Albany, NY The Action Investor Network (AIN) will be announcing an exciting strategic partnership between Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region (RMHC) at AIN’s next meeting on Monday, May 21st at Appletini’s Cafe, 1118 Central Avenue, Albany, NY at 6:30 p.m.

The Action Investor Network (AIN) is a Capital District group of active real estate investors and those servicing the industry. Supporting the greater Capital District in Albany NY, AIN is an organization dedicated to helping real estate investors grow their businesses. Through monthly meetings and an online forum the group connects new investors with those more experienced, sellers [...]

Albany, NY: The Southside Wrestling Club from Winston-Salam, North Carolina (4A State Dual Team Wrestling Champions- 2010, 2011, 2012) will join the Titan Wrestling Club in its fourth annual “Match against Leukemia”.

The “Match against Leukemia” is a wrestling event held in memory of Sol Kahn ’06 on Memorial Day weekend, with proceeds benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: held at The Albany Academies Field House (located at 135 Academy Road in Albany, New York) – competition begins Saturday at 10:00 a.m.

Solomon Jochnowitz-Kahn joined the Titan Wrestling Club as a 10th grader. He was one of six founding members of a fledging club in 2004. The club is now one of [...]

Schenectady Museum Receives $1,250 Grant from Schenectady County Initiative Program for Audio Tape Digitization Project

The Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium has received a grant of $1,250 from the Schenectady County Initiative Program to help digitize significant reel-to-reel audio tapes in its collection and to help create a public program entitled Found Sound in the Schenectady Museum Archives, which will include the premiere of the newly preserved and digitized audio tapes.

The Museum’s collection of reel-to-reel audio tapes highlights the history of local radio broadcasting and the history of important Schenectady inventors. These tapes contain original recordings of 3 Nobel Prize winners: Dr. Langmuir (Chemistry, 1932), William Shockley (Physics, 1956), and Dr. Ivan Giaever (Physics, 1973). The tapes also contain [...]

ALBANY, NY – On Wednesday, May 16, members of Phila, a philanthropic student group at Emma Willard School, presented a check for $2,000 to the Addictions Care Center of Albany. This donation will be used to help fund ACCA’s incorporation of the evidence-based Too Good for Violence© curriculum in its prevention programming. Too Good for Violence teaches strong character-based skills, attitudes and behaviors. Kids develop skills for conflict resolution, anger management, respect for self and others, and effective communication—keys to social-emotional intelligence. Program lessons and activities help kids realize that as individuals, and as a group, they are too good for bullying and violence, as they gain skills for, and confidence in their ability to interact cooperatively [...]

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Area High School Seniors Eligible to Compete for $2,500 Award

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The Class-A Short-Season New York-Penn League and the Tri-City ValleyCats today announced that the league’s philanthropic arm, the NYPL Charitable Foundation, will once again award over $10,000 in scholarships this summer to deserving high school graduates from the league’s 14 markets.

The 2012 NYPL Scholarship Program is open to any graduating senior from a public or private high school within the league’s footprint, who has been accepted at any two or four-year college or university, vocational or technical education institution. Applicants will be judged based on academic performance, volunteer and extracurricular activities, and [...]

Rare Astronomical Phenomenon Won’t Occur Again Until 2117

Observers in the Capital District will be able to view a rare astronomical phenomenon at the Transit of Venus Viewing Event Tuesday, June 5 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium. On that date, the Planet Venus will make a transit across the disk of the Sun. The last such event occurred in 2004 and won’t occur again until 2117.

There will be outdoor viewing (weather permitting) and expert astronomical commentary from Suits-Bueche Planetarium Staff, Albany Area Amateur Astronomers, Dudley Observatory, and Henry Hudson Planetarium. And, visitors can also explore the phenomenon with live video feed indoors and [...]

Newburgh, N.Y. – MAY 2012 – Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y., will hold its 49th annual invitational commencement ceremony at noon on Saturday, May 19, 2012.

Fr. Kevin E. Mackin, OFM, Mount president, will recognize more than 600 bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates during the ceremony.

Mount Saint Mary College will also confer an honorary doctorate upon Elizabeth Ailes, publisher of The Putnam County News & Recorder and The Putnam County Courier; His Eminence Peter Cardinal Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace; and Joseph A. Reilly, CEO of the Empire Broadcasting Corporation.

Mount Saint Mary College, ranked a Top-Tier Regional University (North) by U.S. News & World Report, offers strong fields of study for careers in business, education, health professions and [...]