A quick recap of the week

posted Jul 1, 2016
week review 2016-07-01

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

+ The rose garden in Schenectady's Central Park was in full bloom.

+ Melissa asked about finding design help for organizing a house.

+ We got the story behind Larkasaurus Rex.

+ The largest 5-year age group in the Capital Region's population is no longer a Baby Boomer age group.

+ What was up in the Neighborhood this week: love, parenthood, pregnancy, the Hidden City garden tour, maidenhair spleenwort, the Fishkill Ridge, paddling, icons, a ghost sign, 19th century roller skating, Crave, Sunhee's, toppings, fancy food, and McLobster.

+ We got a look at the new "cookbook" for designing Albany's streets.

+ A big list of places to see fireworks over the 4th of July weekend.

+ And we got a look around he new Little Pecks cafe in Troy, the latest project from the owners of The Confectionery and Peck's Arcade.

Here's the whole week in one place.

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

AOA will be on summer break next week. So instead of our regular schedule, we'll have a bunch of follow-ups with people we've covered during the last few years.

sparkler photo: Crystal Capritta

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