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Twin Bridges Edition | Thursday, March 10, 2022

Volunteers needed at airport’s veterans room

By TERRY BROWN

Capital Region social happenings March events and concert series

CAPITAL DISTRICT - https://www.facebook. com/CapitalRegionSocial - CapRegSocialHappenings@gmail.com. Check out the following events that are held at 435 New Karner Road (Hanover Square Building) at “Hill” door entrance. Open to the public. Inside seating is limited. Plenty of free parking. Handicap accessible. CDC & COVID compliant.

Call 518-452-6883 for more information.

Friday Night – March 11 @ 7 pm: Special Event – Member Appreciation Night Dance (free to members) – non-members pay $6. The dance starts at 7 pm with a DJ playing your favorites.

Open to the public. Plenty of free parking. Handicap accessible. CDC & COVID compliant. Call 518-4526883 for more information. Location in Colonie: Hanover Square Building, 435 New Karner Road (Hanover Square Offices and Apts.) at “Hill” door.

Friday Night – March 18 @ 7 pm: Starting at 7 pm. The Mohawk River Harmony Band will perform your favorites. $12. Beverages and snacks included. Open to the public. CDC & COVID compliant. Inside seating is limited. Plenty of free parking. Handicap accessible. Call 518-452-6883 for more information. Location in Colonie: Hanover Square Building, 435 New Karner Road (Hanover Square Offices and Apts.) at “Hill” door.

Friday Night – March 25 @ 7 pm: It’s a night of Improvisations….

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Volunteers are needed to help meet the needs of military recruits, wounded warriors, other military personnel, veterans and their families as they travel through Albany International Airport in Colonie.

Just before the pandemic limited air travel and forced the shutdown of the Capt. John J. McKenna IV Military Courtesy Room on the third floor Observation Level, more than 100 volunteers staffed the room, two at a time, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily, according to John J. McKenna III of Clifton Park, courtesy room director. The room was reopened as COVID-19 cases dropped and flight limits were lifted.

“Many of the pre-COVID-19 volunteers didn’t return,” said McKenna III. Today, there are enough volunteers for the room to be open between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays. More volunteers are needed to enable the room to be open more hours and days, according to McKenna III. Karen Curtis is ready to train new volunteers.

The room’s name commemorates his son, a Marine Reserve officer killed in action on Aug. 16, 2006 in Fallujah, Iraq. As a state trooper, McKenna IV often did duty at the airport after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists’ attacks.

The comfortable 430-square foot room was opened to provide a place to relax watch TV, watch videos, play video games, enjoy refreshments, make phone calls and send emails. The room is equipped with lounge chairs, desks, tables, a TV, books, video games, a refrigerator, and microwave, and a coffee maker.

Since the room opened 22 years ago, about 45,000 visitors made use of the Military Courtesy Room, according to McKenna III. Also, from time to time airline flights are delayed or canceled. To accommodate stranded soldiers, the BBL Family of Companies provides complimentary overnight hotel stays at the Troy Hilton Garden.

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Karen McKenna awaits the arrival of military personnel and their families in the Marine Capt. John McKenna IV Military Courtesy Room at Albany International Airport in Colonie.

McKenna III and retired Albany County Sheriff Lt. Doug Buzzard led an effort to establish the room. McKenna III said he had made the Airport Authority aware of the large number of military recruits, other service members and their families who frequented the airport. He encouraged airport officials to open a room for military personnel who travel through the facility.

The initial concept included a small room to be constructed using a former airport training room. The authority called for architect drawings for the room and began construction early in 2010. McKenna III Please see VOLUNTEERS 8

Diverse church parishes reckon with war

By KENNETH C. CROWE II

COLONIE - Outside the church the sign may say Russian Orthodox, but inside the church is a melting pot of Eastern Europeans united by religion, even though boundaries separate their homelands.

That’s why the war between Ukraine and Russia has been upsetting to parishioners, many of whom count friends and family in both countries and worship alongside each other in the Capital Region.

Prayers were offered for Ukraine and peace at the recent Sunday services at the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, said the Rev. Alexis Duncan, rector and archpriest for the parish.

“In our parish we are very aware that we have many different groups. In our parish, people are very saddened that all this is going on.”

Parishioners come from a multitude of backgrounds, Duncan said, listing Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other countries that once were part of the Soviet Union or its allies more than a generation ago.

“Obviously, history and world events are seen through the lens of the individual,” Duncan said about the war.

The parish at 617 Sand Creek Road is a community, Duncan said. “In the Eastern

countries, everything is planned about community not individuality,” adding, “People are here in the U.S. for many reasons – work, education.”

In looking at Russia’s motives for invading Ukraine, Duncan said.

“It all has to do with the history of NATO and NATO expansion.”

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Cohoes notes on its website that its congregation members include immigrants from “Romania, Macedonia, Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, Russia and our own community here in America. Our mission is to expand our Christian family by embracing all people who want to share a life in Christ and to be the home for people WILL WALDRON / TIMES UNION of all backgrounds.”

The parish of Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, Russian Members of the Albany-Tula Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is a community, says the Alliance, a volunteer citizens diploRev. Alexis Duncan, rector and archpriest. macy group linking Capital Region residents with their counterparts in are trying to fathom what is taking place. the city of Tula, located about 120 miles south Grondahl recalled the days of the Cold War of Moscow, have watched the unfolding in the when she was a foreign student in Russia in war with dismay.

1979 and 1980 when relations were closed and “This whole thing is so difficult to underexchanges between the countries difficult to stand,” said Mary Grondahl, who chairs the achieve.

Albany-Tula Alliance board. The same is true “You don’t want to see it go back to that,” in Tula, she said, where their counterparts also said Grondahl, who has friends in Russia.

Plug sees record year, not yet making profit Fourth quarter of 2021 was green hydrogen producer’s best ever

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The green hydrogen producer reported fourth-quarter revenue of roughly $162 million, according

energy sector using electrolyzer technology.

to the Securities Exchange Commission Tuesday. However, its investors have yet to see a profit come from that.

Their total 2021 revenue was $502 million, in contrast to steep losses in 2020.

Its diluted earnings per share was $0.33 for the final quarter in 2021 and $0.82 for the year.

Plug Power creates fuel cells that power machinery, such as forklifts, in addition to what it has dubbed “green hydrogen” for the

Plug Power balances new business with expenses

Plug Power attributed over 20 percent of the final quarter’s revenue to new business that raked in more than $10 million in electrolyzer sales.

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Senior March Dining Events at Colonie Senior Service Centers Please check in, as schedules and plans are ever-evolving due to the pandemic. As this newsletter goes to print, we are open for in-person dining.

Please note, you must have all three vaccinations to sit in our dining room. Thank you for doing your part to keep everyone safe by getting your vaccination and wearing a mask!

Join us for a hot meal at The Beltrone Living Center Monday – Friday at noon. This program is funded in part by the Albany County Dept. for Aging, NYS Office for the

Ny Army Guard Capt. Eric Samson, an Albany Resident, Takes Command of Truck Company PRESS RELEASE CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, NEW YORK - New York Army National Guard Capt. Eric Samson, an Albany resident, took command of the Guard’s 719th Composite Truck Company during a February 6 ceremony at Camp Smith Training Site near Peekskill.

The truck company is part of the 369th Sustainment Brigade.

The brigade traces its history back to the 369th Infantry of World War I, known as the Harlem Hell Fighters, the African-American infantry unit which Albany Medal of Honor recipient Henry Johnson served in.

Samson replaced Capt.

Seun Ogunkoya who is moving on to a new assignment.

Samson enlisted in the New York Army National

Aging, Administration for Community Living, Town of Colonie and participant contributions.

This program is an equal opportunity provider. Suggested donation of $3, and registration and reservations are required.

Call 518-459-2857 x 303.

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Guard in 2014 and was commissioned through the Officer Candidate School in 2015.

Samson is a 2016 graduate of the Ordnance Basic Officer Leaders where he made Commandant’s List.

He also graduated from the Logistics Captains Career Course in 2019.

Samon’s prior assignments include, company executive officer, ammunition officer for the 642nd Aviation Support Battalion, and assistant logistics officer for the 42nd Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade and the 42nd Infantry Division.

Samson holds a bachelor’s degree from Sienna College and a Doctorate of Chiropractic and a Masters of Science in Applied Clinical Nutrition from the Northeast College of Health Sciences.

In civilian life, Samson runs his own chiropractic practice.

His awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense

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Waterford Democrats Approve Mark Turpin as Village Trustee Candidate

WATERFORD - Waterford Democratic voters in the Village of Waterford unanimously approved Mark Turpin to be a Village Trustee candidate for the Village of Waterford 2022 elections that will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

A resident of the Village of Waterford, Mark Turpin has pledged to improve the quality of life in the Village by focusing on zoning and building code enforcement. He will bring to Village government more than 25 years of experience in engineering and design following a suc-

and an Irish cupcake.

Lunch and Learn: Thursday, March 10 at noon – Come for a live cooking demonstration with Chef Jim Kavanaugh, as he cooks up an Irish favorite – Bangers and Mash. This Irish pub food consists of pork sausages, potatoes and onions gravy.

It’s commonly served in pubs across Ireland and the U.K. Reservations required.

Special Dinner: Monday, March 21 at 5 p.m. The Musicats Duo plays the music of George Gerschwin, Frank Sinatra, Fats Waller, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others.

Dinner will be chicken Parmesan, Caesar salad and ice cream sundaes.

cessful career at the New York State Department of Transportation.

Turpin is a hands-on Waterford community volunteer. He is an active member of the Village Zoning Board of Appeals.

He volunteers at the Waterford Museum is a member of the Museum’s Collection Committee and a Meals on Wheels volunteer. He serves in an active role in improving the gardens at the museum, the library and the Village park.

“My wife Barb and I bought property in the Village eight years ago and together we built our home,” Turpin said. “I now have a vested interest in improving all Village neighborhoods. I will bring responsiveness and fresh, new ideas to the Village Board, and I ask for your vote on March 15.”

The three polling districts and locations for the elections are: 1: Waterford Visitors’ Center, 1 Tugboat Alley, Waterford, NY 2: Waterford Commu-

The Ser C a For pita ving Ove l Re r 17 gion Yea rs!

Join us at THE CENTER as we bid adieu to winter! In the month of March, there is much happening. For fitness, there is Tai Chi, Yoga and Line Dancing. We are being creative, with classes in watercolor, tissue paper flowers, and open studio time. We’ll be traveling, with trips planned to the Irish American Heritage Museum, Dear Evan Hansen at Proctor’s Theater, Rivers Casino and the Argus Hotel. We also continue to be social with clubs that meet for knitting, books, writing and cards. Membership is $20 per calendar year, and you can reach out to 518-4592857 x 327 or cbarrett@ colonieseniors.org for information.

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St. Mary’s Church, Waterford Food Pantry WATERFORD - The Food Pantry of St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Sixth and Broad Streets in Waterford, is open and accepting new Waterford clients. To register, or for more information, contact Lynda at 518-237-8826.

Returning clients should continue to contact the Rectory at 518-237-3131 on Monday mornings to sign up for the Tuesday distribution. The Food Pantry is staffed by volunteers of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Mary’s Church. The Pantry looks forward to seeing returning clients and to meeting new ones.

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AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY Q.U.I.L.T., Inc. Monthly Guild Meeting DELMAR - Q.U.I.L.T., Inc. is a not-for-profit guild of quilters interested in learning about the art of making quilts. Members live in the Capital Region and surrounding communities. All levels of quilters are welcome. Meetings are held the second Friday of each month (September through June.)

We will be holding our Annual Service Meeting on March 11th 9:45 a.m. at the Delmar Reformed Church (386 Delaware Ave, Delmar, NY). At this meeting we will assembling quilts to be donated to those in need. Masks are required. All are welcome.

Please join us!

(This will be an experimental hybrid (in person/ virtual) meeting. Please visit www.quiltinc.org for more details.)

Latham-Colonie Knights Of Columbus, Are Hosting Lenten Fish Fryday’s LATHAM - March 11th, March 25th, April 1st, April 8th and Good Friday April 15th at 328 Troy Schenectady Road, Latham, N.Y. 12110 Menu; Baked Fish Dinner includes Twice Baked Potato, Vegetable, Dessert, Coffee or Tea. Fish Fry or Clam Roll Dinner! includes French Fries or Onion Rings, Coleslaw and Dessert, Coffee or Tea. Baked Fish $15 Fish Fry Dinner $15 Clam Roll Dinner $12 (Fish Fry or Clam Roll only is available by

Southern Saratoga Art Society Displays Artwork During the Month of March CLIFTON PARK - Artists and members of SSAS will be exhibiting throughout the area during the next couple of months.

Eva Marie Loucks will be exhibiting at the Clifton Park Town Hall, 1 Town Hall Plaza, Tel.#: 518-371-6651 during March, visit Eva’s website to view her works: evamarieloucks.com Valerie Wolf will be exhibiting at the Town Hall site during the month of April.

Six SSAS members are exhibiting at the Mechanicville Library, 190 N. Main Street, Tel.#: 518-664-12118. Artists Barbara Hurley, acrylics, Cheryl Birmingham, oils, Rita Helie, oils, Jack Morgan, oils, William Daisak, acrylics and Lynne Kaiser, watercolors, will show their works during March and April.

Four SSAS members will be exhibiting at a “Photography Show” at the Clifton Park Senior Community Center, 6 Clifton Common Blvd., Tel.#: 518-383-1343 during the months of April and May. Photographers Rebecca Jenkins, Brian Skanes, Meda Rigatti and Anup Sood will fill the Gallery with their works. Stop in and visit these exhibits and support the arts in Southern Saratoga County.

For more information visit our website: southernsaratogaartist.com

Save the Date for the Capital Region’s Polish Fest NY 2022 ALBANY - The Albany Polish Community Center, in cooperation with the Blessed Virgin Mary of Czestochowa Parish, is thrilled to announce that the Capital Region’s big-

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Reservations 518 892 3750 www.lathamcoloniekofc.com/dinners& events March Lecture Women of the Revolution March 17, 7 PM at the Delmar Reformed Church 386 Delaware Ave, Delmar Phyllis Chapman from Vintage Visitors presents Women of the Revolution – Backstage Heroines on Thursday, March 17 at 7 p.m. at the Delmar Reformed Church, 386 Delaware Avenue, Delmar. The event is jointly sponsored by the Bethlehem Historical Association and the Mohawk and Tawasentha Chapters, NSDAR.

Corn Beef Sandwiches For Sale and to Raise Funds for Veteran Support Activities DELMAR - American Legion - Blanchard Currey Post 1040 - 16 W. Poplar Drive Delmar NY - Sons of the American Legion To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day All Sandwiches are TO GO - $12 - all sandwiches includes chips, coleslaw and a pickle March 12, 2022 3:30 to 6:30 (pick up times every half hour) To place order please text or call 518-491-3719 please provide sandwich type, your name, phone number and pick up time Corn Beef with Swiss, Grilled Corn Beef with Swiss Grilled Reuben with Swiss, Russian and Sauerkraut gest Polish Cultural event will be back in 2022! The festival, which is celebrating its 20-year anniversary, will be held September 17 and 18, 2022 at a new venue: the Albany Polish Community Center, 225 Washington Avenue Extension, Albany, NY. PolishFestNY 2022 will be a two-day event and returns as the largest festival in Capital District celebrating Polish and Polish-American arts, literature, music, culture, dance, history, and, of course Polish food. The organizers are also proud to host Polish vendors of high-quality Polish crafts not easily found in the Capital District.

Check the www.polishfest-ny.org web site and the PolishFestNY Facebook page (@PolishFestNY) for updates!

Grilled Rachael with Swiss, Russian and Coleslaw (Rachael’s use Coleslaw in place of Sauerkraut) We strongly recommend you pre order as early as possible as we may sell out - order forms also available from the bar/lounge Net proceeds used to fund our various projects and programs that directly support our Veterans.

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St. Mary’s Church, Crescent is Sponsoring a Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner CRESCENT - Saturday, March 12th at 5:30 PM in the church hall.

Tickets (adults - $10.00, children 12 and under $5.00) are available by calling the church office at 518-371-9632 on Monday thru Thursday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Albany Figure Skating Club Will Hold a Spring Skating Showcase Ice Show BETHLEHEM - Now that the Winter Olympics are over, come see some local figure skaters in action!

The Albany Figure Skating Club will hold a Spring Skating Showcase ice show at the Bethlehem YMCA (900 Delaware Ave., Delmar) on Saturday, March 12, 2022 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. This event will feature figure skaters from all over the Capital District in solo, group and synchronized skating performances.

Admission is $5 per person, free for children age 5 and under. Masks are required for all attendees.

The Latham-Colonie Columbiette Buffet Breakfast LATHAM - Sunday March 13th, 2022, from 8:30 am to 11:30 am, at the Latham-Colonie Knights of Columbus Council, 328 Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham, N.Y. 12110.

Menu includes; Scrambled Eggs, an Omelet Station, Home Fries, Corned Beef Hash, Bacon and Sausage, Pancakes and French Toast served w/ Warm syrup, A Variety of Cereals and Juices, Bananas and Hot Tea, Coffee or Hot Chocolate. $10 Adults, $5 Children (5-10) and under 5 Free! www.lathamcoloniekofc.com/dinner&events

For more information, please visit the Albany Figure Skating Club’s website at www.albanyfsc.org, or email info@albanyfsc.org.

Diocesan Prayer Meeting LOUDONVILLE - This is for those interested in either starting a Charismatic Prayer Group or those already involved in one. Our goal is to unite and pray for direction from the Holy Spirit, to guide us in who He wants to send to be our next speaker.

Place: Christ Our Light, Parish Hall, 1 Maria Dr., Loudonville, NY Time: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Date: Saturday, March 12, 2022

The Capital District Humanist Society Presents: The Knowledge Gap CAPITAL DISTRICT - Sunday, March 13th, 2022, 1 PM DST!!

Natalie Wexler’s book, “The Knowledge Gap,” is about the hidden cause of what is wrong with our education system, something no one is talking about. The problem isn’t the usual scapegoats: lazy teachers, shoddy facilities, lack of accountability. It’s the elementary school curriculum’s intense focus on de-contextualized reading comprehension “skills” at the expense of actual knowledge. Keenya Bemis will discuss how Wexler‘s observations match what she, as a high school educator, observes about today’s education system.

Keenya Bemis is in her 5th year of teaching high school biology in the Schenectady City School district. Keenya has two

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Masters degrees from UAlbany, in Biological Anthropology and Education.

She has been a member of CDHS since 2005.

This program will take place online, via Zoom, on Sunday, March 13th, 2022 at 1 PM DST. Current paid CDHS members will automatically receive an invite to the meeting via e mail.

ANY ONE WHO IS NOT A CURRENT PAID MEMBER of CDHS CAN ATTEND. Send an e mail request to: Webmaster@ humanistsociety.org, several days prior, or Log onto our Meetup page: https://www.meetup.com/ Capital-District-Humanist-Society/. Click on Join, then on Attend, and use the RSVP function and the link will be available to you.

Sons Of The American Legion Squadron 1450 All You Can Eat Breakfast Buffet!

HALFMOON - Sunday, March 13th, 2022 from 8 AM to 11:30 AM. Adults $10, Children (under 12) $3. ALL YOU CAN EAT Breakfast Buffet includes: Scrambled Eggs, Home Fries, Pancakes, Bacon, Sausage, Toast, Coffee and Orange Juice. Located at 275 Grooms Rd, Halfmoon, NY. Exit 8A of I-87. Head East on Grooms Road. Post is one mile on the left. LOOK FOR THE TANK!

Colonie VFW Saint Patrick’s Take-Out Dinner COLONIE - The Robert L. Weininger VFW Post 8692 will hold a Saint Patrick’s Corned Beef Dinner on Sunday, March 13.

Corned beef and cabbage,

with potatoes, carrots, bread and dessert. Top o’ the “Everyone is Irish” season to ye!. $15.00 per meal. All meals will be drive-thru for take-out, between 3:00pm and 5:30pm, at the Post. 140 VFW Drive in Colonie, off Route 155/New Karner Road. CDC protocols observed. Please call Bill at 518-869-5888 or Jim at 518-452-1395 to reserve your meals and schedule your pick-up time.

Care Links Will Be Hosting a Senior Resource Table Event CLIFTON PARK - On Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 at the Shenendehowa United Methodist Church at 971 Route 146 Clifton Park, NY from 1:00pm to 3:00pm in the Fellowship Hall.

Local businesses and organizations will be present to share resources they offer to senior citizens in the community. Some of the participants will include: Shenendehowa Neighbors Connecting, CDPHP, Alzheimer’s Association, USA Medicare Consultants, Home Instead, Saratoga County Office of the Aging, Guillermo TrujilloEdward Jones Financial Advisor, Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany, OASIS Senior Advisors, Capital Region Calmare & Massage as well as Care Links Volunteers will be on hand to answer questions about serving the needs of senior citizens in Southern Saratoga county.

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History Center Brings Ireland to NY WATERFORD – Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, the Saratoga County History Center is pleased to announce a partnership with the Waterford (NY) Historical Museum & Cultural Center and Ireland’s Waterford Institute of Technology. On March 12, 2022, 1pm, the three

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The hour-long program will explore the historical connections and shared cultural aspects of both Waterford, Ireland and Waterford, New York through the lasting legacy of heritage within the greater Capital Region and Saratoga County.

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by Russ VanDervoort (Waterford Town Historian and History Center Trustee). “It is sure to be an interesting, educational, and fun approach to language, immigration, and exploring culture,” notes Waterford Historical Museum & Cultural Center Director, Anastasia Garceau.

“Waterford to Waterford: Irish Connections” is indicative of the History Center’s exciting slate of 2022 programs, and is the first to utilize new media technology purchased by the History Center in 2021. The trustees and staff are committed to expanding their “hybrid” offerings, growing their reach, and forging new national and international relationships. The rich history of Saratoga County and the Capital District will soon be available to people around the world.

“This is really our first live international history program,” explain History Center Vice President, Sean Kelleher. “Our members were generous during our ‘Future is Hybrid’ fundraising campaign, which supported the purchase of the initial equipment necessary to do hybrid productions from Brookside Museum, or any place in the county. We were approached about doing this program with a site in Ireland, and it seems to be the perfect opportunity to use the technology to reach the Irish diaspora in the Capital region.”

Russ VanDervoort adds, “The History Center strives to preserve and share the experiences of all the communities in Saratoga County.” “We all hope this will be the first

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of many annual events to come to highlight the various backgrounds of this region.”

The program, which is free and open to the public, will be broadcast on Zoom.

To receive the Zoom like and details, please register at https://brooksidemuseum.networkforgood. com/events/39590-waterford-to-waterford-irish-connections Please direct any questions or comments to Sean Kelleher, sean@brooksidemuseum.org The Waterford Historical Museum & Cultural Center has been offering exhibits and programs since 1964, and is located in the Northside National Historic District in Waterford, New York.

The museum is excited to work with the Saratoga County History Center again on this presentation, and hopes projects like this will encourage people to consider becoming a volunteer to help share the rich history and heritage of the area.

The Saratoga County History Center is dedicated to preserving and sharing the diverse histories of Saratoga County.

In addition to Brookside Museum, the History Center offers a variety of innovative, exciting, and educational programming online. Please visit the website (www.brooksidemuseum.org) and social media accounts (@SaratogaCoHistory) for news and announcements.

THE CENTER at Colonie Senior Service Centers March Classes and Events COLONIE - THE CENTER is a place for individuals 55 years of age or older to learn, grow, exercise and be creative.

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The Delmar Community Orchestra, Under The Direction of Vincent Bonafede, Will Present A March Concert DELMAR - Performed by the Orchestra’s string section on Monday, March 14, 2022 at 7:30 pm at the Delmar Reformed Church (386 Delaware Ave., Delmar).

The concert, which will include classical selections and pops, is free and open to the public.

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OPINION

Nationalism’s Finest Hour

By Rich Lowry

If anyone had any doubt that Ukraine has its own national identity, the early days of the Russian invasion should have eliminated it.

There’s been the stiff resistance of Ukraine’s fighters, the former president giving interviews in the streets of Kyiv in battle gear, the ordinary men and women insulting and defying Russian soldiers, and above all, the comedian-turned-president, the now legendary Volodymyr Zelenskyy, refusing to leave his capital as Russian forces bear down on the city seeking to capture or kill him.

This is all so compelling because there is something inherently stirring about a people defending their homeland from a would-be imperial overlord.

The fight to save Ukraine represents a righteous nationalism. The Ukrainians aren’t defending democracy per se or freedom in the sense of abstract rights -- although Vladimir Putin’s Russia is a threat to both -- but their land and birthright. They are struggling for national self-determination, and even national survival.

Even in a globalized world, even when patriotism is not nearly as strong a force as it once was, even among Eurocrats who want to subsume Europe’s nations in an EU superstate, Ukraine’s struggle still strikes a profound chord.

In his speech prior to the war, making a direct appeal to the Russian people, President Zelenskyy spoke of his memories of Ukraine. “No one in Russia knows the meaning of these places, these streets, these names, these events,” he said. “These are all alien to you, unfamiliar. This is our land, and this is our history.”

“We are not part of one whole,” he explained. “You cannot swallow us up.

We are different. But this difference is not a reason for enmity. We want to determine our own course and build our own history -- peacefully, calmly and honestly.”

Zelenskyy was speaking a nationalist’s language of love for his people’s history, land and traditions. As G. K. Chesterton once wrote, “Cosmopolitanism gives us one country, and it is good; nationalism gives us a hundred countries, and every one of them is the best.”

Of course, Ukraine’s status as a nation is contested by Vladimir Putin, who claims that it rightfully belongs to Russia. His revanchist vision is often described an aggressive nationalism, but it is really a drive for empire.

In his own lurid speech before starting the war, Putin laid out a spurious version of history wherein Ukrainian nationhood was an invention of the Soviet Union. He attacked “the virus of nationalist ambitions,” and claimed after the invasion began that Russian troops were only fighting against “nationalist groups” in Ukraine.

Putin is armed with newer weapons, but he’s acting every bit the traditional Russian imperialist. Already in the 15th century, a crude Russian state ruled an enormous swath of territory. By the end of the 19th century, it had become one of the largest empires ever in terms of sheer landmass.

This empire was lost with Russia’s defeat in World I, reconstituted by the Soviets, and lost again at the end of the Cold War. Putin seeks to revive a version of this project and notably referred in his pre-war speech to “the collapse of the historical Russia known as the USSR.” Zelenskyy and the Ukrainians are fighting for independence against this behemoth and, in so doing, giving Ukraine new national heroes and national lore that will sustain it even if the worst comes.

The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau once wrote of Poland, another country constantly under threat from imperial Russia: “The virtue of her citizens, their patriotic zeal, the particular form that national institutions can give to their spirit, that is the only rampart always ready to defend it, and which no army could breach. If you arrange things such that a Pole could never become a Russian, then I can assure you that Russia will never subjugate Poland.”

The Russian tanks may roll into Kyiv, but Russia won’t ultimately triumph over Ukrainian nationalism.

Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.

Manchin Says He’s Ready to Negotiate Again.

Democrats Must Hold Him to It.

By Paul Waldman and Greg Sargent During President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., sat with Republicans, which was either a heartwarming gesture of bipartisanship or a cruel troll aimed at his own party. A day later, he’s engaged in one of his favorite games, hinting that he’s again open to negotiating over a scaled-down package of climate and social spending.

Though Democrats might feel tempted to throttle Manchin for the harm he’s done by killing Biden’s Build Back Better reconciliation bill, their best option now is to take him at his word - and try to hold him to it.

To be sure, Manchin greeted Biden’s speech by scorning the president’s insistence that more spending now might help bring down costs for ordinary Americans. But now he’s again back to saying he might be open to something that could pass by the Senate reconciliation process, meaning with only Democrats.

Manchin’s latest stance, which he outlined in an interview with Politico, works like this.

First, he wants everything in the package to be paid for over the long term.

Second, he says Democrats should get revenue from two sources: tax reform (reversing some GOP tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, as BBB would have done) and allowing the government to negotiate prices for some prescription drugs and capping some price hikes at inflation, which could save the government hundreds of billions of dollars.

Third, he wants to take those savings and split them equally between deficit reduction and spending on climate change.

That would still leave a lot of BBB behind, of course. But a Democratic aide says this could be a potentially fruitful opening. Via this route, you probably could raise revenue to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on tax incentives and other measures to encourage the manufacture and consumption of alternative energy sources (as BBB would have included).

“This is his way of saying he’s open for business,” the aide tells us, adding that if Manchin is serious, “we need to take this deal immediately.”

But what would this look like? Well, according to Steve Rosenthal, a senior fellow at

the Tax Policy Center, a reasonable starting point would be the revenue that the House version of BBB would have raised, which total nearly $1.5 trillion, according to the Joint Committee on Taxation.

Those revenue raisers include a variety of corporate tax reforms and higher rates on top earners, which Manchin appears open to. Following his own template here, if you plowed a bit more than $700 billion of this into deficit reduction, that would leave at least another $700 billion for spending.

“Half could be devoted to the deficit, and half to spending priorities,” Rosenthal told us.

That would cover the $555 billion to encourage alternative energy sources in the original BBB, and leave a couple hundred billion left to spend.

Following Manchin’s template further, you might be able to do some more genuinely good things. Prescription drug pricing reform would raise nearly $300 billion, according to Kaiser Family Foundation estimates.

If you add that to the aforementioned couple hundred billion, you could fund expanded subsidies for lower-income people who buy health coverage on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, expand the pool of people eligible for those subsidies, and fund Medicaid for people living in red states that haven’t taken the ACA expansion. All that would benefit millions of people.

“With about $300 billion in savings from lowering drug costs, plus a portion of the revenues from higher taxes, it should be possible to extend premium help to ACA enrollees and cover people left out of Medicaid,” Larry Levitt, the executive vice president for health policy at Kaiser, tells us.

If something like this ends up passing, there will be reason to lament the many solutions to pressing problems that died along with BBB. But the contours of even this scaled-back legislation - on taxes, on health care, on climate - would be profoundly worthwhile.

And here’s the most important point of all: These things are eminently doable. That is, as long as Manchin means what he says. Only Manchin himself knows if that’s the case, of course, but Democrats should do all they can to find out one way or the other. (c) 2022, The Washington Post

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Arts Mid-Hudson Names Executive Director POUGHKEEPSIE, NY: Arts Mid-Hudson announced Alyson Pou has been named executive director of the nonprofit devoted to providing vision and leadership to support thriving and diverse arts in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Pou, an artist, arts professional, and advocate, has a passion for innovation and comes to Arts Mid-Hudson with a wealth of knowledge in grantmaking, program development, strategic planning, fundraising, and public relations.

“I am very excited about this announcement” Betsy Carroll, 2021 Arts Mid-Hudson Board Chairperson said.

“Alyson brings a very impressive skill set to the organization.” Pou succeeds Linda Marston-Reid, who held the post for a decade, spearheading the expansion of the nonprofit’s service area to include Dutchess, Ulster, and Orange counties.

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board, and community to support vibrant and diverse arts in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Through its programs and advocacy, Arts Mid Hudson embraces creativity and recognizes the vital role of artists in making our culture and economy thrive,” Pou said.

At Creative Capital, a NYC-based national nonprofit organization that provides funding to groundbreaking artists, Pou played a key role in developing the awards program, overseeing awards of more than $12 million to 242 artists projects, and launching the Artist Services Program. Based on the success of the Awards program she founded the Professional Development program to provide business and life management skills to artists across the country partnering with more than 100 organizations to serve more than 15,000 artists nationwide.

Pou joins Arts Mid-Hudson from Greene County, New York where she served as the Director of the Petronio Residency Center, a national residency program for movement-based artists. She holds a master’s degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia in visual arts and criticism and a bachelor’s degree from the

University of Tennessee in visual arts and history. She maintains an active artistic practice and has exhibited and lectured at numerous museums, galleries, art centers, and colleges around the country. Pou’s installations and performances, deeply rooted in storytelling and women’s history, make use of movement, text, and objects to create an immersive visual and theatrical experience. www.AlysonPou.com About Arts Mid-Hudson: Arts Mid-Hudson is the preeminent nonprofit arts service organization serving the Mid-Hudson region and provides vision and leadership to support thriving and diverse arts in the region.

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Learn To Ice Skate This Spring ALBANY - Online registration is now open for the Albany Figure Skating Club’s popular 8-week Learn to Skate program that starts on Monday, March 14, 2022. Group lessons will be held on Mondays from 5:30 – 6:15 pm at the Albany County Hockey Facility Ice Rink (830 Albany Shaker Rd., Albany).

This program provides beginning and advanced skating instruction for recreational skaters, figure skaters, and hockey skaters aged 3 to adult, and is a fun, safe way to learn to skate or to improve skating skills. Skate rentals are available.

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Clifton Park Chabad Will Host Purim in Persia CLIFTON PARK - It’s Purim, and what better way to celebrate, than to visit Persia, where the story of Queen Esther and her heroism took place! Get your magic carpet ready and fly to Shushan! Clifton Park Chabad will host Purim in Persia at 5:30 pm on Thursday, March 17th at the Clifton Park Senior Community Center.

The Persian themed event will feature a multimedia Megillah reading, delicious Persian cuisine, music, magic at the palace gates, crafts at the street bazaars, Mishloach Manot Gifts at the door and more!

The event is a community-wide program, and all are welcome to join, regardless of Jewish affiliation or background.

In the spirit of Purim, participants are encouraged to dress in Persian style or

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Cost: $10 per Adult, $5 per child (age 4-11).

For more information on Purim festivities or on the holiday of Purim and its observances, contact Clifton Park Chabad at 518495-0772 or email info@ cliftonparkchabad.com

CAPTAIN CHS Announces 2nd Annual Swing Into Action Golf Tournament CAPITAL DISTRICT Play winter golf to support kids, families, and seniors in the community.

CAPTAIN Community and Human Services is proud to present the 2nd Annual Swing Into Action Golf Tournament, taking place on Friday, March 18th at TopTracer Range at Northway Golf Center.

Three flights are available: 12-2pm, 2-4pm, 4-6pm. Tickets are $100 per golfer, or $375 for a foursome. Sponsorships are available. Awards will be given for: Low Gross; Low Net; Longest Drive; Closest to the Pin; and Best Dressed Foursome.

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“Ultimately, this event is about supporting the over thirty programs and services that CAPTAIN CHS offers,” continued Gilpin. “As we continue to have record-level-setting demands, the support of our community and participants and sponsors of our events is critical to meeting that need.”

For more information, please visit our website at captaincares.org/golf, or contact Ava Martin at 518-399-4624.

Brooks’ Chicken BBQ Takeout STILLWATER - Stillwater United Church, 747 Hudson Avenue, is holding a Drive-through/Takeout Brooks’ Chicken BBQ dinner on Saturday, March 19th from 4:00-6:00. Pre-order dinners and schedule a pick-up time by calling 518-664-7984. Price $14 for half-chicken, potato, coleslaw, roll and cake.

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The Cohoes Knights of Columbus Buffet Breakfast COHOES - Sunday March 20th, 2022 from 8:30 am to 11:30 am at the Cohoes Knights of Columbus 192, 255 Remsen Street, Cohoes NY 12047. (Handicapped Assessable) Breakfast menu includes the following: Scrambled Eggs, an Omelet Station Corned Beef Hash, Bacon, Sausage, Home Fries, Pancakes, French Toast

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Town of Colonie Senior Men’s Golf Club is Looking for New Members 55 & Older COLONIE – Senior men’s club plays 9 holes on Tuesday mornings.

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Anesthesia ensures that the animal will remain still and the vet can remove any plaque and tartar that has built up. If a tooth needs to be extracted, sedation ensures that will go smoothly.

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Monitoring Throughout the procedure, a pet’s vital signs are monitored and IV fluids are administered to keep the animal comfortable and safe. Before the pet is brought out of anesthesia, dental x-rays also may be taken to check for problems not visible to the naked eye. The pet also will be monitored after anesthesia in the recovery room.

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What To Know About Cat Reproduction

Pet owners must take many things into consideration in their quest to keep animals healthy and happy. One of those considerations involves animal reproductive health.

Veterinarians as well as animal welfare organizations urge pet owners to spay or neuter their pets, not only to provide various health benefits, but to help reduce overpopulation in pet communities.

Cat pet parents must be especially diligent in their quest to squelch reproduction to help control cat populations. According to The Spruce: Pets, female cats that are not spayed will come into estrus (heat) as early as age four months.

The animal health resource BondVet says a cat can go into heat as often as every two to three weeks. Generally, though, cats are seasonal breeders, indicates the United Kingdom-based RSPCA, which means heat cycles slow down in autumn. Another thing to note is that cats do not enter menopause like people and other animals.

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and Buzzard were instrumental in staffing the CONTINUED FROM 1 Military Courtesy Room with volunteers from veterans’ groups and groups that are associated with the military including Blue Star and Gold Star Mothers.

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cut service costs by 50 percent, part of which it plans to funnel back into making its legacy units — fuel cell-powered vehicles — to “positively impact” its financials.

Company leaders said Plug Power remains dedicated to reducing service costs per unit by 30 percent in the next year and by 45 percent by 2023’s end.

“We expect this improvement on our service costs to materialize in our margin run rates in 2022, potentially resulting in break even service margin run rates by yearend,” the release read.

Higher natural gas prices put business under pressure Plug Power made it a point to address how fuel margins were down due to higher natural gas prices causing its hydrogen molecule costs to rise.

The company predicted its average molecule costs will drop throughout 2022 as capacity ramps up at its recently expanded hydrogen plant in Tennessee and others begin operating.

It forecasts fuel margins will break even come 2023 and hopes that by 2024 the business will begin “generating cash flow and approaching corporate margin targets with potential for upside,” the release noted.

CEO Andy Marsh told investors he has also been watching the situation in Ukraine unfold. He said the crisis is showing nations that autocratic governments cannot be the “gas stations to the world.”

“Liberal democracies will be accelerating the energy transition because of this horrible event and Plug is uniquely positioned to create the future as we can help people, companies and governments transition to a carbon-free solution, not in some distant future, but today,” he emphasized.

Aiming high in 2022 As Plug Power pushes forward toward its goal of creating 70 tons of green hydrogen per day by 2022’s close, it assured investors the company is on track to produce 500 tons per day by 2025, and 1,000 tons per day by 2028.

Leadership credited its progressive strides to several partnerships, such as that with Renault, Fortescue and Fertiglobe, key acquisitions and its ability to attain five major customers in its material handling business, a target it reached three years ahead of schedule.

Plug Power plans to deliver on that promise by establishing a “green hydrogen generation network” in North America. Marsh said building out its network to certify it reaches that goal is a “key priority.”

At present, several hydrogen plants are being constructed with the expectation they come online by the end of the year, including a factory in Rochester that Plug Power said will generate 380 new jobs in Monroe County, while the company breaks ground on multiple other sites CONTINUED ON 9

HOUSE OF THE WEEK 41 Jean Place, Guilderland

Clockwise from Top: The dining room; the kitchen; one of four bathrooms.

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The home at 41 Jean Place, Guilderland, is 3,582 square feet.

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There’s a gas fireplace in the living room and first-floor laundry.

The lot is just under three-quarters of an acre. There’s a large patio behind the home.

Guilderland schools.

Taxes: $12,883.

List price: $595,000.

LEIGH Contact listing agent HORNBECK Fran Callahan with Berkshire Hathaway HOUSE OF THE WEEK Blake at 518-265-9295.

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One of five bedrooms; the living room; the entryway.

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The company also reaffirmed its commitment to achieving revenue of at least $900 million in 2022 and $3 billion by 2025. “(In) 2021 Plug Power grew revenue over 50 percent despite the constraints of supply chain and the impact of the pandemic. In 2022, Plug will almost double revenue,” Marsh said.

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Each day in our cities and towns, families experience loss of a loved one. Within the following twenty-four hours the remaining family members must normally make several hurried, important decisions regarding arrangements which are often completely unfamiliar.

We feel there is a better way and we are encouraging more families to outline the alternatives available long before the need arises. Thus, a more practical and economical decision can be reached when everyone is thinking clearly, rather than at a time of grief and emotional stress.

In this era of absentee-owned “chain” funeral and chain discount funeral homes, that account for nearly half of all the choices available to you in the capital area, we take pride in being independent and family owned.

We consider your confidence in our firm a privilege and stand always prepared to help you in every way possible.

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