A quick recap of the week

posted Oct 26, 2013
week review 2013-10-26

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

+ Chris asked about where to take continuing education classes.

+ CDTA revealed the proposed routes for the BusPlus expansion.

+ Study: New York is at the heart of the nation's "temperamental and uninhibited" region.

+ What was up in the Neighborhood this week: Chowderfest, a farewell, pre-kid/post-kid, picky eating, pretty easy, High Peaks, efts and aphids, Saratoga, Urban Raid, fashion, a New England Beer trip, cracking on upstate, what's to come, seafood, Mexican food, bread, the greatest name, and goodbye.

+ Val asked about a company for chimney sweeping and repair.

+ The Frear Building in Troy -- once a regional shopping destination -- is turning back to retail to space.

And it was Work Week!

+ Work Week: My job as a retail clothing store manager

+ Work Week: Con Job

+ Work Week: My job as a restaurant server

+ Work Week: Drawing: If you could have any job in the Capital Region, what it would be?

+ Work Week: Capital Region entrepreneurs on what they wish they'd known at the start

+ Work Week: My job as a high school teacher

+ Work Week: My job as an EMT

+ Work Week: Local jobs -- 150 years ago

Oh, and AOA was mentioned on the Today Show.

Here's the whole week all lined up.

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

map: CDTA

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