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ALBANY — On Thursday morning, Herman Thomas Jr. stood in the yard behind the Frank Chapman Memorial Institute in the West Hill neighborhood. This was the quiet before the storm. “Here they come,” Thomas said, as a gaggle of 5-and 6-year-olds...
With a record number of new college students failing their first-year English or math classes, SUNY is redesigning those “gateway” courses. But they are not changing the amount of material students must master. Instead, this fall, the...
When St. Peter’s Health Partners announced late last month that it would no longer pursue a merger with Ellis Medicine in Schenectady, Michelle Ostrelich breathed a sigh of relief. For years, the Schenectady County legislator and a group of...
Hand in hand, children, parents and grandparents moved in a widening circle as traditional Albanian music played across Cook Park in Colonie. The scene captured the spirit of the region’s first Albanian Festival, a gathering where...