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Banners celebrate Local people, local businesses
Most people don’t like having their picture taken. I know that because I’m among them. And so, it is with the special discomfort reserved only for the most blatant hypocrites that I stand on this side...
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Carnage at the car show: Robot meltdown
Terminator 2: A glimpse of a future dominated by robots I didn’t go to the Albany Auto Show this weekend expecting dismemberment. Not even of the mechanical variety. I went to show support for the six...
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Living large: Banners celebrate local people
This summer, Central Avenue celebrates its place as Albany’s main thoroughfare with a salute to local business. The Central Avenue Business Improvement District’s “Local People, Local Business” banner...
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Small Business Saturday: Watkins Spring, Co.
Garage grizzly: Thomas Kingston stands in front of the two-story Happy Bear sign that has greeted Watkins Spring, Co. customers for half a century. Watkins Spring, located at 368 Central Avenue, has...
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Small Business Saturday: Memory Studios
John "Jack" Minozzi and his brother James Minozzi own Memory Studios, the only monument business in the City of Albany. Memory Studios has been in their family for 80 years, but the legacy ends with...
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Small Business Saturday: Baby Malcolm’s Concierge Inc.
Tyrone Newsome, CEO of Baby Malcolm's Concierge Inc., behind the wheel of one of the company's fleet vehicles. Tyrone Newsome’s small business, Baby Malcolm’s Concierge Inc., is based on a simple...
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Small Business Saturday: Capital Kidzwear
Not child's play: Suwie Waweru, owner of Capital Kidzwear, a children's clothing store, discusses the joys and challenges of being a small business owner. Before opening a kids’ clothing store, Suwie...
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Small Business Saturday: Nino’s Deli & Subs
Nino’s Delis and Subs is a classic home-style delicatessen, and has been since the Coluccios reopened the place back in 1994, a few years after the original Nino closed up shop. “We try to keep it a...
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Small Business Saturday: Johnston Upholstery
A new day for empty chairs: Chairs await reclamation in the Johnston Upholstery showroom on Central Avenue. When people talk about going green, Gail Johnston just rolls her eyes. “Recycling is old news...
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Small Business Saturday: The Orlo School
Glam Fam: The Caputos at the annual Orlo Goes Global hair show at the New York State Museum. Alice and Rick Caputo (far right) own the Orlo School of Hair Design and Cosmetology in Albany and Studio...
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