NASA’s Driven to Explore Exhibit at Schenectady Museum July 12 & 13 Features Rare Chance to Touch a 4 Billion-Year-Old Moon Rock Brought Back Aboard Apollo 17 and Much More!

Capital Region residents will have the out-of-this-world opportunity to touch a moon rock brought back aboard Apollo 17 when NASA’s Driven to Explore mobile exhibit makes a stop at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 12 and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, July 13.

The Schenectady Museum presents NASA’s Driven to Explore Exhibit in partnership with the Children’s Museum of Science and Technology (CMOST). The mobile, multi-media exhibit immerses [...]

TROY, NY- Pitcher Dallas Keuchel has been promoted to the Houston Astros from Triple-A Oklahoma City and will make his Major League debut, starting against the Texas Rangers in Arlington on Sunday.

Keuchel, a member of the 2009 Tri-City ValleyCats, will become the 25th former ValleyCat to reach the big leagues. He joins two other 2009 ‘Cats Jose Altuve and J.D. Martinez.

After being selected out of Arkansas in the seventh round of the 2009 draft, Keuchel joined the ValleyCats in July, and then made 10 starts for the team. In 56.2 innings, Keuchel gave up 52 hits and 17 earned runs, striking out 44 while only walking nine batters.

Keuchel began to make [...]

Five Return From 2011, 13 Will Make Their Pro Debut

TROY, N.Y. – The tentative Opening Day roster for the Tri-City ValleyCats was released on Thursday afternoon. It features 24 players who will begin their summer with Tri-City for the 2012 season.

Five players from the 2011 team will make their return to Tri-City including pitchers Jamaine Cotton, Juri Perez and Tommy Shirley. Shirley, also a member of the ValleyCats 2010 championship team, pitched in just five games in 2011 after battling injuries throughout the 2010-11 seasons.

Position players making their return include infielders Neiko Johnson and Chase Davidson. Davidson was promoted to Tri-City in 2011 following an all-star first half for Rookie League Greeneville, before going down with an injury.

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Saratoga Springs, NY – Move over Groupon and Living Social. One Capital Region startup is showing local businesses that they don’t have to give away 75% of their revenue to win new customers and get the word out. Email marketing works, it just takes the right hook.

Weeklytap.com, founded by live entertainment promoter Michael Mills, has passed the 5,000 subscriber mark in just 6 months online. The company has given away over $30,000 in prizes through its weekly email, and gets an historically high number of people to open it emails.

For the last 13 years Mills has owned and operated Mills Entertainment, a national producer of live theater tours. Like many entertainment promoters, Mills was finding it increasingly difficult to reach customers over the [...]

Donna and Chef Yono Purnomo Accept 2012 Award

ALBANY, NY (06/14/2012) — The Downtown Albany Business Improvement District (BID) announced the 2012 Compass Award winners, Donna and Chef Yono Purnomo, at the BID’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 6, 2012. Given by the Downtown Albany Business Improvement District (BID), The Compass Award is an annual award given to an individual, organization or business that has exemplified the spirit of partnership with the BID in shaping the direction of downtown Albany, improving the quality of life and overall image for all those who live in, work in [...]

Guilderland, NY: Together with the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce, local owners Catherine and Tim McCann commemorated the re-opening of the redesigned Best Cleaners, Guilderland to the town of Guilderland with a ribbon cutting.

In the grand reopening of its Guilderland location, Best Cleaners has designed a fresh look and feeling for clients who stop in for dry cleaning, whole house laundry, couture care, bridal care, rug cleaning, garment restoration, and more. Best Cleaners Guilderland marks an alive new design that clients will enjoy for its pleasant atmosphere, amenities, and top notch service. With over 11 locations in the Capital [...]

3rd Annual Benefit for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

ALBANY, NY, June 11, 2012 – The weekend of JULY 7, 2012 marks the third annual A-Town Rumble – A Benefit for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. June 24th is the PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE. Join us on this epic ride for all motorized 2 WHEEL vehicles. Scooters, Mopeds, and Motorcycles are all welcome to swarm the state capital and several other enticing points of interest while raising money for a great cause – the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Here are some high-lights from last year’s rally: http://youtu.be/dGLOG2lZItU on Youtube!!

This epic journey winds through the New York state Capital, through <a title="Washington Park In Albany, [...]

Latham, NY (Grassroots Newswire) May 29, 2012 – As millions of college students enter the job market this month, Cartridge World – Latham is supporting local graduates with a special free resume printing offer in June.

There is good news for college graduates this year. In the U.S. and Canada, the unemployment rate is decreasing, plus, the National Association of Colleges and Employers Job Outlook states that employers plan to hire nearly 10 percent more new college graduates in 2012 than they did in 2011. To assist them in their search, new college graduates can stop by the Cartridge World – Latham store during June to print 15-25 copies of their resume at no cost.

“We understand how hard it is to [...]

When it comes to raising funds for children with cancer and other diseases, an Albany gym is going the extra mile. Find out why.

Albany, NY (PRWEB) June 04, 2012

Albany CrossFit and CrossFit Clifton Park, part of a worldwide movement that is changing the way people think about diet, health and fitness, today announced it has set an ambitious $100,000 goal for its CrossFit for Hope fundraising event on June 9, 2012 to benefit St. Jude Chidren’s Research Hospital.

Is a $100,000 goal crazy? Maybe. It would make CrossFit Albany the number one fundraiser among the many CrossFit affiliates participating. But CrossFit Albany has added $7,500 within the last 24 hours, thanks to to some [...]