Also: Huge impact: 49th Annual South High Marathon Dance raises more than $735,000 • HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL: Greenwich sinks Stillwater in Section 2 Class C championship; Warriors unable to capture back-to-back sectional titles
 Monday, March 9, 2026 | | |
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e-edition obituaries | | | | TROY, N.Y. — A beautiful piece of ceramic pottery can brighten any home. For quality artisanal ceramics that support the local art community, check out Context Clay on 4th Street. Owned by clay artist Mariah Kitner, Context Clay is actually a business inside a business. The building at 95 4th St. is the professional studio […] | | | | | SOUTH GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — The 49th annual South High Marathon Dance raised $735,231.64 for local families and charities, continuing a tradition that first began almost 50 years ago to support the community. Top fundraisers were Aiden Osborn, Aiden Faulkner, and Lucy Pliscofsky, while the 2026 Evelyn and Richard Stewart Award was given to Senior […] | | | | | In a rematch of the 2025 Section 2 Class C championship game, the Stillwater girls' basketball team was unable to defeat Greenwich for the second straight time, as the No. 2-seeded Warriors fell to the tournament's top-seeded Witches 45-38 on Sunday at Hudson Valley Community College. "We're two very even teams," Stillwater head coach Cassidy Chapko said. "If we play 10 times, they might win five. We win five. It's just one of those nights that it could be a coin flip on who was going to win." Early on in the game, Stillwater had a 7-4 edge over the […] | | | | | SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The #20 Union College men's hockey team defeated Brown University 9-0 on Saturday evening at M&T Bank Center, recording its most goals in an ECAC Hockey Tournament game ever and advancing to the quarterfinals for a three-game series against Princeton University, beginning Friday, March 13 at 7 p.m. On its way to a second consecutive quarterfinal berth, fifth-seeded Union (22-10-3) accomplished something it has never done in the history of the program and shut out a team in three consecutive meetings. The Garnet Chargers blanked the 12th-seeded Bears (5-24-2) for the third consecutive time this season, outscoring […] | | | | | I think it's fair to say that many of us have had experiences working with others where leadership skills were lacking. Perhaps you've had a manager, coach, or friend handle you like you were a 'subject' to be told what to do. Or perhaps worse yet, you had a parent who incessantly tried to control everything you did, reminding you of everything you should or should not be doing. I'm curious: how did those experiences make you feel? Now, consider what your children hear from you each day. Are you trying to control them with your words? If so, such […] | | | | | TITANIC IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE: Following the success of immersive exhibitions like Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Dinos Alive! and The Art of the Brick, Exhibition Hub has unveiled its newest fully immersive experience at Schenectady's Armory Studios (125 Washington Ave, Schenectady). "Titanic: An Immersive Voyage – Through the Eyes of the Passengers" opens on November 29 with […] | | | | | Students in the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center Pet Tech program are fostering a yellow-bellied slider turtle while it awaits a permanent home. Native to the southeastern United States, the turtle was found in a pond in the Albany area and needed a permanent home, Pet Tech Teacher Helen Thompson said. Students named the turtle Fiona to match the other turtle currently in their care – Shrek. Students in the two-year Pet Tech program offered at the Career and Technical Education Center learn basic care skills for a host of animals, ranging from turtles, geckos, rabbits and chinchillas […] | | | |
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