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A new contract agreement guarantees CDPHP members continued access to care at St. Peter’s Health Partners’ facilities, but tensions remain.

These local athletes have recently excelled on their college or university teams:

Fazana Saleem-Ismail, a follower of Islam who lives in Guilderland, has gone from explaining her religion at a library forum in June to helping to lead a march in Albany Saturday.

The intention is to equip responders in the case of an oil-train derailment, but local responders say it will likely prove useful for things like gas leaks or car accidents.

Hundreds of people — young and old, black and white and Asian, gay and straight, Christian ministers, Jewish rabbis, Muslims, and a Quaker poet — gathered in Albany on Saturday to “stand up against all forms of hate"” as organizer Fazana Saleem-Ismail put it.

Maeweather

ALBANY COUNTY — “He’s a sweet kid,” said Tasheem Maeweather’s lawyer.

One of the pleasures of the approaching season is the opportunity to enjoy live performances of seasonal music by local artists whose offerings attempt to put the listener in the “holiday spirit.”  That’s exactly the reason to plan to attend one of the special concerts presented by the Depot Lane Singers, a 60-member community chorus t

New York State has no requirement to screen the venison donated to food pantries for the lead left by bullets. It should. Otherwise, the people hunters seek to help can be poisoned.

It is a busy time of year for the Venison Donation Coalition with both hunting season and the holidays underway.

KNOX — An ever-reliable source of holiday good cheer — and of some fine-looking Christmas trees, mainly spruce —  will be sadly missed this Christmas of 2016.

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