Niskayuna residents are encouraged to turn out for the 40th annual celebration of Niska Day by the Niskayuna Community Action Program (N-CAP). Last year'
Niska-Day on but with changes | The Daily Gazette
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NISKAYUNA – The annual Niska-Day event is back this year, after being canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
However, this year’s event will be later than usual – Aug. 21 – and will be smaller than usual, as well. There is no rain date.
“The event will be a scaled-down version,” said Michael Corcoran, the chairman of the event. “We will be having three parades starting at 10 a.m. and run simultaneously in three Niskayuna neighborhoods, instead of the one big parade this is to limit crowding.”
While details on the exact parade routes are still to come, Corcoran said the parades will be in the Avon Crest, Old Niskayuna and Hexum Garden neighborhoods.
HIGH NOTES: Neighborhood cleanups, feeding the hungry, bingo for school groups | The Daily Gazette
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In Ballston Lake, 30 Scouts and family members of Troop 3056 (Boys and Girls) recently collected 110 pounds of trash at the recent Ballston Lake / Burnt Hills Community Clean Up Day. Seventy-two volunteers registered to join in with the annual effort to promote awareness of the environment through a hands on initiative, including F.L Stevens School Daisy Troop 38, and Cub Pack 83. Clean Up Day began in the early 1970s. Its major sponsors are the Ballston Lake Improvement Association and the BH-BL BPA.
In Albany, the Feed Albany hunger relief effort has received a $25,000 challenge grant from Rick and Diana Ostroff of the Albany lobbying firm Ostroff Associates, and will be raising $25,000 to match the grant. Proceeds will be used to purchase equipment for a dedicated commercial kitchen that Feed Albany will open later this spring. Since it was founded shortly after the pande
Published Feb. 25, 2021 in Outlook NISKAYUNA — The commute is short but the days can be long for Caroline Thompson, executive director since November of…
’13 Suits’ docudrama inspired by tragic hit-and-run death of Niskayuna native | The Daily Gazette
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More than a dozen actors both near and far will take the virtual stage this weekend in a production inspired by the tragic loss of a local man.
Called “13 Suits: A Mother’s Monologues,” it follows what happens before and after the death of Patrick Duff, a Niskayuna native who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in 2015. The driver, a young woman, fled the scene and made 17 calls to relatives and lawyers, waiting more than an hour before calling emergency services. By the time help arrived, Duff was dead and his “organ donor” status was no longer relevant.