News Updates
Fahy is Coeymans’ new state senator
By Melanie Lekocevic Capital Region Independent Media COEYMANS — Election Day brought Coeymans a new state senator. Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy was elected to fill the seat vacated by state Sen. […]
Election results – Albany County
EDITOR’S NOTE: All results are unofficial at this time. An “X” next to a candidate’s name indicates a projected winner. U.S. SENATE: (with 11,531 of 13,357 districts reporting) X Kirsten […]
Pet supply mission hampered by local suspicion and misinformation
By Marlene McTigue Capital Region Independent Media RAVENA — In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated areas of western North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky, families and communities […]
Toys for Tots: A helping hand for the holidays
By Marlene McTigue Capital Region Independent Media COEYMANS—Riverview Missionary Baptist Church is once again operating its annual Toys for Tots campaign, thanks to the dedication of local volunteers like Rosa […]
Columns
Whittling Away: Flipper
By Dick Brooks For Capital Region Independent Media It’s out there, waiting, hiding in the pack, looking like all the others. It knows when I’m coming and somehow it works […]
News from the Past in Memory of Harry A. Sturges
News Herald – October 24, 1924 – F.E. Bleezarde, Publisher Coeymans: Ravena: Coeymans Herald – October 23, 1889 – S.H. & E.J. Sherman, Proprietors
Whittling Away: Shopping
By Dick Brooks For Capital Region Independent Media I think I’m finally catching on to this shopping thing. I had the disadvantage of having been born male, and shopping doesn’t […]
News from the Past in Memory of Harry A. Sturges
News Herald – October 17, 1924 – F.E. Bleezarde, Publisher Coeymans: Ravena: Coeymans Herald – October 16, 1889 – S.H. & E.J. Sherman, Proprietors
Events
Events: RCS Community Library
Thursday, Nov. 7, from 10-11 a.m. Family Storytime is a fun, participatory storytime for the whole family that includes songs, fingerplays, stories and movement activities. Early literacy activities are emphasized. […]
Events: RCS Community Library
Thursday, Oct. 31, from 10-11 a.m. Family Storytime is a fun, participatory storytime for the whole family that includes songs, fingerplays, stories and movement activities. Early literacy activities are emphasized. […]
Events: RCS Community Library
Thursday, Oct. 24, from 10-11 a.m. Family Storytime is a fun participatory storytime for the whole family that includes songs, fingerplays, stories and movement activities. Early literacy activities are emphasized. […]
Health & Wellness
Positively Speaking: Blood rain
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media While I focus on the positive, I’m a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious. Who doesn’t love a good mystery? I’m […]
Positively Speaking: Blood rain
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media While I focus on the positive, I’m a fan of the Strange, Dark, and Mysterious. Who doesn’t love a good mystery? I’m […]
Positively Speaking: The griper
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media If you like to gripe, you’ll say about me, “He’s just writing this column to complain about people who like to gripe! […]
Positively Speaking: Peace Pilgrim
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media It’s easy to feel like everything is falling apart these days. The economy is uncertain, with prices climbing and jobs becoming more […]
Lifestyle
Social Security Matters: Taxation of Social Security benefits
By Russell Gloor For Capital Region Independent Media Dear Rusty: I am past my Social Security full retirement age and I am still working. I am married and we file […]
Social Security Matters: Signing up for Social Security and Medicare Part B at 70
By Russell Gloor For Capital Region Independent Media Dear Rusty: I just turned 69 years old in August 2024 and am still working full-time. I signed up for Medicare Part […]
Positively Speaking: Manifestation
By Toby Moore For Capital Region Independent Media Manifestation—does it truly work? For decades, this concept has captured significant attention, especially in the pages of popular self-help books like “The […]
Social Security Matters: Retroactive Social Security benefits
By Russell Gloor For Capital Region Independent Media Dear Rusty: Both my wife and I are 67 1/2, i.e., past our full retirement age of 66 years and six months. […]