Made in USA, seen in Japan Jun 21, 2009
Schenectady luggage manufacturer Tough Traveler Ltd. is pretty proud that it makes all its products in the United States. That didn't escape the notice of a Japanese TV network, TV Tokyo American Inc., which came to town June 12 to film a story about U.S. manufacturing during the recession. (Albany Times Union)
Pandemic swine flu won't give us a break Jun 19, 2009
Saratoga County now has three cases, Schenectady County has six and Rensselaer county has six cases. On Wednesday, Warren County confirmed its first case. (Albany Times Union)
Great Travel Getaways To Honor Dad On Father's Day Jun 19, 2009
Schenectady, NY (PRWEB) June 19, 2009 -- The first Father's Day was celebrated nearly one hundred years ago. Today it feels like a tradition that's been around for centuries. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
GOP nominates full slate of candidates Jun 19, 2009
He is a retired divisional sales manager for an international company, Hilti Inc., graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in Albany and Schenectady Community College. Smith is also the current vice president of the Columbia Greene chapter of the New York State Building Officials Conference. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
$283M ready for state security Jun 19, 2009
5 million), the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area ($1 ... available in the Schenectady area. (Albany Times Union)
2 local YouthBuild programs receive $1.3M Jun 18, 2009
Two YouthBuild programs in Schenectady and Troy, N.Y. will receive $1 ... In Schenectady, will receive $687,500 for Northeast Schenectady YouthBuild, a program that will teach green building skills. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Get the Senate back to work Jun 18, 2009
For example: More than a dozen counties, including Greene, Rensselaer and Schenectady, await approval to continue charging extra sales tax. Failure to approve that would throw budgets affecting several million citizens and businesses out of balance. (Albany Times Union)
Recount reveals a win for Schenectady budget Jun 18, 2009
SCHENECTADY -- The city school district's second budget apparently passed after all. The district clerk on Wednesday found that an election worker had unintentionally transposed numbers from a voting machine when the polls closed Tuesday night. (Albany Times Union)
Stock closing Rotterdam plant; new owners in wings, 156 jobs at stake Jun 18, 2009
Schenectady will remain open under new ownership in a deal to be announced in the coming weeks, the company official said. The future of remaining four stores has not been determined, the company official said. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Powell receives the maximum sentence Jun 17, 2009
Powell is currently serving a 15 to 30-year prison term for a drug conviction in Schenectady County. His latest murder trial occurred over the course of three weeks and was prosecuted by ADA Neal Conolly as well as Costanzo. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Mr. Bruno gets it Jun 17, 2009
00004000 First published in print: Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Oh, for the days of Joe Bruno. (Albany Times Union)
a zombie poem Jun 16, 2009
Schenectady, New York, United States. Prospectus. (Harper's Magazine)
Contract rejected at Times Union Jun 16, 2009
Paper's largest union turns down proposal favored by management. By , Business writer First published in print: Tuesday, June 16, 2009. (Albany Times Union)
Homebuilders seek $7K tax credit for buyers Jun 6, 2009
The number of residential permits issued last year in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady counties was the lowest since 1982 on a per-unit and per-building basis, according to U.S. Census figures compiled by the Capital District Regional Planning Commission. Permits were issued for 1,817 units in 1,203 buildings, the lowest since 1982, when permits were issued for 1,354 units in 933 buildings. (Albany Business Review, NY)
GE opens $165 million facility Jun 6, 2009
And GE is building a wind center in Schenectady that will employ 500 people. A site for the battery plant hasn't been announced, but state Sen. (Albany Times Union)
Architect: Forget Ockawamick, build new Jun 6, 2009
COLUMBIA COUNTY Renovating the former Ockawamick school for county office space is not the right move for the county, Schenectady architect J.T. Pollard, a principal with Re4orm Architecture, one of 21 who bid on the project, told the Register-Star Friday ... The firm, originally known as Smith Pollard Architects, is currently working on the 72 million Tech Valley Science Center, the 15 million Schenectady Center, and a 20 million, five-story dormitory for Schenectady Community College, among... (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Dutch treat: Foreign funds for NY's Hudson events Jun 6, 2009
"He was an old hand at it. By the time he built the Onrust, he knew his way around," said Don Rittner, founder of the nonprofit historic preservation group that built the replica at an old Dutch farm in Schenectady County. Hudson, an Englishman, was working for the Dutch when he arrived in the New World on Sept. 3, 1609. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Part of Ingersoll home coming down Jun 6, 2009
The controversial building project spawned a fierce battle between environmentalists and the developer, Highbridge Development Inc. of Schenectady. Plans call for restaurants, a pharmacy and a bank to be built. (Albany Times Union)
Personal Injury Law Firm Martin, Harding & Mazzotti and Schenectady County Sponsor Free Bicycle Safety Event Saturday, June 6, 2009 Jun 4, 2009
Personal Injury Law Firm Martin, Harding & Mazzotti and Schenectady County Sponsor Free Bicycle Safety Event Saturday, June 6, 2009 - Yahoo ... Personal Injury Law Firm Martin, Harding & Mazzotti and Schenectady County Sponsor Free Bicycle Safety Event Saturday, June 6, 2009 ... This weekend, Martin, Harding & Mazzotti, in partnership with Schenectady County, hold Free Bike Safety Day to help children with bike safety and to learn proper bicycle maintenance. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Multimedia Games wins NY Lottery contract Jun 4, 2009
The , based in Schenectady, has inked a deal with to continue operating systems for video lottery terminals through 2017. Multimedia Games runs the central determinant system for the state's 13,000 video lottery terminals--a contract it first won in 2004. (Albany Business Review, NY)
A new math problem Jun 2, 2009
Schenectady: 72% this year vs. 59% last year. Bethlehem: 95% this year vs. 92% last year. (Albany Times Union)
Dorothy J. Schoonmaker Jun 2, 2009
Surviving are her brother, Donald Sager of West Coxsackie; her granddaughter Tasara (Edward) Maxwell of Coxsackie; her granddaughter Shannon Skelly of Schenectady; her grandson Joel (Gricel) Schoonmaker of Santa Clarita, Calif. and her great-granddaughter Sarah (Ryan) Blauvelt of Goshen. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Diner moves to Duanesburg museum May 31, 2009
He credits Lucia Heavy Haulers and Becker Recovery in Schenectady with helping him transport the 10-ton structure to its new home on a flatbed truck on a trailer. The eatery stands on wooden blocks and features 15 bar stools and six booth seats. (Albany Times Union)
7 charged in Schenectady drug arrests May 30, 2009
SCHENECTADY -- Police charged six people with drug and weapons offenses in connection with a ring that committed home invasions on the city's north side ... All are Schenectady residents except for Szymaszek and Jose Saldana who are from Scotia and New York City respectively ... They were arraigned in City Court earlier today and all but Szymaszek were sent to the Schenectady County Jail. (Albany Times Union)
Competition for farmers heats up for markets May 29, 2009
Late last year, Schenectady launched its own farmers market on Sundays. In all, the state Department of Agriculture and Markets counts more than 400 markets statewide, up from 295 in 2004 and 185 back in 1996, said spokeswoman Jessica Chittenden. (Albany Times Union)
Obama nominates Taluto May 29, 2009
Gen. Joseph Taluto, who gre up in Schenectady and lives in Fort Ann, has been selected by President Barack Obama to lead the U.S. Army National Guard ... Taluto, 61, resides in Fort Ann and grew up on Corlear Street in Schenectady. (Albany Times Union)
Police seek man in bank robbery May 29, 2009
Police said David A. Lolik, 38, was last seen in the Schenectady area and since may have changed his appearance. Lolik was last seen in Schenectady the day of the robbery ... He has previously resided in Norwich, Oneonta and Schenectady. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Ockawamick bids for design phase are in May 23, 2009
M.J. Engineering and Land Surveying hails from Clifton Park, Sacco and McKinney Architects and Tectonic Engineering are from Latham and Re4orm Architecture is from Schenectady. Traveling the longest distances were Lothrop Associates from Valhalla, Westchester County, DF Gibson Architects and Redtop Architects from New York City and C panies from Syracuse. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
School budget wins were sweeping May 21, 2009
8 percent fewer voters turned out in Albany, Saratoga, Rensselaer and Schenectady counties ... However, Troy and Schenectady had a significant increase in the number of residents, 49 ... Four of those Edinburg, Schenectady, Troy and Amsterdam were local. (Albany Times Union)
TrustCo boss gives an upbeat picture May 19, 2009
In fact, though the meeting took place in Schenectady County, where the company is headquartered in nearby Glenville, many who spoke during the question-and-answer session asked about Florida. (And not the town in Montgomery County. (Albany Times Union)
William Waldron, 95; lawyer worked for Peabody, FDR May 16, 2009
William Augustus Waldron was born in Schenectady, N.Y., where his father was a history professor at Union College. "He went away as a scholarship boy to the Taft School," his son said. (Boston Globe)
Women's Basketball Announces Class of 2013 May 16, 2009
Head Coach has recently announced the addition of four newcomers joining the Brown University women s basketball team this fall for the 2009-2010 season: Sheila Dixon (Schenectady, NY) Caroline King (Valencia, PA), Taylor Masaschi (Chatham, MA) and Lindsay Nickel (Los Altos, CA) ... Dixon hails from Schenectady High School where she averaged 13. (Brownbears.com)
Today's lesson: School work pays May 16, 2009
Albany Superintendent Eva Joseph earned $179,834 and Schenectady Superintendent Eric Ely made $178,668. Some teachers at Albany and Guilderland high schools are paid about $100,000. (Albany Times Union)
Supermarket files paperwork with Maynard May 15, 2009
Based in Schenectady, N.Y., Price Chopper was founded in 1933, and currently has 117 locations in six states. Fourteen of those stores are located in Massachusetts, including locations in Marlborough, Shrewsbury and Worcester. (Beacon Villager, MA)
For a few, pork too costly May 15, 2009
Schenectady's Tedisco, a handful of others in Assembly, get no grease ... The Schenectady assemblyman resigned his leadership position last month. (Albany Times Union)
Hoping commuters dive in May 15, 2009
The Capital District Transportation Authority, which runs the public bus system in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady counties, is on board with the van-pool program, too. "Car pools, van pools and other forms of ride sharing are really a form of transit," said Carm Basile, CDTA's deputy director for business development. (Albany Times Union)
Outlawing a dangerous habit May 15, 2009
Albany, Schenectady and Suffolk Counties have all done the same. In fact, texting while driving has been blamed for two major motor vehicle accidents in recent weeks in other counties, Seeley said. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Susan T. (Jablanski) Mueller May 15, 2009
As part of the war effort, she went to work as a welder at the Schenectady GE plant during World War II.. She was predeceased by her husband, Cecil Mueller, and three brothers: Michael, Joseph, and Andrew (Pat) Jablanski. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Which doctors lead the way? May 14, 2009
Cardiologist Steven Weitz, right, works with assistant Ludmilla Levchencko on a cardiac catheterization at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y. A "hands-on physician," Weitz has helped change how paramedics, emergency room staff and heart specialists treat heart attacks ... By Steve Sternberg, Anthony DeBarros and Jack Gillum, USA TODAY Unless you've had heart trouble in Schenectady, N.Y., you've probably never heard of cardiologist Steven Weitz ... "He's a great guy," says Roger Barrowman,... (USA Today)
Local Sports Results May 14, 2009
Hole 1, Grissom; 2, Anthony Abbruzzese, Schenectady Muni GC; 9, Casey Childs, Western Turnpike GC; 11, Grissom; 18, Mark Fretto, Schenectady MGF.. . (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
'These are going to be great jobs' May 14, 2009
Schenectady Mayor Brian Stratton, left, speaks with Mark Little, senior vice president and director of GE Global Research, Niskayuna, and with Jeff Immelt. Jeffrey Immelt, chairman and CEO of General Electric, holds a sodium battery cell Tuesday as he speaks at the GE Global Research Center in Niskayuna. (Albany Times Union)
The right to wed May 14, 2009
In New York, what precisely is the slippery slope that Assemblyman James Tedisco, a Schenectady Republican, fears. Where are the similarities between gay marriage and polygamy that he alleges. (Albany Times Union)
GE to build $100M 'green' battery plant May 14, 2009
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Mian Ashraf, heart surgeon, Islamic leader May 14, 2009
Some of Dr. Ashraf's patients traveled to Boston from India and Pakistan, but a fair contingent drove east from Schenectady, N.Y., where a cardiologist friend sent referrals his way. Dr. Ashraf also helped create what was dubbed the Happy Hearts Club, an organization that counseled heart patients about what to expect from surgery and how to live their lives afterward. (Boston Globe)
GE announces $100M investment in new battery business, plant May 13, 2009
In 2007, GE at its renewable headquarters, located at GE Energy's site in Schenectady, by 2011 ... The initiatives follow years of job cuts at GE s energy plant in Schenectady. (Albany Business Review, NY)
June A. Bennett May 12, 2009
Mrs. Bennett was a homemaker and worked for Kodak in Atlanta while her husband was stationed there with the US Army Air Corp. She moved back here and worked for GE in Schenectady for two years. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Hudson, the Stockport Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary, and was a Girl Scout Leader in Stockport. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
First steps to a smaller footprint May 12, 2009
An advisory committee for the study team will include representatives of the Capital District Transportation Authority, which provides public bus service in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady counties, and the Capital District Transportation Committee, the region's lead transportation planning agency. CDTC planner Deb Stacey said UAlbany could be a rich source of participants for the region's new, upgraded system for bringing carpoolers together. (Albany Times Union)
Chambers head to D.C. to oppose union bill May 12, 2009
Steiner will be joined on the trip by Kathryn Donovan, owner of Horizon-Bradco, a private company headquartered in Schenectady that sells and maintains food preparation equipment for restaurants, hotels, supermarkets and other commercial uses. Members of the and the will also be traveling to Washington. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Synecdoche, New York May 11, 2009
Caden Cotard, chubby and unkempt, wakes up one day in his home in Schenectady, New York, to realise he's 40 and hasn't done anything lasting in his vocation, the theatre ... It's pronounced si-neck-do-kee, which, of course, sounds like Schenectady. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Engineer better service May 10, 2009
Additions, improvement to rails and signals an important first step in tackling upstate train travel. By TIM TRUSCOTT First published in print: Sunday, May 10, 2009. (Albany Times Union)
Gillibrand: End $25 child-support fee May 10, 2009
In Albany County, 4,131 parents are charged the fee; 3,612 in Saratoga County; 2,792 in Schenectady County; 1,700 in Rensselaer County. If Gillibrand's bill becomes law, it would not be retroactive, but the families would not be billed next year. (Albany Times Union)
To remove milk stain, try ammonia and water May 10, 2009
More Woody success Jeff Handelman of Schenectady, N.Y., e-mailed the Handyman with this conquest of a pesky woodpecker: Four years ago, every morning around 5:30 I was awakened by a woodpecker knocking on the chimney flashing above my bedroom. I couldn't go back to sleep, as he kept at it, so I would run outside to try and scare it away. (Boston Globe)
Five run for four ICC School Board seats May 8, 2009
He currently works as an engineer for General Electric in Schenectady. He and his wife, Cheryl have two sons, one who is in first grade and one who is two years old. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Districts chalk up smaller tax hikes May 8, 2009
Statewide, budgets rise less than 2 percent: Schenectady, North Colonie seek just under 5 percent as voters go to polls May 19 ... The increases range from Fort Edward, where a nearly 32 percent hike is proposed, to Schenectady and North Colonie, which propose increases of just under 5 percent. (Albany Times Union)
Job health benefits could be taxed May 8, 2009
Payable Schenectady based company se. Bonus $ Crisafulli Bros. (Albany Times Union)
Arrest in 2001 arson probe May 7, 2009
Steven Raucci, 60, the Schenectady school district's facilities supervisor, faces a first-degree arson charge ... Search of Schenectady school official's office also yields "small explosive" ... SCHENECTADY State Police discovered an explosive in the middle school office of a high-ranking education official Friday as an eight-year-old arson investigation resulted in his arrest. (Albany Times Union)
Schenectady tops vacancy rates May 7, 2009
Rich Florek passes in front of a vacant building as he collects trash on Second Avenue Tuesday in the Mont Pleasant section of Schenectady ... SCHENECTADY The hostas are lush and the shrubs manicured at Rich Florek's Second Avenue home ... Welcome to Schenectady's Mont Pleasant neighborhood, which has the distinction of having the third highest percentage of residential vacancies in New York state. (Albany Times Union)
DA: Case about power May 7, 2009
Accused arsonist Steven Raucci is escorted by sheriffs from the Schenectady City Court building, Tuesday, March 3,2009 in schenectady, New York ... 26-count indictment details charges against ex-Schenectady official ... SCHENECTADY For 16 years, Steven Raucci's desire to "cement" power in the city school district drove him to violent episodes against employees he considered threats to his position as director of facilities and union boss, District Attorney Robert Carney said Wednesday. (Albany Times Union)
Study says New York Latinos support gay marriage May 6, 2009
Payable Schenectady based company se. Residence for adolescents, ages 12 t.. (Albany Times Union)
NY consumers show more confidence May 6, 2009
Payable Schenectady based company se. BETTING CLERKS - RACE TRACK - SARATO.. (Albany Times Union)
Do you know what a synecdoche is? May 6, 2009
Before you can even begin to enjoy, let alone figure out, one-of-a-kind-screenwriter turned screenwriter-director Charlie Kaufman s Synecdoche, New York, you first need to know just what in the heck a synecdoche is besides, as in the aforementioned, a play on words with the actual city of Schenectady, New York. The easiest way to explain and define a synecdoche is to say that it is a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Small businesses make it big May 5, 2009
Stephen Dhanessur, a 38-year-old native of Guyana who launched his Besale Fence Co. in Schenectady two years ago, said he's living his dream. He and his wife, Vashti, were living on Long Island when they decided to pull up stakes with their daughters and move closer to Dhanessur's parents. (Albany Times Union)
Synecdoche, New York Review May 5, 2009
An ageing Caden and Hazel stare out at the carefully reproduced streets of Schenectady, New York. All of this ; the setting, the script, the direction ; stems from the writing. (IGN FilmForce)
Panel: Berger edicts worth pain May 5, 2009
ALBANY The Berger Commission mandates dropped like a bomb on New York, and Schenectady was ground zero ... Schenectady was too small for three hospitals, Connolly said, but the institutions wouldn't consolidate on their own ... He said he was pleased with communities like Schenectady and Buffalo, where major mergers have been completed or are under way. (Albany Times Union)
Impasse in Globe, union talks May 5, 2009
Payable Schenectady based company se. Summer program July through August. (Albany Times Union)
