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Blue Collar StartUp – Episode 42: Lifelong Skills to Pay the Bills from WSWHE BOCES

In this episode, our hosts Mike Nelson and Derek Foster interview Jared Davis and Samuel Stork – teacher and graduate respectively from WSWHE BOCES! They’ve got programs in dozens of different subjects for kids and adults alike, but one particular strength of their offerings is the Blue Collar menu! Horticulture, heavy equipment operation, welding, automotive – whatever your shade of blue, BOCES has a program for you!

Listen to the episode HERE!

Honoring Veterans with a Special Brew: Adirondack Brewery’s DD-214 Blonde IPA

In a heartwarming tribute to Veterans Day, Adirondack Brewery has crafted something truly special this year. A group of veterans, led by Adirondack Brewery Brewer Bob Shafer, who himself served 6 years in the US Air Force, came together to create a limited-edition beer: DD-214, a blonde IPA.

This unique brewing initiative began in 2020 as Brewer Bob Shafer’s way of honoring fellow veterans. The result is DD-214, a flavorful and distinctive blonde IPA that pays homage to the camaraderie and shared experiences of those who have served.

Behind the scenes, the veterans at Adirondack Brewery poured their dedication and passion into the brewing process. The attached behind-the-scenes photos capture the spirit of collaboration and the artistry involved in crafting this special beverage.

Tomorrow, on November 11th, Adirondack Brewery is extending a heartfelt thank you to veterans by offering them a complimentary pint of DD-214 with the purchase of a food menu item. This gesture is a small token of appreciation for the immense sacrifices and contributions made by our servicemen and women.

For those eager to savor DD-214, the blonde IPA will be available on draft and in cans for take-home enjoyment. Additionally, it will be proudly served at the Lake George American Legion Post 374.

The return of DD-214 on Friday is a celebration of craftsmanship and camaraderie. Adirondack Brewery expresses gratitude to Brewer Bob Shafer and the group of veterans whose collective effort brings this limited edition blonde IPA to life.

For more information, visit Adirondack Brewery at https://adkbrewery.com/, and follow them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AdkPubBrewery.

Celebrating a Tapestry of Women’s Stories: Pop-Up Exhibition at Crandall Library by Connie Harris Farrington

GLENS FALLS, NY — Renowned quilter Connie Harris Farrington, with over five decades of quilting expertise, presents a captivating collection of 18 whimsical quilts. These masterpieces, created over the past 30 years, pay homage to women from all walks of life, spanning various eras. They vividly encapsulate the aspirations, achievements, and grievances of these remarkable women. Using a medley of fabric, thread, and ink, Connie Harris Farrington skillfully weaves a thought-provoking narrative that combines vibrant visuals with colorful language.

Connie’s unique and innovative approach to quilting has garnered her over 100 awards and prizes in both national and international competitions. Her creations have been featured in numerous magazines, attesting to her exceptional talent and creativity.

A distinguished alumna of Green Mountain College, Syracuse University, and Yale Divinity School, Connie’s passion for quilting is only rivaled by her love for genealogy and tending to her bountiful organic vegetable garden in Queensbury, NY.

To showcase this extraordinary collection, the Crandall Public Library presents the “Two-Sided Quilts” Pop-Up Exhibition, which coincides with the Folklife Center’s 30th anniversary. The exhibition will be held from November 16th to 18th, 2023, with a special reception on Thursday, November 16th from 5-8pm. Informal gallery talks will be conducted at 10am and 2pm each day.

Event Details:

  • Pop-Up Exhibition: November 16-18, 2023
  • Reception: Thursday, November 16, 5-8pm
  • Informal Gallery Talks: 10am and 2pm each day
  • Location: Crandall Public Library, 251 Glen Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801

“Two-Sided Quilts” is proudly presented by the Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library, an institution renowned for its innovative programs, gallery exhibitions, and research special collections. It is committed to showcasing the rich history and cultural heritage of the upper Hudson valley and southern Adirondacks of upstate New York. This event is made possible in part by funding from the New York State Council on the Arts, supported by the Governor’s office and the NYS Legislature.

For more information about the exhibition, please visit www.crandallparklibrary.org or call 518-792-6508.

About Crandall Public Library: Crandall Public Library is a hub for community engagement, offering a wide range of programs, exhibitions, and research collections. It is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the cultural heritage of the upper Hudson valley and southern Adirondacks of upstate New York. The library’s mission is supported by funding from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the generous support of the Governor’s office and the NYS Legislature.

Alltown Fresh® Announces Thanksgiving Kit: From Our Table to Yours

Alltown Fresh® convenience marketplace and kitchen announces its delicious new Thanksgiving Fixings Kit. Their teams of chefs are serving up a holiday feast straight from their kitchen and onto your table, right in your neighborhood. The chefs will do all the cooking and you get to decide what’s on the menu. This is what Alltown Fresh® hospitality is all about – fresh and delicious convenience.  

A New England hospitality brand that is successfully expanding throughout the East Coast, Alltown Fresh® is celebrating Thanksgiving with all the fixings: from beautiful Roast Turkey Breast, Gravy and Cranberry Sauce to Mushroom Stuffing, Mashed Yukon Potatoes, Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Chorizo, Green Bean Almondine and more… you get to select the holiday menu and Alltown Fresh® chefs will prepare it all for you in advance. All you need to do is order it in advance and arrange a pick-up time convenient for you.  

To learn more about all your tasty options for the Alltown Fresh® Thanksgiving Fixings, please visit:  https://alltownfresh.com/thanksgiving/ .  Orders for the Thanksgiving Main Dish (Turkey breast, Turkey Gravy, Cranberry Sauce) must be placed by Monday, November 20 and will be available for pick-up during the week of Thanksgiving. Orders of Thanksgiving Sides must be placed 48 hours in advance and can be picked up prior to Thanksgiving week. Let the Alltown Fresh® chefs make your Thanksgiving Feast both delicious and convenient!

ALLTOWN FRESH® THANKSGIVING FIXINGS KIT FEATURES:

  • Main Dish (serves 4-6 people):
    • Turkey breast, turkey gravy and cranberry sauce
  • Sides (choose one or many):
    • Mushroom Stuffing 
    • Mashed Yukon Potatoes 
    • Mashed Sweet Potatoes 
    • Roasted Brussel Sprouts w/ Chorizo 
    • Dressing
    • Herb Roasted Carrots 
    • Green Bean Almondine 
    • Apple-Walnut Salad w/ Citrus Vin

ABOUT ALLTOWN FRESH®:

As part of Global Partners LP family of brands, the team behind Alltown Fresh® believes people shouldn’t have to sacrifice better, fresh food choices when they’re on-the-go heading to friends for the holidays, or just too busy to cook at home. Therefore, the concept provides better-for-you options with the highest of standards and flavor – so you can feel good about what you’re putting in your body, no matter your busy schedule. The team of chefs at Alltown Fresh® works to create innovative, fresh, and delicious meals for their guests during the holidays and every day. The concept also provides a warm sense of community, a space to gather and unmatched hospitality. For the complete Alltown Fresh® menus, please visit alltownfresh.com.

ALLTOWN FRESH® LOCATIONS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD & THROUGHOUT NEW ENGLAND:

  • Alltown Fresh® Ayer, 28 Harvard Road, Ayer, MA 01432
  • Alltown Fresh® Easton, 491 Foundry Street, Easton, MA  02334
  • Alltown Fresh® Hopkinton, 92 W. Main Street, Hopkinton MA  01748
  • Alltown Fresh® Hudson, 240 Washington Street, Hudson MA 01749
  • Alltown Fresh® Marlboro, 656 Boston Post Road, Marlboro MA 01752
  • Alltown Fresh® Plymouth, 22 Long Pond Road, Plymouth MA 02360
  • Alltown Fresh® Bolton, 129 Boston Turnpike, Bolton CT 06043
  • Alltown Fresh® Hamden, 1941 Dixwell Ave., Hamden CT 06514
  • Alltown Fresh® Middlebury, 504-520 Middlebury Road, Middlebury CT 06762
  • Alltown Fresh® Waterbury, 71 Homer Street, Waterbury CT  06704
  • Alltown Fresh® Manchester, 2391 Brown Ave., Manchester, NH 03103
  • Alltown Fresh® Nashua, 242 Amherst Street, Nashua, NH  03063
  • Alltown Fresh® Nashua, 43 E. Hollis Street, Nashua NH  03060
  • Alltown Fresh® Fort Edward, 1401 Saratoga Road, Fort Edward, NY 12828
  • Alltown Fresh® Livingston, US Rte. 9H & 23, Livingston NY 12534
  • Alltown Fresh® Schenectady, 1410-1424 Erie Blvd., Schenectady NY 12305

Adirondack Region Cat Adoption Center’s Featured Cat of the Week: Ray and Jeffrey

Ray and Jeffrey are exquisitely handsome, as you can see! They are such great friends and often snuggle together during naptime. Loving and affectionate, Ray is quick to greet visitors and request pets. Jeffrey is a little hesitant when meeting a new friend, but treats, reassuring pets and knowing Ray isn’t far away, will soon have the purring commenced! They are both sweet, gentle boys who enjoy each other’s company. You will be getting double the love with this duo.

If you are interested in learning more about Ray and Jeffrey, please contact the Adoption Center at 518.409.8105 ext 101 or adoptadk@animalleague.org. You can also complete the adoption application using the link: www.animalleague.org/adkpreapproval

www.animalleague.org/adirondackregion
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Buying Local – Episode 46: The Ultimate Beverage Solution! MicroBottler Seals it All!

Buying Local Glens Falls

Episode 46: The Ultimate Beverage Solution! MicroBottler Seals it All!


Welcome to Buying Local!

Saratoga, Warren, and Washington County have no shortage of fantastic goods and services to offer! In this podcast, our host Mike Nelson will clue you in on the amazing gems hidden in your very own community!


The Ultimate Beverage Solution! MicroBottler Seals it All!

Episode 46

In this episode, our host Mike Nelson interviews Doug Ernenwein, Jordan Wood, and Scott Lufkin from DK Advanced Technologies! They have an amazing product on offer that truly does it all – the MicroBottler, an affordable, adaptable, customizable and portable solution for any and all of your beverage-containment needs! Canning and bottling, any size you need… MicroBottler is one amazing machine!

00:21 – Introductions

01:43 – Program Advance: MicroBottler Origins

04:45 – Can it Can? Yes, it Can!

06:03 – Putting the “Craft” in Craft Beverage

09:23 – Seamless Seaming

11:18 – Weekly Sales, from Local to Vietnam!

12:50 – Multi-Faceted Marketing

15:08 – Mobile Canning… Only Works Short-Term!

18:54 – Not Just Canning: Bottling, Too!

21:12 – Modularity Made Easy

22:45 – Adaptability: Long Neck, Medicine, Crown Caps, Whatever You Want!

26:29 – A Mobile Solution

27:13 – The MicroBottler Journey

28:56 – Fully Custom Solutions

30:16 – How to Get in Touch: microbottler.us

31:24 – Big or Small, MicroBottler Does it All!

33:17 – Closing Remarks


PRODUCTION NOTE: The opinions reflected in this podcast are not indicative of the views of Saratoga Business Report, SaratogaBride.com LLC, Saratoga TODAY, Glens Falls TODAY, Spa City Digital, or Five Towers Media.


Details

  • Host

    Michael Nelson

  • Guest

    Doug Ernenwein, Jordan Wood, Scott Lufkin

  • Runtime

    33 min, 51 sec

  • Air Date

    November 6th, 2023


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Blue Collar StartUp – Episode 41: MLB Unveiled – The Perfect Mix for Success in Project Management

In this episode, our hosts Mike Nelson and Derek Foster interview Kelsey Martin and Craig Dittl, two project managers from MLB Construction! They work with all kinds of people, from experienced Boomers to green Gen Zs, and no matter what the project, they keep the team and clients happy and get things done! What’s their secret? Listen to this episode HERE and find out!

WWAARC’s Fall Scarecrow Contest!

The Warren-Washington-Albany ARC invites you to take part in their Fall Scarecrow Competition!

The scarecrows on display were handmade and decorated by program staff and individuals they support. Help us declare our winners and vote for your favorite scarecrow from each location! First, Second, and Third place prizes will be awarded for both the Capital District and Lake George Region. You can see all of their creations at either of the following locations:

Capital District: 334 Krumkill Rd. Slingerlands 12159
Lake George Region: 426 Quaker Rd. Queensbury 12804

Please vote for your favorite scarecrow by clicking on the link under your favorite!

Voting ends at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7. Visit our website to check out all the scarecrows and vote: https://wwaarc.org/scare-crow-ww/

We would love to see your fun photos with the scarecrows at either location. Be sure to tag the WWWARC and use the hashtags:

#WWAARCFallFun #WWAARCScarecrows #EmpoweringLives #EnhancingLives #WWAARCStrong

Warren-Washington-Albany ARC (WWAARC) is respectfully committed to providing services, advocating for and offering opportunities to individuals with intellectual or other developmental disabilities and their families; by supporting them in the realization of their fullest potential.

Glens Falls Symphony 40th Anniversary Season continues November 12 with Concert of International Music

The Glens Falls Symphony continues its 40th anniversary season with a concert of music from around the world entitled, “International Colors” on Sunday November 12, 2023 at 4pm. Performing at the Glens Falls High School auditorium, the ensemble of musicians from all over the Northeast will present a concert of pieces from Argentina, France, and Italy. First on the program is a delicate portion of music from renowned Argentinian composer, Astor Piazzolla. Mr. Piazzolla, whose compositions and performances on the traditional accordion-like instrument associated with tango music, the bandoneon, made him a singularly popular figure in Argentina for how he elevated and expanded tango music, wrote his own version of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” for violin and orchestra. Called “Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas” (known in English as “The Four Season of Buenos Aires”), the Glens Falls Symphony’s Concertmaster (Principal First Violin) Michael Emery will perform as soloist in the “Autumn” movement.

Photo provided by Glens Falls Symphony.

The program also features a work from the French composer Maurice Ravel about the early French composer Couperin. In honor of this performance of music by a French Baroque-era composer, the Symphony will also be presenting a free screening of the award-winning 1991 film “Tous les Matins du Monde” about the French Baroque composer Marin Marais. This free screening takes place on Wednesday, November 8, at 2:30pm at Crandall Library Community Room. Ravel’s work, “Le Tombeau de Couperin” explores the many different sounds and colors of the orchestra. This second concert of the 40th season concludes with cheerful music by Felix Mendelssohn’s with the Symphony No. 4, known as the “Italian.” This vibrant work brings the lively sounds of the Italian countryside to life with rhythmic and cheerful melodies.

About Concertmaster Michael Emery, Violin

Mr. Emery blends performance with teaching to create an active musical career. He has collaborated in chamber music with many international artists, including Ruggiero Ricci, Elizabeth Pitcairn, André-Michel Schub, and Emanuel Ax. Michael is a concertmaster and frequent soloist with orchestras in New York and California and has performed as a soloist and concertmaster in Asia, as well as several major European cities. Mr. Emery has performed in collaboration with many contemporary composers, including Gunther Schuller, Jennifer Higdon, Joan Tower, Ezra Laderman, Lowell Liebermann, Tommie Haglund, Richard Danielpour, and John Corigliano. Mr. Emery earned his MM in Performance from the Manhattan School of Music as a scholarship student with Erick Friedman and Raphael Bronstein and served as concertmaster of the Manhattan Symphony.

Events

  • Wednesday, November 8 at 2:30pm, Crandall Public Library Community Room
    “Sound+Film” series, featuring free screening of “Tous Les Matins du Monde”
  • Sunday, November 12 at 3pm, Glens Falls High School Auditorium
    Pre-Concert Talk, free, with Charles Peltz
  • Sunday, November 12 at 4pm, Glens Falls High School Auditorium
    “International Colors” Concert of Astor Piazzolla “Autumn”, Maurice Ravel “Le Tombeau de Couperin” and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4, “Italian”

Tickets

4-Concert Season Tickets: Tier 1: $140/ Tier 2: $120/ Tier 3: $96
NEW! Family Season Ticket: Two Adults and Two Children: $220 for all four concerts.
Single Tickets to one concert: Adult: $30/$33/$26
Single Student Ticket: $12
Location: Glens Falls High School Auditorium, 10 Quade St, Glens Falls, NY 12801

For more information, contact Jennifer Brink at (518) 793-1348 or exdir@gfso.org
www.theglensfallssymphony.org
Glens Falls Symphony Office (518) 793-1348
Located upstairs in the LARAC Gallery building: 7 Lapham Place in Glens Falls
Office hours: Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

About Glens Falls Symphony

The Glens Falls Symphony, begun as a community amateur orchestra in 1977 at the then-named Adirondack Community College. Celebrating 40 years this season, the symphony successfully moves into its fourth decade of music-making as a professional orchestra since its incorporation in 1983. Since Maestro Charles Peltz’ arrival in 2000, the fully professional Glens Falls Symphony has performed a dynamic repertoire, regularly including musical premieres and world-renowned guest artists while expanding musical offerings to include family concerts, summer pops programs and more. Cited as “one of the great orchestras of our country” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joseph Schwantner, the orchestra comprises professional musicians who come from all over the Northeast to perform.

Herzog Law Firm Presents: Wills vs. Trusts – Free In-Person Seminar 

Herzog Law Firm, a trusted name in estate planning and elder law, is pleased to announce the return of our highly informative and valuable seminar, “Wills vs. Trusts.” This seminar offers an invaluable opportunity for individuals and families to gain insights into the complexities of estate planning, including the benefits of revocable and irrevocable trusts, advance directives, and wills. 

Our team of expert attorneys will provide comprehensive information on how proper planning can positively impact you and your loved ones. Topics covered will include the protection of your home and assets, as well as strategies to avoid court proceedings and long-term care expenses. 

Seminar Details: 

Clifton Park Seminar: 

Date: Friday, November 3rd 

Time: 2:00 PM 

Venue: Hampton Inn, 620 Plank Road, Clifton Park 

Hosted by: Phillip Vacchio, Esq. 

Albany Seminars: 

Date: Monday, November 6th 

Morning Session: 

Time: 10:00 AM 

Venue: Staybridge Suites, 39 Wolf Road, Albany 

Hosted by: Jane-Marie Schaeffer, Esq. 

Afternoon Session: 

Time: 2:00 PM 

Venue: Staybridge Suites, 39 Wolf Road, Albany 

Hosted by: David Kubikian, Esq. 

At these seminars, you will have the opportunity to engage with knowledgeable legal professionals who will address your questions and concerns, offering you valuable guidance in planning for your family’s future.

To attend our free “Wills vs. Trusts” seminar, please RSVP by contacting Melissa Conte, Herzog Law Scheduling Coordinator, at info@herzoglaw.com or by calling 518.465.7581. 

For more information about Herzog Law Firm and to explore additional resources, please visit our website at www.HerzogLaw.com.