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Capital Region(Albany-Schenectady-Troy/Glens Falls/Amsterdam/Hudson areas)/Section 2
Boys’ basketball: Meet the Times Union All-Stars(with references from Catholic Central(Colonie), Mekeel Christian(Scotia, a suburb of Schenectady), Niskayuna(a suburb of Schenectady), Albany Academy(private), Green Tech Charter(Albany), Albany High, Lansingburgh(Troy), Hudson High, Duanesburg(outside of Schenectady), Watervliet(just north of Albany/west of Troy), Bishop Gibbons(Schenectady), Cohoes(another small city north of Albany/west of Troy) and north Warren(Chestertown in Warren County)): https://www.timesunion.com/projects/...harecount=NA==
Large School Player of the Year(a Soph. from Hudson that is a Seton Hall commit heading to prep school): https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/35/73/...06/1/640x0.jpg https://www.instagram.com/payday.5/?hl=en
Girls’ basketball: Meet the Times Union All-Stars(with references from Schalmont(outside of Schenectady, heading to Fordham), Emma Willard(a private school in Troy, heading to Providence), Catholic Central(Colonie), Albany High, Colombia HS(East Greenbush SD, east of Albany/south of Troy), Albany Academy and Catskill(Greene County)): https://www.timesunion.com/projects/...harecount=NQ==
2023-24 (Schenectady)Daily Gazette boys' basketball All-Area teams(with 1st team references from Catholic Central, Green Tech and Niskayuna(all either Soph. or Jr.) with others not mentioned in the other newspaper from LaSalle Institute(Troy) and Shaker(North Colonie SD) and Glens Falls): https://www.dailygazette.com/sports/...8bf953fd6.html
2023-24 Daily Gazette All-Area girls' basketball teams(1st team references from Schalmont and Emma Willard): https://www.dailygazette.com/sports/...ecd274452.html
Courtesy of U2TV, from Albany High: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91sGML5T6Z0
Chappaqua, NY hardly has any African Americans, but I was surprised when I went there for 2 reasons.
1. Extremely beautiful village. If I ever live in Westchester County (highly unlikely, but you never know), Chappaqua might be the choosen spot. What a beautiful place. Hopefully, in that hypothetical probability, I would end up as neighbor of Vanessa Williams or Bill/Hillary Clinton. lol
2. I was very surprised to see a statue by the Chappaqua Library of a standing young man standing holding an open book with one of his hands. Did I mention this young man was black? Very shocking to see a statue of a non-white man, let alone an African American, in what essentially is a white town.
Anyone that want to live in a town with a heavy African American community Chappaqua may not be the place, however if ever wondering through the village take a look at this statue. Like I said before, the last thing you expect to see in a town with hardly any blacks is a statue of a black man.
Chappaqua, NY hardly has any African Americans, but I was surprised when I went there for 2 reasons.
1. Extremely beautiful village. If I ever live in Westchester County (highly unlikely, but you never know), Chappaqua might be the choosen spot. What a beautiful place. Hopefully, in that hypothetical probability, I would end up as neighbor of Vanessa Williams or Bill/Hillary Clinton. lol
2. I was very surprised to see a statue by the Chappaqua Library of a standing young man standing holding an open book with one of his hands. Did I mention this young man was black? Very shocking to see a statue of a non-white man, let alone an African American, in what essentially is a white town.
Anyone that want to live in a town with a heavy African American community Chappaqua may not be the place, however if ever wondering through the village take a look at this statue. Like I said before, the last thing you expect to see in a town with hardly any blacks is a statue of a black man.
Many would put it with Downstate due to being in Westchester County and in the NYC metro area. It has been mentioned in this thread: https://www.city-data.com/forum/new-...ities-203.html and as mentioned Vanessa Williams did grow up there.
Her mom is from Buffalo's East Side and her parents met at SUNY Fredonia(dad is from Oyster Bay in Nassau County and both parents were music teachers(Fredonia has a good music program, btw). So, she has ties to this thread.
While not in NY, Great Barrington MA, about 50 minutes east of Albany is erecting a statue of this native of that small community: https://webduboissculpture.org/
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More sports references from Brighton, Greece Athena and Eastridge(East Irondequoit SD), Clar, Pittman, Reaves and Smith Jr. claim top Monroe County Boys’ Basketball honors: https://pickinsplinters.com/2024/04/...etball-honors/
Some that were at schools such as Albany Academy(Tillery, now New Hampton(NH)), Aquinas Institute in Rochester(Blackwood, also now at New Hampton(NH)), Corning(Henderson, now at Kimball Union(NH)), Liverpool(Ash, now at Canterbury(CT)) and Redemption Christian in Troy(Wooten, now at Putnam Science(CT)/was also at AZ Compass School): https://twitter.com/TheCityRocks/sta...D&refsrc=email
Buffalo(from ECMC/Kaleida, current events/cultural topics, legal/health/education/women's/general topics, education/school district/general topics, Senior/health/events/general topics, with the superintendent of BPS and the Buffalo Charter School network from 7 am-1 pm): https://power965radio.com/ (should have a couple/few Facebook Lives tomorrow)
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