City parks versus ne’er-do-wells
Jordan Carleo-Evangelist writes this morning about efforts to clean up Albany’s Townsend Park and make it less of a “haven for transients, rowdy drunks, public urinators and worse.” The effort by the...
View ArticleParking for the plaza — and a new park, too
Updated: I’ve added a response from McKnownville neighborhood leader Don Reeb after the jump. Stuyvesant Plaza, the shopping center in Guilderland, wants to add parking. The new parking — 31 spots —...
View ArticleFor $15 million river center, progress is a trickle
I wrote for this morning’s newspaper about the Beacon Institute’s plan for a $15 million education and research center on the South Troy waterfront, near the end of Madison Street. I actually looked...
View ArticleTown can breathe easier on Normanside land
Stephanie Lee, who covers Bethlehem for the TU, was at last able to speak the winning bidder for the Normaside Country Club acreage. And guess what? Rafael Flores is a golf-course operator who says he...
View ArticleWalk, talk, ooh, ahh in Saratoga Springs
Three fun ways to see Saratoga Springs coming up: Sunday is the annual Secret Gardens Tour, a fundraiser for Soroptomist International of Saratoga County. In addition to the private homeowners who will...
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