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A YOUNG boy with beautiful hair has completed a brave fundraising challenge in a bid to help other struggling children.

Renovations at a nearly century old building reveal one of its early tenants. A sign from the past, visible earlier this week. “I was shocked.” That’s how Jim Nash, with the Farnsworth-Hill property management company, describes his reaction when workers rehabbing the 708 Church Street building earlier this week uncovered a sign from years gone by. “Milburns,” the sign said, above a window and some plywood window coverings. That 708 Church storefront most r...

How 100 years of the Democratic rule has shaped the city of Albany FacebookTwitterEmail Albany County Democratic boss Dan OConnell, undated. (Bernie Kolenberg, Times Union archives/Courtesy William Kennedy) ALBANY — One can argue whether the Albany Democratic machine was good or evil or how much of it remains today, but this much is indisputable: It has etched itself into American political history as one for the ages. It has been 100 years since the O’Connell-Corning Democratic machine se...

How 100 years of the Democratic rule has shaped the city of Albany FacebookTwitterEmail Albany County Democratic boss Dan OConnell, undated. (Bernie Kolenberg, Times Union archives/Courtesy William Kennedy) ALBANY — One can argue whether the Albany Democratic machine was good or evil or how much of it remains today, but this much is indisputable: It has etched itself into American political history as one for the ages. It has been 100 years since the O’Connell-Corning Democratic machine se...

Uncle Dan creates a spice — and starts as a cottage business born of the pandemic Updated Dec 10, 2020; Posted Dec 10, 2020 Uncle Dans Spice company started as a cottage industry in the pandemic. Its namesake comes from Dan Acquafredda, a Willowbrook native. (Courtesy of Olivia Tigri) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Willowbrook native Dan Acquafredda shook a special spice combination he created that’s been a hit among friends and neighbors in his Brick, N.J. community. But the Sou...

>> reporter: sergeant miller, i knew him as grandpa. and i loved him dearly. >> he was intimidating to a lot of people but anybody who ever got to know him would realize hed basically give the shirt off his back to you. >> reporter: this is my uncle dan, franks youngest son. >> he took his job very seriously. if you broke the law or committed a crime, he has a job to do. >> reporter: in my grandfathers memorabilia i find a flip book of mug shots including a 19-year-old named prentice mckinney. >...

The human race. while as sergeant miller, i knew him as grandpa and i loved him dearly. >> he was intimidating to a lot of people. anybody that got to know him would realize he basically give the shirt off his back to you. >> this is uncle dan, franks youngest son. >> he took his job very seriously. and if you broke the law, or committed a crime, hes got a job to do. >> my grandfathers memorabilia, find a flip book of mug shots, including a 19-year-old named prentice mckinney. >> we come out the...

>> crimes against the people, c conspiracy -- as a feeling member of the human race. >> milwaukee knew him as sgt. miller and i knew him as grandpa and i loved him dearly. >> he was intimidating to a lot of people, but anybody that got to know him would realize, he would basically give the shirt off of his back to you. >> this is my uncle dan. franks youngest son. >> he took his job seriously and if you broke the law, or you committed a crime, he has got a job to do. >> and my grandfathers memor...

Basically give the shirt off his back to you. >> this is my uncle dan, franks youngest son. >> he took his job seriously. and if you broke the law or you committed a crime, hes got a job to do. >> and my greaters memory bealia i find a flip book of must go shots including a 19-year-old named presentis mckinney. >> we come out there with love in hearts and mind open we love everybody process they love everybody. i dont love everybody. because when a bigot throws a brick at me i dont love him you ...

Different states but didnt let that stop him. bill faced some complicated truths about his familys past in an emotional homecoming, one that revealed some surprising discoveries about the identity of our country in the age of trump. take a look. >> sergeant frank mill, commander of the tactical squad, crimes against the people. conspiracy to violate the civil rights of black people, general inability to function as a feeling member of the human race. >> the i knew him as grandpa, and i loved him...