Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) back issues from February 2008:
Bipartisan acts can save middle class.(Main)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND America's economy needs immediate and thoughtful attention. Recent indicators have pointed to a slowdown. Unemployment is up, job growth is at record lows and household income is not keeping up with inflation. Furthermore, uncertainty is compounded by ...
Humor, pathos miss 'Stage Door'.(Life-Screens)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: MICHAEL ECK - Special to the Times Union SCHENECTADY - It's the late 1930s, New York City. The Footlights Club is a flophouse for actresses on their way - on their way to auditions that is, if they're lucky, and a clerk's job or a casting couch if they're not. Hollywood ...
Tax refunds can be used to jump start savings.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2008 ... The state Division of Human Rights' civil complaints against two large tax preparation companies for predatory lending (Times Union, Jan. 19) got me thinking about tax refunds. While there's nothing wrong with boosting the economy through consumer spending, tax refunds provide tremendous ...
Barack Obama's victory belonged on front page.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2008 ... It's fine for editors to support Hillary Clinton on the editorial page. But the decision to bury the story of Barack Obama's landslide victory over Clinton in South Carolina on Page 3 of Sunday's paper in ...
Electing Clinton isn't the change the U.S. needs.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2008 ... This year more than ever I have been paying attention to the debates and trying to learn more about candidates. Every one running seems to believe that we need change. I have to ask the question, "Who is the best person to make that happen?" As I listen and watch the Clintons ...
Paul can be a strong Republican candidate.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2008 ... A rebuttal to your Jan. 27 editorial, "For the GOP, no one": There is one candidate running for president in the Republican Party primary who is a traditional conservative: Dr. Ron Paul. Dr. Paul is a 10-term U.S. congressman from Texas who is an advocate for smaller ...
best bets february.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Tim Wilkin's picks of the month. 2 -- Rider at Siena, men's basketball: The Broncs are winners of eight straight and leaders of the MAAC. Siena is right behind. Looks like a real good game at the Times Union Center. Siena wins in a tight one. 22 -- Yakama at ...
social scene.(Arts & Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Winter Gala for Ellis HospitalWhat: A gala to benefit neuroscienceat Ellis Hospital and to honor Dr. Robert and Mary Liebers. When: Saturday, Jan. 26 Where: Glen Sanders Mansion, 1 Glen Ave., Scotia Center for Disability Services Annual TelethonWhat: A telethon to benefit ...
looking back.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... On this date in ... 1908: Nelson Carter, 62, and his nephew, Nelson, who had been named after him, were burned to death in an early morning fire in a building on Second Avenue, Watervliet. Their charred remains were found by firefighters. 1958: W.M. Whitney took on a ...
Around the region.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TODAY COMMUNITY First Friday celebration, Village of Ballston Spa, Ballston Spa When: 6-9 p.m. Contact: http://www.ballston.org Notes: Various arts-related activities throughout Ballston Spa. ENTERTAINMENT Jim Scott, First Unitarian ...
Adirondack Festival plans musical and comedies.(Arts & Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... The Adirondack Theatre Festival will stage three full productions and workshop a new solo theater work during its 14th season, running June 30 through July 28 at the Wood Theater in Glens Falls. The lineup: "Love Song," a new contemporary romantic comedy by John Kolvenbach ....
schenectady county calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TODAY COMMUNITY The Ridge Goes Red, Maple Ski Ridge, 2725 Mariaville Road, Schenectady When: 7 p.m. Contact: 381-4700; e-mail: maple skiridge@msn.com Notes: Maple Ski Ridge and the American Heart Association will sponsor a 24-hour ski-a-thon to help the ...
clifton park gop striving for many.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Nearly two months after longtime Clifton Park GOP chief Michael Lisuzzo was ousted by a vote of no confidence, the town's Republican Committee has reached a compromise Line is overdrawn to reform its leadership and, members hope, unify the party. In an accord reached late this ...
'Entertainment Tonight' won't air Ledger video.(TV - RADIO)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: Associated Press NEW YORK - "Entertainment Tonight" says it won't air a video it has acquired that shows the late Heath Ledger at a Hollywood party where drugs were apparently being taken. The syndicated magazine's sister show, "The Insider," aired a ...
Fans adore a mellower DiFranco.(Life-Screens)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: ALAN WECHSLER - Staff Writer Ani DiFranco, folk singer extraordinaire, has played in so many incarnations it's hard to keep track of them all. She started in the early 1990s, playing solo in coffeehouses with shaved head and a song that used one of the worst ...
senior news.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... AARP 1123 The Christmas party has been rescheduled to noon Feb. 11 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Castleton. Members are asked to bring a dish to share and a place setting. In case of bad weather and Schodack schools are closed, there will be no meeting. EAST ...
Around the region.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TODAY COMMUNITY Go Red Day, Circles, Stuyvesant Plaza, 1475 Western Ave., Guilderland Contact: 482-7554 Notes: Circles will contribute $5 to the American Heart Association for every $100 purchase made today. Activities include health handouts, guest speakers, ...
Around the region.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TODAY COMMUNITY Go Red Day, Circles, Stuyvesant Plaza, 1475 Western Ave., Guilderland Contact: 482-7554 Notes: Circles will contribute $5 to the American Heart Association for every $100 purchase made today. Activities include health handouts, guest speakers, ...
Around the region.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TODAY COMMUNITY First Friday celebration, Village of Ballston Spa, Ballston Spa When: 6-9 p.m. Contact: http://www.ballston.org Notes: Various arts-related activities throughout Ballston Spa. Go Red Day, Circles, Stuyvesant Plaza, 1475 Western Ave., ...
PUT NEIGHBORHOODS BEFORE CONVENTION CENTER.(Main)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2008 ... NOTE: Council meets Fri Feb. 1 It is now time for the white elephant, more commonly referred to as the Albany Convention Center to be put out to pasture. The headline on Fred LeBrun's Jan. 27 column says it all, "Convention center by the numbers: $397M, 5 years, 1 man." The ...
Kids' project is aimed at the Web and festivals.(Life-Screens)
Feb 01, 2008 ... The locally produced miniseries "eScape" should soon be heading to a computer screen near you - unless (hope, hope) a film festival scoops it up, says series creator-director 28-year-old Mike Feurstein. "Our key goal the whole time had been to screen it on the Web, but now ...
saratoga county calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TODAY COMMUNITY First Friday celebration, Village of Ballston Spa, Ballston Spa When: 6-9 p.m. Contact: http://www.ballston.org Notes: Various arts-related activities throughout Ballston Spa. First Fridays, Stillwater Free Library, 72 Hudson St., ...
Summer of music and dance at SPAC.(Arts & Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Here is the classical performance schedule released Wednesday by the Saratoga Performing Arts Center: New York City Ballet 8-26; matinees 2 p.m., evenings 8 p.m.; amphitheatre; founders, George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein; co-founding choreographers, George Balanchine ...
Digital TV change causing confusion.(TV - RADIO)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: JOHN DUNBAR - Associated Press WASHINGTON - Much of what consumers are learning about the looming shift to digital broadcasting is just plain wrong and could end up costing them money, according to a survey. Some people think they need to buy new equipment ...
scene & heard.(Life-Screens)
Feb 01, 2008 ... U.N. by George In his new role as U.N. messenger of peace, George Clooney was playing himself. The 46-year-old actor arrived Thursday at the United Nations, joking and shaking hands and repeating "Hi guys!" as he stepped past hundreds of curious U.N. employees. ...
the big time; Enterprising filmmaker, young stars of 'escape' get the red carpet treatment at proctors.(Life-Screens)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: STEPHANIE EARLS - Staff Writer The double-stretch black limousine is sacrosanct and spotless, despite the salty, slushy gore that splatters every other car on this wintry street in Schenectady. It slides up to a curb near Union College, as inconspicuously as an absurdly ...
And now, the Oscar for best accountant.(Main)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: JOEL STEIN Hang out with accountants long enough and you'll realize how crazy they are. They're the kind of guys who justify claiming a bogus home business on your income taxes, or figure out how Enron can sell energy to itself at a loss. So when I met Rick ...
movie in brief.(Arts & Entertainment)
Feb 01, 2008 ... OVER HER DEAD BODY. There's a guy, right? And he's killed by a mugger, but he can't move on to the next world until he figures out how to protect his girlfriend - oops, wrong movie. So there's a guy, right? And he's hit by a truck, but he can't move on to the next world until figures out ...
rensselaer county calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TODAY BENEFITS & GALAS Third annual Gala Mardi Gras Celebration, Immaculate Conception Church, 73 Main St., Hoosick Falls When: Doors open 5:30 p.m. Cost: $20 Contact: Mary Remancus, 686-5230 Notes: Food served at 6 p.m., entertainment begins at 7:30 p.m. Table ...
Tracking online predators.(Main)(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2008 ... N ew York's Megan's Law, enacted in 1996, monitors the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders and alerts neighbors when they are living in their midst. But cyberspace is a different world, one where sex offenders can move about anonymously, using screen names to hide their identities as ...
albany county calendar.(Capital Region)(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TODAY CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Introduction to Computers Part I, Pine Hills Branch, Albany Public Library, 517 Western Ave., Albany When: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Cost: Free Contact: 482-7911 COMMUNITY Go Red Day, Circles, Stuyvesant Plaza, 1475 Western ...
The NBA? No, La Salle.(Main)(Editorial)
Feb 01, 2008 ... C lick on to the Web site for La Salle Institute in Troy and you'll see glowing testimony from students about the invaluable lessons the school has taught them. A letter from the principal, Robert Herzog, boasts of the spiritual, emotional and intellectual growth that boys at La Salle ...
plugged in.(Life-Screens)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Taking on gaming Politicians(such as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton) have scored points with social conservatives over the years by attacking video games for violence, profanity and sexual content. But the industry has been fighting back, and now it's planning ...
calendar.(Business)(Calendar)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TODAY MEETINGS Guilderland Chamber of Commerce Small Business Group, Avila, 100 White Pine Drive, Albany When: 7:30 a.m. Contact: 456-6611 Notes: Christi Paul of Lurie & Co. is the speaker. SATURDAY EVENTS Annual dinner, The ...
Masons will honor firefighter for rescue; James Rosse II crawled through ruins of a home to save girl hurt in Castleton explosion.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: BOB GARDINIER - Staff Writer SCHODACK - A volunteer firefighter who saved a 10-year-old girl buried in the burning wreckage of her Castleton home after a gas explosion will receive the Masons' top honor Saturday. James Rosse II, who has credited his five days ...
Welcome to doom of Sector D.(Main)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: HENRY ALLEN There's something about the word disembowel . Or depravity or disfigurement - about so many words that begin with the letter d . Divorce, destitution, doubt, drugs, dirt, dwindle. So many of them are on our lips just now - though not disembowel , and we ...
CDTA, Proctors debut partnership; Theater will sell bus passes, and discounts will be offered at shows.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: CATHY WOODRUFF - Staff Writer SCHENECTADY - Proctors and the Capital District Transportation Authority are teaming up to encourage more arts patrons to take the bus. In what officials of both organizations hope is the first of many cooperative efforts, CDTA ...
Rotterdam native dies in car crash; Family mourns Mohonasen grad Rosa Guida; funeral Saturday.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: LAUREN STANFORTH - Staff Writer A 26-year-old Rotterdam native was killed Jan. 25 when the car she was driving hit a patch of snow and slid into a tree in Bergen, Genesee County. Rosa Guida grew up in Rotterdam and graduated from Mohona sen High School in ...
Spa State Park event canceled.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... SARATOGA SPRINGS - Due to forecasts of inclement weather, Saratoga ...
easy to see why girls like miley.(Life-Screens)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHRISTY LEMIRE - Associated Press As an adult sitting through the 3-D Hannah Montana concert film, it's impossible not to be overwhelmed - but not by the piercing screech of thousands of frantic 9-year-olds, the crisp digital imagery or the catchiness of the Disney ...
Former boxer guilty of weapons charge; Carlton Elijah Tillery, 50, once a sparring partner for Mike Tyson, had a sawed-off shotgun.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: ROBERT GAVIN - Staff Writer ALBANY - A former heavyweight boxer and one-time sparring partner for Mike Tyson was found guilty Thursday of carrying a sawed-off shotgun hidden inside a toy alligator last year. Carlton Elijah Tillery, 50, of Schenectady, who ...
ALBANY COUNTY EDITION.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Activist talk Minnijean Brown Trickey made civil rights history as one of nine black students who integrated a Little Rock, Ark., high school in 1957. She will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Siena College's Sarazen Student Union. Her talk is free and open to the public. 783-2330. ...
Albany man sentenced to 12 years for rape.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... TROY - An Albany man was sentenced in Rensselaer County Court to 12 years in prison on a felony charge he grabbed a woman in a Rensselaer parking lot last summer and raped her. Omar J. Pittman, 21, was indicted in August on charges of rape, unlawful imprisonment and assault in ...
Queensbury 18-year-old accused of sexual abuse.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... QUEENSBURY - A Warren County man was arrested Wednesday and charged with sexual abuse and coercion. Investigators from the Warren County Sheriff's Office started looking into a sexual abuse complaint in July after an incident in a wooded area near Montray Road in Queensbury. ...
Man charged with selling drugs to undercover cop.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... FORT EDWARD - A Queensbury man has been arrested after he allegedly sold cocaine to an undercover police officer. Jesse J. Jamieson, 20, of 12 Prospect St., was charged with third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal possession of a narcotic. ...
Village resident accused in string of burglaries.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... VOORHEESVILLE - A Voorheesville man has been charged with a series of home burglaries, Albany County sheriff's deputies said. William Kurtz, 24, was charged with three counts of second-degree burglary, two counts of petit larceny and a single count each of fourth-degree grand ...
Disposal of documents offered on 'Shred Day'.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: TREVOR JONES - Special to the Times Union ALBANY - Area residents can safely dispose of unwanted sensitive documents Tuesday during "Shred Day" at the Empire State Plaza concourse. People will be allowed to bring up to two boxes of materials, including ...
QUOTABLE.(Sports)(Quotation)
Feb 01, 2008 ... I think it will be awe-inspiring for the athletes and overwhelming for the new Olympians. Almost every aspect makes it the finest aquatic center I've seen for an Olympic ...
Winter set to offer rough commutes.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Today's morning commute is expected to usher in a nasty bout of winter weather. That's when a storm bringing snow, sleet and rain will hit the region, National Weather Service meteorologist Evan Heller said. A low pressure area is moving into this region from Texas and will ...
ON THIS DATE.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2008 ... 1995 Utah guard John Stockton becomes the NBA's career assist leader, setting up Karl Malone with 6:30 left in ...
Letter deepens missing youth mystery; Anonymous note sent to area news outlets claims Jaliek Rainwalker is alive.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: DAN HIGGINS - Staff Writer GREENWICH - A letter purportedly written by missing 12-year-old Jaliek Rainwalker or by someone who knows where he is claims the youngster is still alive. The anonymous note, with a Westchester County postmark, was sent to several ...
STUDENT ROUNdup.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Graduates The following local students have graduated from Excelsior College, a distance learning and online college: Michael J. Rychcik of Delmar, associate in applied science, administrative/management studies; Joan A. Evers of Nassau, bachelor of science; Ronald ...
State tax payment loss threatens Adirondacks, Catskills.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: FRED LeBRUN For years John Dillenburg, the supervisor of the town of Arkwright out in western New York, tried to persuade the state to pay taxes on a 2,000-acre game management area it owned in his municipality. He was looking for $22,000 a year from New York state. ...
Airport, CDTA test alternate fuels; $2 million program will try out trucks and cars that use hydrogen.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: CATHY WOODRUFF - Staff Writer COLONIE - Albany International Airport and the Capital District Transportation Authority will join in a test program to try out cleaner-running hydrogen vehicles as part of their fleets. The $2 million project is expected to cover ...
BEST OF; OUR BLOGS.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Sen. Chuck Schumer was on ball duty today, making a bet on the Super Bowl and trying to save a baseball tradition in Cooperstown. Schumer, responding to recent reports that Major League Baseball plans to scrap the ...
Ruling angers school leader; Superintendent says bill from charter school, which state wants paid, based on inflated enrollment.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: LAUREN STANFORTH - Staff Writer SCHENECTADY - City School Superintendent Eric Ely expressed outrage Thursday with the state's decision that his school district pay $741,000 to a local charter school. Ely said the International Charter School of Schenectady ...
Saving money while saving environment; Forum tells business leaders they can find green solutions for energy, bottom line.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: LARRY RULISON - Business writer The former chairman of the state Public Service Commission was in the Rochester area Thursday presiding over a forum he organized on "green" energy practices in upstate New York. The event, "Upstate Sustaina bility Symposium: ...
CLARIFICATION.(Main)(Correction notice)
Feb 01, 2008 ... George Leveille, chairman of Albany's convention center authority board, was the city's community development and planning commissioner in 2002. A graphic ...
CORRECTION.(Main)(Correction notice)
Feb 01, 2008 ... An A1 story Thursday about a triple homicide in Albany misspelled the first name of one of the dead men. He is Keynon Hankins. Accuracy is a fundamental of ...
Health is their new hot topic; Albany promotes program that gets firefighters eating healthier, taking fitness classes.(Capital Region)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: CAROL DeMARE - Staff Writer ALBANY - Firefighter Kurt Schlachter prepared lunch Thursday for eight colleagues at the South End Fire Station - salad with grilled lean chicken breast, grilled peppers, onions, portobello mushrooms and a ginger lime dressing - a healthy meal ...
Last call for liquor landmark; Days numbered for kitschy former Simon's store that airport plans to demolish.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHRIS CHURCHILL - Business writer COLONIE - It might not be a true architectural landmark, so it's unlikely the Capital Region's historic preservation community will rally to save it. Yet for more than 40 years, the building housing Lou Simon's Wine & Liquors ...
TOWN'S FEES ALTERED LANDSCAPE.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: MARLENE KENNEDY I never got an invitation to the celebration - if there even was one. But surely someone tipped a glass to mark the 15th anniversary of mitigation fees in the town of Colonie. It's unlikely any real estate developers celebrated, since the fees ...
Investor hopes buoy Dow; Blue chips up 207 points as the most dismal January in 8 years ends.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Byline: TIM PARADIS - Associated Press NEW YORK - Wall Street ended a frenetic January with a huge advance Thursday after investors set aside worries about bond insurers and grew more optimistic that the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts will indeed help lift the economy. The ...
Boyd Printing wants to auction building.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... ALBANY - After three failed attempts to sell the William Boyd Printing Co. Inc. site downtown, the publishing company now wants to auction off the four-story building. Boyd, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2005, has seen three potential buyers walk away ...
Bagel bargain celebrates Bruegger's anniversary.(Business)
Feb 01, 2008 ... Bruegger's, the bagel restaurant, is celebrating its 25th anniversary today by selling a bagel with cream cheese for 99 cents until 11 a.m. Burlington, Vt.-based Bruegger's Enterprises Inc. has 269 locations in 21 states. The company dates its founding to Feb. 4, 1983, in Troy, ...