The 27th annual Head of the Hudson Regatta, an exciting race "against the clock,” is at Corning Preserve in Albany on Sept. 21 at 8 a.m.  

Making old-fashioned hats will be one of the crafts for this year’s Fall Festival on Sept. 28 at John Boyd Thacher State Park.

NBA Hall of Famer Walt "Clyde" Frazier scored big with fans at the opening of a bargain outlet in Crossgates Commons Aug. 21.

To the Editor:

Congress should strengthen, not weaken, SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as food stamps).

Tens of millions of Americans are hungry, forced to turn to emergency food programs, and food stamps (SNAP) to feed their families.

Men marched and fire trucks rolled — they came from all across Albany County — down Altamont's Main Street Saturday. The day, which ended with a picnic, was a celebration of volunteerism

The Depot Lane Singers, a community chorus based in Schoharie, is looking for singers to join the chorus for its winter concert on Saturday, Dec. 7. 

BETHLEHEM — The Delmar Community Orchestra, a Bethlehem tradition for over 70 years, will begin its 2013 fall season rehearsals on Monday, Sept. 16, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Bethlehem Town Hall auditorium at 445 Delaware Ave., in Delmar. 

To the Editor:

Did you know that over 38,000 people die by suicide each year in the United States? That's one person every 13 minutes. These are more than just numbers; they represent our family, friends, neighbors and colleagues.

Everyone from New York who joins the Arbor Day Foundation in September will receive 10 free trees as part of the Foundation’s Trees for America program.

With one million members, the Arbor Day Foundation is the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to planting trees.