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By REBECCA WEBSTER Recorder News Staff FONDA — About 30 motorcyclists made a short stop at the National Shrine of Kateri Tekakwitha Saturday to start themselves off on the right foot for biking season. The group rode from the Bad Pig in Rotterdam Junction to the Fonda shrine to get their bikes blessed by Shrine Director Friar Mark Steed. Before blessing the bikes, Steed gave the motorcyclists a short biography of who Kateri was and why the property ...
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By REBECCA WEBSTER Recorder News Staff Wooden spoons with intricately crafted handles lined a table in the Horace J. Inman Senior Center Saturday. Towering above them was a hand-crafted lantern, hanging from a tall piece of sanded wood. "It shows my life history," said carver Fred Jenzer, of Schenectady, pointing to each panel of the lantern as he described the part of his life it pertained to. This piece is his favorite. Jenzer has been woodcarving for a ...
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By MICHAEL KELLY Recorder Sports Staff SCHENECTADY — As teammates rushed to congratulate Amsterdam High School’s Izaiah Brown after he anchored the Rams’ winning 4x400-meter relay team to close Saturday’s William F. Eddy Jr. Track and Field Meet, senior John Hardies stood motionless, too tired to make the walk to Brown just yet. While the AHS boys were lifted to their first-ever team victory at the Eddy Meet largely on the streng ...
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By ADAM SHINDER Recorder Sports Staff JOHNSTOWN -- All six living members the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame's Class of 2013 were on hand for Saturday night's induction ceremonies at the Johnstown Holiday Inn, sharing stories both poignant and humorous about careers which spanned the globe over decades. Tito Santana, J.J. Dillon, Joyce Grable, Baron von Raschke, Bill Watts and Jody Hamilton -- inducted as part of The Assassins tag team with his late partner, T ...
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By ADAM SHINDER Recorder Sports Staff A loose ball that rolled just out of the crease and a clearing pass into traffic that took a bounce in the wrong direction. Two slip-ups that ultimately spelled the end of the season for the Amsterdam High School lacrosse team. Tied with visiting Troy High midway through the fourth quarter of Saturday's opening-round Section II Class B playoff game, the Rams fell behind for the first time when Troy's Joel Braun pounced ...
By ADAM SHINDER Recorder Sports Staff A loose ball that rolled just out of the crease and a clearing pass into traffic that took a bounce in the wrong direction. Two slip-ups that ultimately spelled the end of the season for the Amsterdam High School lacrosse team. Tied with visiting Troy High midway through the fourth quarter of Saturday's opening-round Section II Class B playoff game, the Rams fell behind for the first time when Troy's Joel Braun pounced ...
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May 17, 2013 Louise Kleabonas, 91, formerly of Hagaman, passed away peacefully Friday morning at the Kingsway Manor in Schenectady. Arrangements, under the care of the Betz, Rossi & Bellinger Family Funeral Home, 171 Guy Park Ave ...
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Balance and perspective To the editor: My name is Kathy Hans and I am a candidate for the Greater Amsterdam School District Board of Education. I am a life-long resident of Amsterdam, a mother of two children in the district and a taxpayer. As ...
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MIAMI (AP) -- The handbag Donna Karan was showing off Friday lacked her signature logo, or any designer's logo. It was made of paper mache and, the fashion designer said, represented Haiti's handmade carnival masks -- in wearable form. She said th ...
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· Hardies helps lift Rams to team title at Eddy Meet
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· Amsterdam's Brown dominates Eddy Meet
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· Woodcarvers share their craft
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· Bike blessing draws motorcyclists to shrine
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· Hundreds attend Spring Fling in downtown
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