ROTTERDAM — Peg Tyndell had a thirst for knowledge and a zest for life. She connected with people.

She loved being home, raising her two children, and, when they got older, she went back to school with equal passion, pursuing a degree in communication.

I learned this week that Peg Tyndell had died of cancer on June 26.

My thoughts rushed back a quarter of a century to a brisk winter day when I went to a local women’s health clinic with Peg, a reporter for The Altamont Enterprise.

She was determined to show women, our readers, what a mammogram was like.

GUILDERLAND — It has been seven years since Albany resident Yassin M. Aref, an imam from Albany, was convicted of terrorism and sentenced to 15 years in a Communication Management Unit in a federal prison in Indiana. Lynne Jackson and one of the founding members of Save the Pine Bush, has strayed from environmental activism and taken a special interest in Aref’s case.

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Signs of protest dotted the crowd Saturday at the State Capitol in a protest of standardized tests. 

Sequestration hits County program started in the Hilltowns by knocking on doors decades ago.

SCHENECTADY –– The pole-vaulting competition isn’t usually the center of attention during a track and field meet, so athletes may get a little lonely between turns.

But, for seniors Kendra Lizzote and Jaclyn Levy, her best friend will always be by her side.

Or, flying high through the air over a bar.

One winter night decades ago, in the midst of a Christmas concert at the Union College Chapel, the campus suddenly went dark — a power failure. But the concert did not stop. The women of the Thursday Musical Club, dressed in their finest, stood their ground, kept their composure, and never missed a beat.

ALBANY COUNTY — As struggles continue in the wake of last summer’s tropical storms, local leaders reacted with relief and gratitude yesterday after Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the state would cover the local share of response and recovery costs.