lemmo will show ...
Scouts salvage a summer shack; Four-member troop pours hours into a historic Sand Lake structure.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: PAUL GRONDAHL - Staff Writer SAND LAKE - It's easy to miss the small wooden shack tucked between a row of houses a few strides off the shoulder of Route 43 near its intersection with Route 66. For at least two decades, the building has been largely forgotten ...
Judgment for boat crash reduced; Appeals court lowers award to $1M for family of rower hurt in collision with Saratoga County sheriff's vessel.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: LEIGH HORNBECK - Staff Writer ALBANY - The state appellate division of the Supreme Court has substantially reduced a $3 million verdict against Saratoga County won by the family of a girl injured when a sheriff's patrol boat collided with the shell she was rowing. ...
Senate OKs boater drug tests; Legislation would require exams at the scenes of serious accidents.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: LEIGH HORNBECK - Staff Writer ALBANY - The state Senate has approved a bill requiring chemical tests for drugs and alcohol at serious boat accident scenes. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Betty Little, R-Queensbury, is a response to the Lake George boat tragedy in ...
Debate over DEC rules should not snare trapping tradition.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... Byline: FRED LeBRUN Rarely does new rule-making by our state Department of Environmental Conservation in the relatively arcane realm of fishing, hunting or trapping arouse much interest among the general population. A notable exception, though, is trapping, especially ...
Convicted sex offender gets 50 years in prison.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... ALBANY - A 32-year-old Waterford man was sentenced to 50 years in prison and 10 years of post-release supervision on Thursday. A jury on April 5 found Victor Moore guilty of one count of first-degree rape and two counts of sexual conduct against a child in ...
Federal marshals arrest Albany man near Detroit.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... ALBANY - A city resident with a long criminal history whose name was on a "most wanted" list was nabbed by federal marshals early Thursday morning outside of Detroit. Raymond Van Hoesen, whose street name was Sham, had been on the run since October after being indicted in ...
Rapist's sentence reduced by appeals court.(Capital Region)
Jun 01, 2007 ... TROY - State appellate justices trimmed a jail sentence given a Watervliet man in Rensselaer County Court in 2005 for raping a sleeping woman. Bryan Williams of 19th Street originally got a 22-year sentence and five years' post-release supervision after a jury convicted him ...