Paul Grondahl
@PaulGrondahl
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Opalka Endowed Director, NYS Writers Institute - University at Albany. Times Union columnist. Author of bios of Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd & Teddy Roosevelt.
Guilderland, NY
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What I’ve been waiting for, Joni Mitchell’s magical performance of “Clouds” at
#grammys
after near-fatal aneurysm in which she had to re-learn how to speak and sing. A remarkable performance sample of resilience, creativity & the human spirit. Left me in tears.
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“Take it to the house, kid!”
What a beautiful and moving opener. I hope the game lives up to that awesome video and its breakout star.
#SuperBowl
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Never expected to make the
@nytimes
this way. My wife
@marygrondahl
said: "I think that's you."
I'd glanced at the photo & thought: "What a doofus." We scrutinized it more closely and, alas, that doofus was me. LMAO.
@nyswi
@CaseySeiler
@goodwintu
Reading the
@nytimes
today and noticed someone familar
@PaulGrondahl
. He read the same story. Never noticed.
#lookup
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The comeback is underway. Thank you my love. Mary is the best partner-wife-caregiver-supporter. So many family & friends to thank. Extremely fortunate & grateful. Tremendous care and dedicated health care professionals
@SPHPNewa
@PaulGrondahl
looking great after climbing back from a horrific bout of bacterial pneumonia. So much gratitude to the amazing nurses, doctors and staff at St. Peters Hospital for their amazing care. 🎉🌟💝
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Two thumbs way up for
@BelfastMovie
A love letter from Kenneth Branagh to the human spirit and the resilient Irish city where he grew up. Hits a sweet spot between “Angela’s Ashes” & “In the Name of the Father.” Beautifully acted across the board. Worthy of Oscar buzz.
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Wow! Congratulations
@awkwafina
on your
#GoldenGlobesAwards2020
win for Best Actress. So proud of our
@ualbanyalumni
and friend of
@nyswi
@ualbany
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Dear Friends: I have been overwhelmed by your outpouring of kind words and well wishes. I feel grateful and fortunate. Your expressions of care and support lifted me up as I make my comeback en route to a full recovery. I am a lucky guy. Thank you.
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This hit me deep:Two beautiful soulmates, brilliant writers, forever one My Buddy: Patti Smith Remembers Sam Shepard
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Sunset over the Hudson River Sunday evening at Van Wies Point, Glenmont, NY. Now I understand what inspired Frederic Church, Thomas Cole & the other Hudson River School painters.
@AlbanyInstitute
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@RevDrBarber
fired up a capacity crowd
@UAlbany
@nyswi
for MLK speech calling out “policy racism” like voter suppression & poverty wages— appealing for moral unity, social justice & poor people to rise up and be heard
@UniteThePoor
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Happy 94th birthday to Bill Kennedy. Writer, mentor, founder
@nyswi
@ualbany
We shared laughs as he answered calls from old friends & literary pals. He’s working on a novel & editing a collection of plays & screenplays. Going strong!
@ualbanyalumni
@HavidanUAlbany
@CaseySeiler
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
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Let us now praise Dove & Hudson (Old Books) of Albany, still the gold standard. Thanks Dan Wedge & Joseph Nathan for keeping the flame burning. As John Updike said: “Bookstores are lonely forts, spilling light onto the sidewalk. They civilize their neighborhoods.”
@nyswi
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What a terrific evening in conversation with broadcast journalism legend
@DanRather
He spoke truth to power, defended freedom of the press and advocated for patriotism. Courage!
@nyswi
@ualbany
@ualbanyalumni
@UAlbanyNews
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Well-deserved praise from leading media outlets around the nation. Take a bow
@timesunion
. You have done us proud with your dogged work on the Cuomo scandal, especially
@Brendan_LyonsTU
@CaseySeiler
@ChrisBragg1
@therealjsolo
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Grateful to be back in the bike saddle. O Guilderland country roads, I missed you.
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Cool to see
@ualbany
grad
@awkwafina
on the red carpet at
#oscars
Our
@nyswi
friend & former
@timesunion
intern
@ualbanyalumni
& star of
#CrazyRichAsians
Hope to see you back at your alma mater.
#UnleashGreatness
#oneofthegreats
@Tablehopping
@AmyBiancolli
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What a delight to welcome
@paulinaporizkov
to
@nyswi
@ualbany
She was funny, warm, authentic and disarmingly candid. Her luminous beauty is obvious, but it is heart and brains that really shine. What a marvelous spirit. Thanks, Paulina. You made a lot of new fans in Albany.
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I think
@RebeccaLobo
was doing a good job on tonight’s
@IowaWBB
vs.
@lsuwbb
game, but there was no call for her cheap put-down: “Good luck finding something to do in Albany.” I could suggest a few dozen things.
@discoveralbany
@MayorSheehan
@capregchamber
@LarkStreetBID
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Happy 90th birthday to my marvelous Mom, Bonnie Jean Grondahl, born Dec. 28, 1931 in Seattle. Here’s to many more. Love you, Mom.
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We are on Cloud 9 here
@nyswi
today. Awed and grateful for 2 major gifts to the Writers Institute from 2
@ualbanyalumni
$500K from Gregory Maguire & $100K from
@mguggenheim
Thank you Gregory & Marc. Read the exciting news here:
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Tough goodbyes to
@timesunion
photographers
@cschultzphoto
@MfarrellP
Great talents, good friends. Keep shooting -30-
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I never took a journalism class but my two mentors, Bill Kennedy & Harry Rosenfeld, taught me more about how to be a reporter, a writer and a man than any book or class. I am honored to call them my friends.
@nyswi
@ualbany
@timesunion
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It’s been an amazing 29-year ride with the love of my life. I am a lucky guy. The next 29 years of adventure together await.
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I had a wonderful visit yesterday with my mentor & friend, Harry Rosenfeld,
@timesunion
editor-at-large, legendary newspaperman, author of two memoirs: “From Kristallnacht to Watergate” & “Battling Editor.” Harry is nearly 92 & facing serious health issues. Say a prayer.
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Happy 65th wedding anniversary to Bill & Dana Kennedy. Wonderful party with family & friends last night to celebrate the milestone. Remarkable couple & a never-ending love story. Terrific photo by their son Brendan. Cheers.
@nyswi
@marygrondahl
@ualbanyalumni
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Breaking news:
@NYGovCuomo
announces Albany landmark building
@SUNY
headquarters wil be named for African-American political icon H. Carl McCall. I am honored to be working with Chairman McCall on his memoir.
@nyswi
@ualbany
@timesunion
@SUNYChancellor
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This is Bill Kennedy’s trusty old L.C. Smith & Corona typewriter. It had been his mother’s and he typed his early novels on it, including “Ironweed.” It is on the move for a new
@nyswi
exhibit at
@AlbanyAirport
. Stay tuned for details.
@ualbanyalumni
@HavidanUAlbany
@ualbany
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A beautiful tribute in
@nytimes
to our friend. RIP Pat.
@BryantStratton
@CollegeofStRose
@ualbany
@CoachPerno
@CoachFrusc
@UAlbanyMBB
@UAHOOPSWB
Patrick Filien, Peripatetic Basketball Coach, Dies at 51
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Love this full-page ad in today’s
@timesunion
It lists every employee’s name and states: “These names aren’t just Times Union employees — they are the Times Union.” I call them my friends. Bravo.
@CaseySeiler
@goodwintu
@editricks
@chris_churchill
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Happy 91st birthday to Bill Kennedy, mentor, founder of
@nyswi
, great American novelist, singer of standards, ukulele player, bon vivant.
@nyswi
staffers helped him celebrate yesterday. Here’s to many more Bill.
@ualbany
@timesunion
@VikingBooks
@SUNYPress
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RIP to a man I admired, Mayor Corning's one & only tailor and long a staple of State Street. A vital piece of Albany's fabric is gone. I regret we never got to share a bottle of good red as we promised. Angelo Amore, famed Albany tailor, dies at 91
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On parking lot duty at today’s
@ualbany
commencement I met a father who drove his yellow cab from NYC to see his son walk across stage. We’ve been dubbed “the Harvard of upward mobility” and these are stories of Great Dane pride.
@HavidanUAlbany
@MikeChristakis
@CarolKimUAlbany
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Congratulations to
@CaseySeiler
newly appointed editor
@timesunion
hugging his predecessor
@rexwsmith
who becomes editor-at-large on Feb. 1 as editor emeritus Harry Rosenfeld and publisher George Hearst shake after today’s newsroom announcement.
@Hearst
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Another reason why I love Albany. Steeped in history. Everywhere you turn, important history happened. Noticed this plaque in front of SUNY Central along Broadway for first time.
@AlbanyArchives
@albanymuskrat
@AlbanyInstitute
@hearabouthere
@SUNYChancellor
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BREAKING:
@MaMarchand
reports this question on tonight’s
@Jeopardy
: Author William Kennedy made his hometown, this state capital, the setting for his trilogy of novels Including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ironweed. Nobody got “What is Albany?” So sad.
@nyswi
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Thanks to all our sponsors of yesterday’s
#albanybookfestival
a resounding success that drew 5,000 book lovers & more than 150 writers, booksellers & publishers. Shall we do it again next year?
@nyswi
@ualbany
@timesunion
@CDTA
@WAMCRadio
@WMHTPubMedia
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Wish this guy, one of America’s great newspaper editors, Happy 90th Birthday. Proud to call Harry Rosenfeld a mentor & friend. Thanks for celebrating Harry today
@timesunion
@rexwsmith
@CaseySeiler
@albscribe
@SUNYPress
@columbiajourn
@NewhouseSU
@Hearst
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Meet
@paulinaporizkov
and buy a copy of NO FILTER to get signed. An honest & intimate memoir w/insights into beauty, marriage, betrayal & more. Tomorrow 7:30 pm. Page Hall. Downtown campus.
@ualbany
@nyswi
@mroachsmith
@ualbanyalumni
@bookhousealbany
@UAlbanyNews
#nofilter
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Nice to see Gregory Maguire in our office yesterday. He created the Maguire Family Endowment Fund to support
@nyswi
programs. The author of
#Wicked
& dozens more books, he’s a distinguished UAlbany alum.
@ualbany
@ualbanyalumni
@UAlbanyNews
@AlbanyNYLibrary
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Rakim & me. He gave love, respect and encouragement to hundreds of fans of all ages today. A beautiful, empowering event for Albany. Community engagement at its best.
@nyswi
@ualbany
@HavidanUAlbany
@ualbanyalumni
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo sings “Land ofHope and Dreams” by
@springsteen
while reading an essay from his book “The Destiny Thief” tonight
@nyswi
@ualbany
@UAlbanyLibs
@rpi
@penguinrandom
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“Telling the Truth” 4th ed symposium was an enlightening & lively conversation about confronting threats to democracy with brilliant panelists
@brianstelter
@nandoodles
@JonLemire
@DevlinBarrett
@nyswi
@ualbany
@UAlbanyNews
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Super-excited fans of
@paolini
drove from NH, RI & beyond to meet the author & get stacks of his books signed. They lined up 2 hrs before doors opened & stood in 2-hr plus signing line. Amazing event
@nyswi
@bookhousealbany
@penguinrandom
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Hey
@awkwafina
Your pals here
@nyswi
and
@ualbany
@ualbanyalumni
are very excited about your hosting
@nbcsnl
this week. Give a Great Danes shoutout! And break a leg! UAlbany alum Awkwafina to host 'Saturday Night Live' via
@timesunion
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We interrupt your regular social media programming to announce this milestone:
@nyswi
YouTube channel broke through 1 million views.
#albanybookfetival
put us over the top. Thanks all. Doing cartwheels.
@ualbany
@ualbanyalumni
@HavidanUAlbany
@FardinSanai
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What a joy to spend the afternoon with Harry Rosenfeld,
@timesunion
editor-at-large & newsroom legend. My pal
@RobBrill
edited “Battling Editor,” vol. 2 of Harry’s memoirs. I worked with Harry on vol. 1, “From Kristallnacht to Watergate.” A national treasure for journalism.
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Lest we forget. Albany used to be a Top 10 US City. People often do not believe me when l mention this fact. Thanks for the reminder
@tjbly
@timesunion
@albanymuskrat
@AlbanyArchives
@AlbanyInstitute
@AlbanyCityHall
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Now, more than ever. Time to subscribe to real newspapers. Thanks
@timesunion
#SupportRealNews
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With
@MarkRuffalo
and
@nyswi
founder Bill Kennedy after a staged reading of
#Ironweed
. Ruffalo’’s portrayal of Francis Phelqn was brilliant, mesmerizing & wholly original.
@AtlanticTheater
Jessica Hecht crushed it. Terrific direction by Jodie Markell. Bravo.
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Thank you Bill Kennedy for putting Albany on the literary map, for founding
@NYSWI
& making your hometown proud.
@AlbanyCityHall
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A very proud moment for my mentor and our Founding Father
@nyswi
with the Presidential Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad presented by Ireland’s President Michael D. Higgins in Dublin Thursday
@MichaelDHiggins
@ualbany
@timesunion
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Bravo. Bill Kennedy finishes reading the final pages of his novel “Ironweed.”
@nyswi
@UAlbanyNews
@theREPny
@CaseySeiler
@AlbDistCo
@discoveralbany
@ualbanyalumni
@IrishAmericaMus
@HistoricAlbany
@AlbanyNYLibrary
@AlbanyInstitute
@JoeCDonahue
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A nice surprise. Thanks for the proclamation
@GovKathyHochul
on the 40th anniversary of
@nyswi
@ualbany
& 95th birthday of founder William Kennedy. We will proudly display this in our office. Much appreciated.
@UAlbanyNews
@UAlbanyGovRel
@HavidanUAlbany
@CarolKimUAlbany
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Congratulations to our friend
@colsonwhitehead
& current
@nyswi
NYS Author on receiving the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction after back-to-back Pulitzers. You’re going to need a bigger bookcase.
@ualbany
@HavidanUAlbany
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Bittersweet to be packing up desk
@timesunion
, my home since '84. So many memories, stories left unwritten.
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RIP to the brilliant journalist & commentator
@CokieRoberts
@nyswi
@ualbany
We will always remember the day you spent at UAlbany. We laughed a lot. You are
#oneofthegreats
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Ed Dague will be missed. I thought of him as our local Walter Crionkite & admired his professionalism. I was privileged to profile him in 2010. He gave me an unvarnished view of his excruciatingly painful degenerative arthritic condition. RIP Ed.
RIP Ed Dague, 'a voice of authority and the consistently top-rated (and highest-paid) local TV anchor. His career spanned four decades and included stints at channels 10, 6 and 13..'
@PaulGrondahl
profiled him when he published his memoir
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Stunning
@nyt
front page & inside pages today, 5 pages of COVID-19 victims’ names in 10-pt. type w/1,000 short bios or 1 pct. of 100,000 deaths. “An Incalculable Loss” “They were not simply names on a list. They were us.” A wrenching typographical display.
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The Gray Lady printed a perhaps unprecedented profanity on its front page today from President Trump: “I’m fucked.” Desperate Times call for desperate measures
@nytimes
@maggieNYT
@peterbakernyt
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I appreciate the honesty and heads-up of this young driver. Having taught my two kids to drive a stick shift, I can relate to this jerky-jerky, gear-grinding, head-snapping reality. PS: We all survived and so did my car.
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I stopped to chat with this couple while walking the dog today in my
#guilderland
neighborhood. They lifted my hopes for Nov. 3. They are my new everyday heroes.
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My story: Grondahl: Jammella Anderson’s rise from food insecurity to the cover of Time via
@TimesUnion
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Stop the presses. An ad in today’s
@timesunion
classifieds for a full-time reporter. A rare and welcome development
@GranvilleSent
#journalismmatters
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“What would America look like without racism?”
@MsLaToshaBrown
asks challenging question in discussion on systemic racism part of
@ualbany
#MLK
Celebration. “The majority of people can’t imagine an America without racism.”
@nyswi
@amedina921
@HavidanUAlbany
@SamJCaldwell
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Celebrating a Great Danes
@UAlbanyMBB
upset in Boston and signature win over
@BCMBB
with
@CoachKillingsDK
& AD Mark Benson. It’s a great day to be a Great Dane.
#MENTALITY
@HavidanUAlbany
@ualbanyalumni
@nyswi
@timesunion
@RodgerWyland
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The Writers Institute proudly welcomes to
@ualbany
@CokieRoberts
Bestselling author, Emmy winner, “living legend”
@NPR
@ABC
@NYSWI
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Congratulations
@ualbanywbb
and
@coachmull2
You are going to The Dance. Good luck in
@MarchMadnessWBB
#UnleashGreatness
and bust some brackets.
@HavidanUAlbany
@RichBecker518
@ualbanyalumni
@UAlbanyNews
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Exactly what Mary said
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Nice swan song for
@tjwilkin
@SportsTU
by
@RodgerWyland
@WNYT
tonight. Called Timmy “witty and likable.” No better turf writer in the land. Amazing memory for classic film lines. Thanks for the laughs, friend. Jarboe & Graves grinning.
@goodwintu
@ByTimLayden
@keithmarder
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Happy Easter from The Egg. Or, in the immortal words of Isaac Bashevis Singer to William Kennedy: “Could be an egg...could be a blintz.”
@nyswi
@TheEggPAC
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O Albany! Oh what a night. “This Is Your Life, William Kennedy.” What fun
@NYSWI
With Bill & Jack McEneny, Albany’s great chroniclers.
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Last night, after the end of his Broadway show, Bruce Springsteen gave us a bonus song, “This Hard Land.” It was a transformative, transcendent and redemptive performance. Pure magic. Nobody connects with an audience like The Boss.
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We made the marquee. The inaugural
#albanyfilmfestival
is on! Tonight. 8 pm start. We’ll be Singin’ In The Rain. What a glorious feelin’ to be together again. See you at the Malta Drive-In.
@nyswi
@UAlbanyNews
@ualbanyalumni
@HavidanUAlbany
@UAlbanyFund
@FardinSanai
@timesunion
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Historic smack down by
@timesunion
editorial board of Sen. Jim Tedisco. For first time in the paper’s history, it rescinded its endorsement of Tedisco’s candidacy because he lied about his position on abortion. Bravo. Truth matters.
@JayJoch
@rexwsmith
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Nice send-off & traditional “clapping out” for
@tjwilkin
on his last day
@timesunion
after 35 years as a sports writer specializing in horse racing.
@jeffwilkin1
@RodgerWyland
@therealgaryhahn
The Brothers Wilkin shared some stories, some laughs, some beers.
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This group of girls jumped off their bikes, raced up to this open classroom window and chatted excitedly with their beloved former teacher at Pine Bush Elementary School. Teachers touch lives. They deserve our gratitude, now more than ever.
@GuilderlandCSD
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It's here. Our eagerly anticipated, amazing spring 2019 lineup
@nyswi
of visiting writers & a diverse group of creative artists. Click on the program cover and all will be revealed. Enjoy!
@ualbany
@ualbanyalumni
@UAlbanyFund
@ualbanynews
@WAMCRoundtable
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Humbled. Excited. Grateful for a great opportunity.
@NYSWI
.
New position for Times Union newshound via
@TimesUnion
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I loved seeing this full-page ad in this morning’s
@timesunion
I thank the editorial staff in the trenches putting out the first draft of history under challenging circumstances. I am proud to still play a small part with the people & paper I love.
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Back by popular demand, another Paul & Paul selfie. PG & PT. The wind chill was sub-zero Saturday but
@PaulTonko
showed up. The hardest-working member of Congress bar none.
@Rotary
@ESAMofNY
PT got the memo on black fleece winter jacket.
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Here’s what 92 looks like. Amazing. Happy Birthday Toast to Bill Kennedy as Albany’s greatest author embraces his 93rd year. A very special
@hearstwine
Can courtesy of George Hearst. Here’s to you Bill. May you enjoy many more.
@timesunion
@nyswi
@ualbany
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Nothing finer than a gorgeous day boating on Lake George. It truly is the “queen of American lakes.”’
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Even the
@nytimes
needs more copy editors, a dying breed. Spot the error in this headline.
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Enjoying sunset w/
@marygrondahl
over Moscow while watching World Cup Belgium-England match.
#TimeOut
Rooftop bar. Thanks
@AlyonaAlekhina
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Epic finish. Nobody leaving. Peter Hooley hits buzzer-beater.for his mom.
http://t.co/r79BWSQDyi
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#OTD1917
@timesunion
: Albany woman goes to the movies, discovers on screen her estranged husband who absconded with their daughter years ago
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