A quick recap of the week

posted Jul 23, 2016
week review 2016-07-23

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

+ County fair season has started -- here's a a big list of fairs around the region.

+ The city of Albany is looking at the future of the downtown UAlbany campus corridor.

+ Speaking of UAlbany... its president, Robert Jones, is leaving for the top job at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

+ What was up in the Neighborhood in this week: the waitress in the photo, early telephone service, Cascade and Porter, the Mud Pond, back in Schenectady, soft serve, Troy Pig Out, Filipino food, Stella Del Mare, the courtyard, and sweaty money.

+ Kate explained the fun of wearing a fancy hat at the Saratoga Race Course.

+ The first group of Park South redevelopment apartments are renting (and there's a Chipotle going in there).

+ New York State will soon exempt tampons and similar items from state and local sales tax.

+ And a few updates on various projects around Albany, including the proposed new Albany Med building.

Here's the whole week in one place.

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

fair photo: Crystal Capritta

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