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DA Collins workers weld supports for a replica of the British Airways Concorde into place at the Empire Aerosciences Museum Peter R. Barber

Glenville

Images: Moving the Concorde replica to its new home – outside the Glenville aerosciences museum

GLENVILLE – Workers moved the Empire State Aerosciences Museum’s new Concorde replica into place in front of the museum in… Read more »

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Greenpoint: Gardening, baking … What will we keep in our return to normal?

New York and California both opened back up last week, lifting most pandemic restrictions, with their governors touting a “return… Read more »

Thomas Schwendler and his book. Lower right: William and Anne Marie Ross in a photo dated Aug. 27, 1995.

Glenville author, a former PR manager for GE, tells story of a successful marriage

Reaching for something to keep him occupied during the early days of the pandemic, Thomas Schwendler stumbled upon a bigger… Read more »

Cudmore: Remembering Amsterdam’s Eleanore Cramer Breier

Eleanore Cramer Breier, widow of Amsterdam mayor and industrialist Marcus Breier, died late last month in Miami at 101. She… Read more »

The Nott Terrace High boys tennis team of 1951 is pictured with coach Sam Thompson before a match that year. Front row from left are Ettore Mancuso, Jack Boyajian and Joe Guerra. Back row from left are Howie Hubbard, Lou Gwinner, Justus Kusserow, Gerardus Jameson and Charles Dumond. Not pictured are Ed Letteron and Stan Majerowski.

Bill Buell’s Electric City Archives: 1951 Nott Terrace tennis team was big part of 79-0 streak

Guys like Jack Boyajian, Lou Gwinner, Howie Hubbard and Joe Guerra weren’t yet teenagers when the U.S. entered World War… Read more »

The Julie Bonacio Family Pavilion was added to SPAC’s campus in 2020.

Saratoga Springs

Despite challenges, SPAC reports growth

On the eve of its first concert of the season, leaders at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center looked back on… Read more »

A look at some of the costumes for “Man of La Mancha,” to be staged at Saratoga Performing Arts Center’s amphitheater July 8-10. (Glenn Avery Breed)

Saratoga Springs

Opera Saratoga’s season to feature ‘Don Quixote’ theme

Opera Saratoga seeks dreamers — especially if their dreams are impossible. The company’s season, which opens June 24, should give… Read more »

The Proctors marquee pays tribute to longtime employee Edward Burke on June 14.

Schenectady

Longtime Proctors employee Burke honored by theater

Edward Burke, a World War II veteran and longtime Proctors employee who died earlier this month at 93, was known… Read more »

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Black Theatre Troupe to celebrate Juneteenth with reading of ‘Camp Logan’

Sometimes one must look back to understand the present. At least that’s how Jean-Remy Monnay, producing artistic director of the… Read more »

Artist Claire Sherwood’s “keep (it) up,” foreground, hangs from the ceiling as part of the exhibit “The Big Take” at Collar Works in Troy.

On Exhibit: Strange, surreal on display at Collar Works in Troy

“The Big Take,” a playful exhibit and fundraiser at Collar Works in Troy, reflects on surreal realities and forewarns of… Read more »