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RITTNER: Space: The final frontier?

RITTNER: Space: The final frontier?

I remember when the Russians launched Sputnik, the first satellite, and the panic it caused in this country. I watched Alan Shepard become the first...

18.04.2026 5

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RITTNER: Troy’s Titanic connections, Part 2

So who were the Trojans on the Titanic? Twenty-eight-year-old Bridget “Bertha” Moran and her brother Daniel were traveling from Ireland. Bridget...

11.04.2026 10

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RITTNER: RPI and NASA

There has been a lot of ink spilled on the fact that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) graduate Gregory “Reid” Wiseman (Class of 1997) is...

04.04.2026 20

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RITTNER: Troy’s Titanic connections, Part 2

So who were the Trojans on the Titanic? Twenty-eight-year-old Bridget “Bertha” Moran and her brother Daniel were traveling from Ireland. Bridget...

04.04.2026 20

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RITTNER: Troy’s Titanic connections, Part 1

After my visit last week to the Titanic exhibit over in Schenectady, I wondered if there were any Trojans affected by the disaster. The disaster has...

28.03.2026 20

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RITTNER: A Titanic adventure in Schenectady

In the Capital District, already rich with history, it takes something truly distinctive to demand attention. That is precisely what visitors will...

21.03.2026 20

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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 30

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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 50

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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 40

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RITTNER: Gingerbread memories

21.02.2026 20

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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 20

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RITTNER: RPI Warned Us, Part 2

07.02.2026 10

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RITTNER: RPI warned us, Part 1

31.01.2026 9

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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 10

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

11.01.2026 10

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

03.01.2026 20

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RITTNER: Kirk deserves better

27.12.2025 20

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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 10

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RITTNER: Joseph Warren in the American Revolution

13.12.2025 10

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RITTNER: Hey Ken, where’s the Dutch?

06.12.2025 10

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RITTNER: Hatfield and McCoy politics

30.11.2025 10

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RITTNER: Why saving Albany’s Tudor Historic District matters

22.11.2025 10

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RITTNER: The joy of hanging out in a cigar shop

15.11.2025 10

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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 10

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RITTNER: Democracy in Albany

18.10.2025 20

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RITTNER: The Forgotten Founder of American Democracy

11.10.2025 10

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RITTNER: Norman Rockwell and Troy

04.10.2025 10

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RITTNER: Battle of the Normanskill

27.09.2025 10

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RITTNER: Guilderland: Beauty and history rolled into one

20.09.2025 10

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

13.09.2025 20

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

06.09.2025 10

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RITTNER: Families divided? Been there!

30.08.2025 10

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RITTNER: Happy 192 years, Vanderheyden, Part 1

23.08.2025 10

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RITTNER: Proctor’s City Hall? Still Yes

16.08.2025 10

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RITTNER: Proctor’s? Yes!

09.08.2025 10

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RITTNER: Uncle Tom and Troy

02.08.2025 10

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RITTNER: Men named Marcus

26.07.2025 10

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RITTNER: Dancing in the Church

19.07.2025 10

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

12.07.2025 10

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

28.06.2025 10

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

21.06.2025 20

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RITTNER: Madness games

14.06.2025 10

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RITTNER: Troy’s wilderness connection

07.06.2025 10

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RITTNER: Toga rules

31.05.2025 10

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RITTNER: The dead

24.05.2025 10

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RITTNER: More Apartments?

17.05.2025 10

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RITTNER: Barns, Barns, Barns

10.05.2025 10

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RITTNER: Justice for Samuel?

03.05.2025 10

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