“Team USA wanted to go faster, so they did — during a pitstop. Emma White and most of her women’s track cycling teammates who will be competing in the team pursuit portion of their sport at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics next month arrived in Los Angeles from Colorado Springs on Sunday to take advantage … [Read more…]
“While Duanesburg cyclist Emma White is heading to her first Olympics in Tokyo this week, she said her thoughts remain with her close friend and teammate who committed suicide two years ago. Kelly Catlin, who won a silver medal in Team Pursuit at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, killed herself at age … [Read more…]
“In Schenectady, the Schenectady Foundation, recently awarded $31,500 in scholarships to high school seniors in the county. A $10,000 Anna Hudson Erbacher Scholarship, to support students in Schenectady County with a passion for teaching, was each awarded to April Buechner of Schalmont High School and Haley Neufeld of Niskayuna High School. A $4,000 scholarship … [Read more…]
“Duanesburg cyclist Emma White enters her first Summer Olympics with confidence in her team — mixed with a sense of the unknown. The last time White and her U.S. teammates raced on the track in Team Pursuit, they won a world championship in Berlin, Germany. However, that was 17 months ago, before COVID-19 spread … [Read more…]
“Well I see Bill Cosby got out of prison on June 30. Perhaps he should get a hold of O.J. Simpson and they can go out for dinner and drinks. Jeffrey Murtagh Duanesburg” read the entire article Murtagh, Jeffery. Schenectady Gazette 5 July 2021.
“Debby Peters, a Duanesburg resident and member of the town’s Democratic Committee, knows there are talented artists and writers in her community. It’s part of the reason Peters, along with other committee members, organized the Duanesburg Arts Competition, which kicked off earlier this summer. The juried competition invites Duanesburg residents of all ages to … [Read more…]
“Abigael O’Donnell Valedictorian Parents: Jarrett and Dawn O’Donnell College or other plans: Swimming and studying Chemical Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. After college: Medical Research What has been the hardest part of the last year of school and the most rewarding: The hardest part of this past year for … [Read more…]
“Across county Holly Vellano and Randy Pascarella both won the Conservative Party line, with 255 and 224 votes respectively, in their push for re-election to the county Legislature. They squared off against Josh Cuomo, who received 141 votes in the race for the seat, which represents the towns of Rotterdam, Duanesburg and Princetown. “The … [Read more…]
“The state Freedom of Information Law isn’t particularly long, it isn’t complex, and it isn’t written in difficult-to-decipher legal mumbo-jumbo. Yet day after day, government boards act like they’re trying to translate the federal tax code whenever presented with a request for public information. Public officials don’t flout the law because they don’t understand … [Read more…]
“Caban, Carol Theresa DUANESBURG Carol Theresa Caban passed away peacefully at home on Friday, June 11, 2021. She was born on October 3, 1948, to the late Carl E. Gottstein and Alberta Conley Gottstein. She was the beloved wife of Wayne B. Caban, who recently passed away in April. She was the sister of … [Read more…]