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February 19, 2024Brief thoughts

A new place in Newton Plaza?

Anyone want to place bets on how long this lasts? https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2024/02/19/midpoint-artisan-pizza-latham-opens.html Newton Plaza already has several excellent restaurants, including Milano’s, which makes […]

January 31, 2024April 4, 2025Public Correspondence

Comment on the Troy-Menands Bridge project

A man in a bicycle helmet, blue reflective sunglasses and a red windbreaker, in front of a railing overlooking a wide river, blueish gray in color with green banks.

NYSDOT has been working on a project to repair or replace the Troy-Menands Bridge, which carries NY-378 over the Hudson River between […]

January 29, 2024January 29, 2024Brief thoughts

In Praise of 2-hour delays

Snow-covered branches of a maple tree against a blue-gray sky.

My children’s school district had a two-hour delay this morning.

I wrote about why we should do that more often and more widely.