Odd House brings goth style and a welcome mat to Troy’s River Street
Matty and Scottie Dwyer opened Odd House at 199 River St. in June. The queer-friendly shop sells decor, apparel and…
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Local Leaders
People and institutions that shape the Capital Region and the Hudson Valley.
New England Honda Group Continues Support of the Jimmy Fund Through Boston Marathon Partnership
DANVERS, Mass., Oct. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- During the 130th running of the Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America, the New England Honda Group continued its longstanding commitment to supporting cancer research and patient…
The Gambian family that brought rice paddies to Kerhonkson
Ever-Growing Family Farm has grown rice in Ulster County for more than a decade using Jola techniques from Gambia. This…
Proctors at 100: The Schenectady Theater That Was Nearly Lost, and the Community That Saved It
Built by vaudeville impresario F.F. Proctor and rescued by residents in the 1970s for a dollar, Proctors is in its…
Stewart’s Shops at 80: how a Ballston Spa dairy became a 400-shop, employee-owned chain
Founded in 1945 in Ballston Spa, Stewart's Shops now runs more than 400 stores across three states. The Dake family…
Buddy Emmons, the steel guitar legend who played with country’s biggest stars
Buddy Emmons, who died in 2015, was widely considered the most influential pedal steel guitarist of his era. He played…
Erastus Corning 2nd: the mayor who ran Albany for 41 years
Erastus Corning 2nd was elected mayor of Albany in 1941 and was still in office when he died in 1983.…
Mo Amer, the Arab American comedian who turned his own story into a Netflix series
Mo Amer built a career by telling audiences the truth about his own life: a Palestinian family, a refugee childhood…
John Burroughs and Slabsides, the cabin in the woods at West Park
The naturalist John Burroughs wrote about birds and farm life from his Hudson Valley home and built a rustic cabin…
Jeff Bezos: From a Garage in Bellevue to Amazon, Blue Origin and The Washington Post
A profile of Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon in 1994, started Blue Origin and bought The Washington Post, and whose…