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Highlights from the upcoming New York State Writers Institute spring 2022 series include...

BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards said Wednesday the Louisiana Economic Development (LED) agency landed 34 projects in 2021, totaling a purported $20

Few 10 year olds can say they have six years of experience running a successful relief ministry. However, for the last six years, William Patrick Happholdt, a 5th-grade student at

Author William Patrick is here to tell us about his new book, "Metrofix: The Combative Comeback of a Company Town." The book shows what went right and what went wrong when General Electric moved most of its businesses out of Schenectady, New York. Between 1960 and 2000, this company town would lose 30,000 residents, and like so many other cities in post-industrial America, faced overwhelming forces that pushed it toward imminent ruin. With historic photos, deeply-researched details, an...

Editor’s note: More information became available after the original story appeared in the Urbana Daily Citizen Nov. 24. That information is included

When Credibility Matters

A new book by a local author details a comeback story in the City of Schenectady — detailing the grassroots efforts to change the future of the Electric City.

Author William Patrick pens “Metrofix: The Combative Comeback of a Company Town,” a...

BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry is touting an oil-and-gas land lease sale – the first of the Biden administration – that could deliver