Agita over the ersatz penultimate tontine
Are there any words you picked up from reading as an adult that you didn't know before but have integrated into your vocabulary?
View ArticleTimes Union: Please Sign Up for SNN
Could the school alert been sent in error? I called the school; yes, no programs after dismissal.
View ArticleAlbany School, Library Budget Votes, plus Library Trustee Election May 15
Four candidates are running for three seats on the library board, all of which carry full five-year terms.
View ArticleA tasty way to raise dough for Albany High School
Support Albany High School with a visit to Pizzeria Uno at Crossgates Mall on Wednesday, May 30. Pizzeria Uno will donate 20 percent of your bill that night to Albany High. Just present one of the...
View ArticleJournalism, by Joe Sacco – a review
Cartoonist/war correspondent Joe Sacco’s new book, JOURNALISM (Metropolitan Books; on sale June 22, 2012) is doing an interesting thing, addressing wars and other conflicts in recent human experience...
View ArticleSchool referendum vote on November 6 (along with a bunch of OTHER stuff)
"The district is asking for permission to buy the vacant New Covenant Charter School building and to reduce the sale price of the former Livingston Magnet School. The New Covenant purchase would be...
View ArticleEarly dismissal for Albany elementary schools Friday
Friday will be a regular-length school day for students at Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School, William S. Hackett Middle School and Albany High School.
View ArticleI’d LOVE to be proven wrong about guns in America
My first reaction after the awful events in Connecticut on Friday that we can/will have a "discussion," but that will provide little positive change in our laws.
View ArticleCandlelight Prayer Vigil Tonight
Candlelight Prayer Vigil for Newtown, CT, being held this evening (Tuesday) at 5:30 p.m. First Lutheran Church, 181 Western Ave. in Albany
View ArticleSix authors at Giffen Elementary March 9
In addition to the authors, there will be performances by several of the musical groups in Giffen Elementary School.
View ArticleAlbany School District Board of Education budget forum Tuesday night
The loss of funding for YMCA after-school programs at five schools will be extremely challenging for working parents.
View ArticleSUNY Notifies Students of Tuition Settlement
Also as a result of the agreement, SUNY has made its notices and publications on the costs of attendance clearer, so that going forward, students will be aware of their eligibility for the in-state...
View ArticleAlbany school budget, library trustee vote Tuesday, May 21
The public is welcome to attend the Friends of the Albany Public Library annual meeting on Wednesday, May 22 at 7 pm
View Article“Working Families Flexibility Act”: anti-workers, anti-family
The only good news is that Working Families Flexibility Actl will never pass the Senate, and the President has threatened to veto it in any case.
View ArticleNPR alters Gillibrand profile: no more “girlie” voice
The whole affair led some, including NPR affiliate North Country Public Radio in upstate New York, to ask if the portrayal of Gillibrand was sexist.
View ArticleThe Census site with Congressional district data is cool. Really.
The cliche is "Knowledge is power", but it is no less true for that.
View ArticleEnd the blood donation ban on gay men
I had thought the ban on using the blood of gay men was just based on a consensus of the scientific community. I was wrong
View ArticleThe values of the humanities
A demand for saving art, keeping music, teaching civics in the schools is not asking for favors, Justice Souter proclaimed.
View ArticleEducating the masses
I'm not convinced that higher academic proficiency will mean greater teaching skills, but that'll be calculated down the road.
View ArticlePlease help me with my daughter’s math homework!
Please tell me: 1) what would your answer be and 2) your observations about the wording of the question.
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