Pope Cries With Nathan de Brito, The Little Boy Who Brought Him To Tears (VIDEO)

Meet Nathan de Brito, the little boy who broke past barriers to run into Pope Francis' arms on Friday in order to tell him something that moved the pontiff to tears.

They embraced on the Popemobile as de Brito confided to Pope Francis, "Your Holiness, I want to be a priest of Christ, a representative of Christ."

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FREE Movie Night @ EG Pop Warner Field

To celebrate the start of the 2013 Season, the EGPW Board invites you to join us for Movie Night!

We will be showing "Here Comes the Boom" Starring Kevin James

Driver on phone when Spanish train derailed, court says

By CNN Staff

Driver on phone when Spanish train derailed, court says

Authorities have charged the train's driver, Francisco Jose Garzon, with 79 counts of homicide by professional recklessness and an undetermined number of counts of causing injury by professional recklessness.

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New, potentially fatal tick borne illness found in local areas

Posted: Jul 29, 2013 6:10 PM EDT

By Lindsay Nielsen - email

 

ALBANY, N.Y. - Ticks are now carrying a new, potentially deadly virus in our area.

According to researchers at the Wadsworth Center, the deer tick virus, also known as Powassan virus, has been found in Saratoga, Albany, Rensselaer and Columbia Counties.

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Hobo Heyseus filmed in Schodack

A Native (Albany) New Yorker

A cosmopolitan New York City actor known for daring roles in edgy films, Theodore Bouloukos returns to his Capital Region roots to play a gentle pastor

by Ann Morrow on July 18, 2013 · 0 comments

Actor Theodore Bouloukos is every inch a New Yorker: erudite, meticulously cultured, and almost famous within an avant-garde career. So quintessentially Manhattan is this sharp-dressed man that he was profiled in New York magazine for a series called The Locals (his locale was Carnegie Hill).

Theodore Bouloukos on the set, photo by Nathaniel Kramer

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Community Calendar

• 8/1 New Kids on The Block
• 8/4 A Day at the Dairy
• 8/6 Shrek The Musical
• 8/10 Mini Market Chicken BBQ
• 8/17 The Clove Run
• 9/7 & 9/8 Gathering of the Tribes

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Movie Night at Castleton Public Library

Teen Movie

Castleton Public Library
Monday, Jul 29, 6:00 PM 518-732-0879.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Gathering of the tribes at Brown's farm

Two Row Wampum flotilla embarks on Hudson River journey

By Ian Benjamin
ibenjamin@troyrecord.com
Twitter.com/ibenja2

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RENSSELAER — It has been 400 years since the first treaty between the Dutch in the New World and the indigenous peoples was made, but the passage of centuries has not softened belief in the treaty's principles for many.

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