All Over Albany

A quick recap of the week

Here are a few highlights from the past week on AOA:

+ Kim M was the first one to step up to the Sunday Soapbox.

+ Carl shared some backstory on the rotating Livingston Ave Bridge -- which is 145, or maybe 110, years old.

+ A Niskayuna resident is working to help people in Haiti support themselves by raising chickens.

+ A state Assemblyman proposed a statewide bike registration bill (with license plates, even) -- then hit the brakes.

+ Eat this: The eggplant sandwich at Peter Pause.

+ You might have seen those "right to farm law" signs -- here's what they mean.

+ This season's snowfall total now has a spot in the record book.

+ The Livingston school, once Albany's showcase education building, could be yours for just $21.07 a square foot.

+ What was up in the Neighborhood this week: taking a risk, dog park drama, Sean Rowe and Railbird, Ponderosa, ingredients, speaking up, customer service, hot pot, sea urchin, dim sum, disappearing socks, snowy solitude, and a brownstone bouquet.

+ What secrets does the snowbank menace hold within?

+ Local newscaster Dan Bazile makes a cameo in The Adjustment Bureau, playing... Dan Bazile.

+ A few of the items found on Craigslist this week: Juror No. 42, amateur psychology, E.T., and the ongoing Pageant of Less Than Attractive Craigslist Couches.

+ Bennett told us about the Wild Center and its otters.

+ Albany's Howe Library is a classic.

+ Liz took the stairs to the top of the Corning Tower and lived to tell about it.

+ Two tickets to the Spectrum are on the line in this week's quiz.

+ And many thanks to everyone who voted for us in the Metroland poll -- we appreciate it.

If you'd just like the whole week unfiltered, check our listing of the last seven days of AOA.

Thanks to everyone who posted a comment or shared an idea this week!