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Don Rittner

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RITTNER: Make up your mind Catherine, or Catharine?

RITTNER: Make up your mind Catherine, or Catharine?

Recently, while conducting research in the Schuyler Mansion neighborhood in Albany, I noticed an anomaly on one of the streets. The street known today...

14.03.2026 3

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RITTNER: Remembering local figures and the history of Troy

RITTNER: Remembering local figures and the history of Troy

Let’s face it. Some famous people should not be, and there are those who, while unknown now, should be. Troy is one of America’s enduring...

07.03.2026 20

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RITTNER: A face to remember

Averill Park has always been famous as the place where comedian Jerry Lewis lived and worked as a soda jerk as a kid. But the little community is also...

28.02.2026 10

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RITTNER: Gingerbread memories

21.02.2026 10

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RITTNER: RPI warned us, Part 3

Sandy Horowitz and I proposed restoring the Gingerbread House back in 2004 when RPI published an RFP to move it or tear it down. This was the response...

14.02.2026 10

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RITTNER: RPI Warned Us, Part 2

07.02.2026 7

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RITTNER: RPI warned us, Part 1

31.01.2026 4

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RITTNER: RPI Destroys the Gingerbread House

24.01.2026 10

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RITTNER: The End of the (RR) Line, Part 2

17.01.2026 9

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RITTNER: The End of the (RR) Line, Part 1

11.01.2026 7

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RITTNER: Proctor’s – The issue that keeps on giving

03.01.2026 10

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RITTNER: Kirk deserves better

27.12.2025 10

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RITTNER: A humble address to the reader: On the vast and comical differences betwixt the Year of Our Lord 1776 and this ridiculous Anno Domini 2025

20.12.2025 9

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RITTNER: Joseph Warren in the American Revolution

13.12.2025 5

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RITTNER: Hey Ken, where’s the Dutch?

06.12.2025 4

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RITTNER: Hatfield and McCoy politics

30.11.2025 5

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RITTNER: Why saving Albany’s Tudor Historic District matters

22.11.2025 5

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RITTNER: The joy of hanging out in a cigar shop

15.11.2025 7

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RITTNER: Fire fighting not just for men anymore

01.11.2025 10

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RITTNER: BOO! Want to get scared?

25.10.2025 5

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RITTNER: Democracy in Albany

18.10.2025 10

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RITTNER: The Forgotten Founder of American Democracy

11.10.2025 6

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RITTNER: Norman Rockwell and Troy

04.10.2025 6

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RITTNER: Battle of the Normanskill

27.09.2025 7

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RITTNER: Guilderland: Beauty and history rolled into one

20.09.2025 6

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RITTNER: A ‘Sense of Place’ in the Capital District, Part 2

13.09.2025 10

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RITTNER: A ‘Sense of Place’ in the Capital District, Part 1

06.09.2025 7

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RITTNER: Families divided? Been there!

30.08.2025 5

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RITTNER: Happy 192 years, Vanderheyden, Part 1

23.08.2025 9

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RITTNER: Proctor’s City Hall? Still Yes

16.08.2025 5

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RITTNER: Proctor’s? Yes!

09.08.2025 6

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RITTNER: Uncle Tom and Troy

02.08.2025 8

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RITTNER: Men named Marcus

26.07.2025 10

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RITTNER: Dancing in the Church

19.07.2025 7

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RITTNER: Proctor’s City Hall, Good? Bad? Part 4

12.07.2025 3

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RITTNER: Proctor’s City Hall, Good? Bad? Part 2

28.06.2025 7

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RITTNER: Proctor’s City Hall. Good? Bad?

21.06.2025 10

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RITTNER: Madness games

14.06.2025 7

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RITTNER: Troy’s wilderness connection

07.06.2025 8

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RITTNER: Toga rules

31.05.2025 5

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RITTNER: The dead

24.05.2025 10

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RITTNER: More Apartments?

17.05.2025 7

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RITTNER: Barns, Barns, Barns

10.05.2025 4

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RITTNER: Justice for Samuel?

03.05.2025 4

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RITTNER: Defending Fort Stanwix

26.04.2025 3

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RITTNER: Troy’s entertainment glory days, Part 4

19.04.2025 10

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RITTNER: Troy’s entertainment glory days, Part 3

12.04.2025 7

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RITTNER: Troy’s entertainment glory days, Part 2

05.04.2025 10

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RITTNER: Happy Birthday, Emma Willard, Part 4

22.03.2025 5

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RITTNER: Happy Birthday, Emma Willard, Part 3

16.03.2025 7

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