Benita Zahn talks TV, health, 65 mph veggie burgers and nudity
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Benita Zahn in June 1980, about a year after she started at WNYT NewsChannel 13. (Times Union archive.)Times Union archiveShow MoreShow Less
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Benita Zahn interviews actress Angie Dickinson in February 1982. (Times Union archive.)Times Union Historic ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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Benita Zahn in a Russell Sage College theater production in April 1984/ (Tom LaPoint/Times Union.)Tom LaPoint/Times Union Historic ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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Benita Zahn received the Maria College McAuley Award and gave a speech, during the 45th annual Maria College commencement at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany in May 2007. ( Philip Kamrass/Times Union.) PHILIP KAMRASS/DGShow MoreShow Less
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State vaccination effort hits milestone | The Daily Gazette
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ALBANY New York state reached a milestone in its COVID vaccination campaign late Wednesday or early Thursday: More than half the state’s adult population has received at least one dose of the vaccination.
As of midday Thursday, 50.7% of New Yorkers age 18 or older have received at least one dose. Most of the 12.64 million doses have been the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines that require a second shot for full effectiveness, but even the first dose is believed to provide some immunity to the virus that has infected more than 1 in 10 New Yorkers and killed more than 41,000.
Saratoga Springs native has done sound engineering for films, TV; he’s about to make directorial debut | The Daily Gazette
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Saratoga Springs native has done sound engineering for films, TV; he’s about to make directorial debut
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Growing up in Saratoga Springs, Matt Rocker saw everything as an instrument.
When recording a demo tape as a kid, he’d play some chords on his acoustic guitar, loop drum fills off his Casio keyboard’s drum machine, record it all with a four-track recorder and mix it down with an old-school reel-to-reel tape deck. He did what he could to make music, and oftentimes that meant getting a little innovative.
Local districts, schools plan socially quarantined Valentine distribution Friday | The Daily Gazette
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Valentine’s Day is one of the most important days of the year for grade school students. After all, there’s nothing sweeter than passing out goodie bags and cards to your peers.
That’s why several local schools and districts are finding ways to keep the holiday, and its many in-school celebrations, going for students who opted for in-person learning this year amid the pandemic.
“I remember being an elementary kid and coming home with the big envelope that you made out of paper,” said Bob Kraemer, principal of Johnstown’s Warren Street Elementary. “And you stapled it and filled it with all your Valentine’s Day cards. It’s just a tradition that elementary kids should have. And we didn’t want to lose it.”