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Author Bill Daubney to speak at CPL

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer
Friday, January 20th, 2012, 3:00pm
Author Bill Daubney to speak at CPL

On Monday, Jan. 30 the Cohoes Public Library will host local author Bill Daubney.

Daubney will talk about his new novel “Spindle City Blues,” which is a story set in Cohoes in 1959.  Daubney grew up in Cohoes and has since become a successful writer with two published novels.

The author has lived around the country and currently lives in Clifton Park, although he still shares a fondness for Cohoes.

The talk will begin at 6 p.m. For more Cohoes Public Library events and information click here.

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Common Council Workshop to take place Tuesday evening

Submitted by Emma Levine, WNYT Web Producer
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012, 3:44pm
Common Council Workshop to take place Tuesday evening

There will be a Common Council Workshop for the City of Cohoes on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. The workshop will take place at the Common Council Chambers at City Hall.

The agenda for the meeting will go as follows:

  • Donation of a park bench to the City
  • NYS and Local Employees’ Retirement System Report regarding standard workday for elected and/or appointed officials
  • Library Board of Trustees Appointments
  • Vacation buy-out for non-union officers and employees
  • Motion to adjourn into executive session to discuss a personnel matter

For more City of Cohoes news and information click here.

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Groups see progress in plugging NY trail's gaps

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011, 12:28pm

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - A pair of parks and trails advocacy groups says progress is being made to close the five remaining gaps in the 365-mile Erie Canalway Trail connecting Albany and Buffalo.     

A new report by the Canalway Trails Association New York and Parks and Trails New York says the Erie Canalway Trail is 75 percent complete. When the last remaining gaps are closed, the groups say the continuous off-road trail will see hundreds of thousands of additional users each year, bringing an economic boost to more than 200 communities along the Erie Canal corridor.     

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Alive at Five line up announced

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Friday, May 13th, 2011, 5:39pm

ALBANY, NY - Mayor Jerry Jennings and the City of Albany have announced the musical line up for the 2011 Alive at Five Concert Series.

These concerts are presented free and open to the public on Thursday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Albany Riverfront Park amphitheatre at the Corning Preserve

June 2

VERTICAL HORIZON with Mirk

June 9

THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND with Collette & The Mudcats

June 16

10,000 MANIACS with The Erin Harkes Band 

June 23

MARTHA REEVES & THE VANDELLAS with New York Funk Exchange

June 30

THOMPSON SQUARE with The Hillbilly Horns

July 7

BURTON CUMMINGS – The Voice of the Guess Who with Sly Fox & the Hustlers

July 14

IRISH NIGHT!
CARBON LEAF and ENTER THE HAGGIS

July 21

KANSAS with Spaceland

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CCE holds menu workshop at Cohoes Public Library

Submitted by Sophia Sofferman, WNYT Web Producer
Thursday, April 7th, 2011, 4:35pm
CCE holds menu workshop at Cohoes Public Library

Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Albany County is presenting an iChoose600: Menu Labeling and You workshop to help consumers use the new restaurant calorie labeling.

The program, which is free of charge, will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Cohoes Public Library on Monday, April 11.

Pre-registration is required by calling Sukrit Goswami at 235-2570 by Friday.

Participants will learn how to make healthier choices when eating meals out, and gain tools for selecting lower calorie, but satisfying meals for themselves and their families. 

The library is located at 169 Mohawk Street in Cohoes.

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"Kids' Night Out" in Downtown Troy

Submitted by Kristie Hodgens, KidsOutAndAbout.com
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011, 6:45pm
"Kids' Night Out" in Downtown Troy

This FREE event takes place on Friday March 25 from 5 - 9pm

Kids of all ages are always welcome at our monthly Troy Night Out events, but this Friday they get to take center stage," said Caroline Corrigan, education and exhibitions manager at The Arts Center of the Capital Region. "This evening is going to be a lot of fun for the whole family.

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Snowmobiling may be OKed on canal trail

Submitted by WNYT Staff
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011, 6:20pm

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Snowmobiles may soon be allowed on parts of the 280-mile trail that runs along most of the canal system in upstate New York.

Officials say pilot projects were successful after the state Canal Corp. decided in 2009 to lift a ban on the machines along the recreational Canalway Trail.

Carmella Mantello, the corporation's executive director, says Wednesday that snowmobile clubs may now ask municipalities for resolutions supporting their applications for state permits to maintain and improve trails along the canals at the clubs' own expense. They'll also have to show they have liability insurance.

Communities can decide against allowing the machines on their territory.
      

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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