August 6, 2013

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August 6-18

SHREK

25 Years of free theatre… The Park Playhouse

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August 17
The 2013 Clove Run Road Races are Coming Soon!
The Castleton Road Racing Commission in conjunction with theCastleton-Schodack Kiwanis Club have scheduled the Clove Run races to be held in the beautiful Village of Castleton on August 17th. All proceeds will once again benefit the Anchor food pantry in Castleton. There will be a children’s 1 mile fun run, a new event this year, a 5K walk, a 5K running race and a 10 mile race all starting from the Castleton Elementary School at 8:30 am. The awards ceremony will begin immediately after the races are completed with a great lunch and live music. For more information, visit the Clove Run web site at http://www.vanrensselaerdivision.org/Clove_Run/  or call the Race Director at 518-732-2940.  Runners who are interested in online pre-registration can do so at Active.com or via a link on the Clove Run web site.  A brochure containing the Race Application may be downloaded from the Web Site and mailed to the address on the Race Application. We look forward to seeing you at Castleton’s Community Running Event of the Summer! 

August 2, 2013

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

174890398Meet 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."


July 31, 2013

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


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.

New, potentially fatal tick borne illness found in local areas

Posted: Jul 29, 2013 6:10 PM EDT

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.

July 30, 2013

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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July 29, 2013

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