Tag: New York

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    Saving a shantytown?

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    In old fishing shacks, links to Hudson’s past and an unclear future State officials have concluded that a group of 17 fishing shacks along the Hudson River are historically significant, but city officials in Hudson, N.Y., have yet to decide whether to preserve any of the structures as part of a proposal for a new read more

    Saving a shantytown?
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    Proposal sparks debate over early voting in N.Y.

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    Vermont, Mass. show potential benefits, but some in region are skeptical Voters in Chatham, N.Y., cast ballots last month in a special election for state Assembly. A proposal by Gov. Cuomo to allow early voting in New York has set off a debate among area officials and legislators. Scott Langley photo   By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing read more

    Proposal sparks debate over early voting in N.Y.
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    Big projects, few workers

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    Anita Daly, vice president of Blue Spruce Nursery in Ballston Lake, shows off photos of some of the company’s landscaping projects. Blue Spruce has come to rely on foreign laborers in recent years and is seeking such 12 workers, about half its work force, this year through the federal H-2B program. Joan K. Lentini photos read more

    Big projects, few workers
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    Out of the tent, into the theater

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    New building lets PS21 expand season, host larger audiences The new theater building at PS21 will allow the performing arts venue, which previously hosted summer performances in a tent, to offer programming year-round. Courtesy photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer CHATHAM, N.Y. After holding its events in a tent for 12 years, PS21 is about read more

    Out of the tent, into the theater
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    Anti-immigration rhetoric meets empty-job reality

    More and more in our new era of polarization, our leaders seem unable to set aside their politics and ideology to face and solve obvious problems. And nowhere is this trend more visible than on any issue that touches on immigration. Our cover story this month describes the struggles of area employers who’ve come to read more

    Anti-immigration rhetoric meets empty-job reality
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    A new model of care

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    Region’s peer-respite homes offer alternative approach to mental health The weekly staff meeting at Alyssum, a peer-respite house in Rochester, Vt., is unlike any other gathering of its kind. The focus is on team building through an approach called “co-supervision.”Courtesy photo   By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer   For many people in the grip of a read more

    A new model of care
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    From life’s apples, gourmet vinegars

    Fruit reductions highlight flavors as orchard-based distillery branches out Derek Grout shows off a couple of varieties of his new Hudson Valley Vinegar brand, produced from apples grown at his family’s Golden Harvest Farms in Valatie. Joan K. Lentini photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer VALATIE, N.Y. The 200 acres of spindly, gray apple trees read more

    From life’s apples, gourmet vinegars
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    State, watchdogs urge more work on PCBs

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    Reports suggest high levels of contamination remain in Hudson River New studies show the upper Hudson River, seen from North River Road in Fort Edward, remains burdened by PCB pollution despite completion of a seven-year, $1.7 billion cleanup. Joan K. Lentini photo   By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing writer FORT EDWARD, N.Y. A series of new federal read more

    State, watchdogs urge more work on PCBs
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    Spreading solar by the share

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    Community-sponsored energy project is first for Columbia County A new 214-kilowatt solar power installation in the town of Clermont, N.Y., was built using a “community solar” concept in which local people could buy a stake in the project in exchange for credits on their home utility bills. Courtesy photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer CLERMONT, read more

    Spreading solar by the share
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    In teaching, a chance to learn

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    Artist finds inspiration through roles at museum, college Jenny Hutchinson works on a project last year at her studio in the Shirt Factory building in Glens Falls. Hutchinson is education director at The Hyde Collection museum but sees her real work as her art. Courtesy photo   By TELLY HALKIASContributing writer GLENS FALLS, N.Y. By read more

    In teaching, a chance to learn