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| | | | Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of iced coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Ron Rosner, Senior Editor
e-edition obituaries | | | | ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany Medical College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have signed a formal agreement allowing faculty from each institution reciprocal access to the other’s core facilities for research purposes. Research is a critical enterprise at both institutions, which are two of the leaders of biomedical, biotechnology, and bioengineering studies in the region. The Center […] | | | | | TROY, N.Y. — The Tri-City ValleyCats (28-20) defeated the New Jersey Jackals (18-29) 13-3 on Saturday at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium. Bryson Parks led off the game with a home run off Stephen Still, which provided New Jersey with a 1-0 advantage. Tri-City responded in the home half of the first. Kyle Novak split the […] | | | | | SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — George Messina and Michael Lee's Fionn ran down post-time favorite Nitrogen under a well-timed ride from Flavien Prat to win Saturday's featured Grade 1, $500,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational, a nine-furlong Mellon turf test for sophomore fillies, on Day Three of the July 4th Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course. "I didn't know we had it, until obviously they posted the numbers, but I felt like she hit the wire [first]," dual Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox said. "At the wire, it looked like she had her nose down." The daughter of Twirling Candy was the second […] | | | | | SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Godolphin's Kentucky homebred Think Big proved a stretch out in distance was well within his range, surging late to overtake 9/5 favorite Intellect and capture Saturday's Grade 3, $175,000 Kelso, a one-mile inner turf test for older horses on Day Three of the July 4th Racing Festival, at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Michael Stidham, the 4-year-old Twirling Candy gelding had made his six previous starts at 5 1/2-furlongs, taking the Grade 2 Shakertown in April at Keeneland and the Grade 2 Turf Sprint in May at Churchill Downs. With his Kelso score, he avenged a […] | | | | | SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Leland Ackerley Racing's Obliteration was ultra-impressive when improving to 2-for-2 in Saturday's Grade 3, $175,000 Sanford, a six-furlong sprint for juveniles, during the July 4th Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen, the Violence bay graduated by a widening 7 1/2 lengths sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs on June 12 at Churchill Downs, and he upped that margin to 10 1/2 lengths at the Spa in a final time of 1:10.65. "He's just a very special horse," said Scott Blasi, assistant to the first time Sanford-winning Asmussen. "He has a ton […] | | | | | The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding state residents about the emergence of New York's turtle species with the warm weather months here. They are migrating to habitats for basking, foraging and nesting. Female turtles are seeking nesting areas to lay their eggs and may need to risk crossing roads to get to these habitats. Unfortunately, thousands of turtles are killed each year when struck by vehicles in New York State. Please never remove a turtle from the wild to rescue it or take it to an area with fewer roads. Turtles are familiar with the landscape […] | | | | | TROY, N.Y. — 11 students graduated from Vanderheyden's Special Education Program this year, according to a press release. All of the individuals face challenges that most people cannot imagine. For them, Vanderheyden is their last hope at receiving an education, the release said. The students come to Vanderheyden after not finding success in a regular […] | | | | | She feels so small when I hug her goodbye. It surprises me because she usually fills whatever room she inhabits with an outsized personality. I forget that her physical form is quite petite. I'm not the hugging type, but with the kids, I embrace this hypocrisy. Usually holding on a few beats too long …for them … as we part. These days, we greet each other this way, too. "Enough, Mom! I'll be here all week." My daughter came home from college (she attends practically year-round) to watch her brother graduate from high school. And to razz him about his […] | | | | | In 2007, The Bethesda Cultural Alliance (Maryland) in 2007 reopened the newly renovated Bethesda Theatre. "This is a stunning example of all that can be accomplished when the public and private sectors work together," said John Slidell, president of the Bethesda Cultural Alliance. "We've worked since 1996 to breathe new life into the theater, and […] | | | |
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