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Journalism Inst. writes of editor’s play
The Poynter Institute, a Florida college for journalists and the study of journalism spoke to Ken Tingley, the former editor of the Post-Star in Glens Falls, who turned his memoir The Last American Newspaper into a play produced by the Adirondack Theatre Festival. The play ran four shows as a dramatic reading last weekend, and highlighted some of the big stories covered by the people in the newsroom. Miriam Weisfeld, the artistic director of the ATF, said they hope next year to run a full dramatization.
Movie star to premier in Hudson Valley
Actor Liam Neeson is scheduled to introduce “The Naked Gun,” at Amenia’s Four Brothers Drive-In in Dutchess County on Saturday, the Times Union is reporting. The film is a sort of remake of the Leslie Nielsen 1988 classic of the same name. Where Nielsen played Lt. Frank Drebin of the Los Angeles Police Department. Neeson plays Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. Tickets at $75 include a gift bag and a double feature of “The Naked Gun” and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.”
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Milton man abuses 55 dogs
A Milton man is facing animal abuse charges after a Sheriff’s investigation found he was keeping 55 dogs in “deplorable” conditions, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday. Matthew Martone, has been charged with 55 counts of overdriving, torturing and injuring animals, a misdemeanor, the Daily Gazette is reporting.
Um…whoops?
The ABC News affiliate in New York City yesterday highlighted the plight of “dozens” of cannabis dispensaries in the city that are too close to schools and may have to move. The trouble, though, is that it was the Office of Cannabis Management that misunderstood the law when approving retail locations, taking the distance from the door of the school to the door of the dispensaries. State law says that the property line of the school must be at least 500 feet from the property line of the dispensary. The Albany Business Review story on this is here.
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Religious freedom and education
WAMC spoke with Daniel Morton-Bentley, the general counsel and deputy commissioner for legal affairs for the New York State Education Department, about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will likely let parents take their kids out of course work they don’t agree with on religious grounds. Morton-Bentley says, among other things, that LGBTQ+ education and religious education is not a “zero-sum” idea.
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