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Before I get started with this week’s recap of the great writing by the Times Union’s crew of independent and community bloggers, I must address something. It was a comment made in a staff blog earlier this week, and it still bothers me today. In her blog last Monday, TU staff blogger Kristi Gustafson Barlette…

Hey everybody.  I know you’re busy looking through the Times Union’s “Best of the Capital Region” survey / advertising program today, and you’re probably wondering who ended up with the “Best Local Blogger” category.  Well, this year there wasn’t a selectable choice in that category, due to the same Times Union staff bloggers finishing 1-2…

Yeah, you’re about as sick of this blizzard as I am, aren’t you?  How long did it take you to find the igloo that was your car and dig it out?  How many neighbors volunteered to help push your car out to the street?  How many neighbors did YOU help push their car out to…

Up and at ’em, rise and shine, time to make this day a better day than yesterday. Right? Yeah, you know I’m right. And with that in mind, the best way to start off the day after hump day, the day once known as “Friday Eve,” is to check over some great blog posts from…

We have a lot of great posts this week, and I want you to enjoy and read each and every one of them. You know the drill.  The Times Union has dozens of independent bloggers and writers on this portal, and sometimes it can get overwhelming to find your favorite writers and columnists.  So every…

Ready to go out sunshining today? Yeah, that ought to be fun. But before the sun rises and you get started on this great day… Take a moment and peruse some of the Times Union’s quality community and independent bloggers and read what they have to say. You will enjoy it.  Trust me on this.…

Good morning, blog readers.  These days, there are only three things of which we can all be certain – death, taxes, and a Thursday blog recap of the TU’s best and brightest and most articulate and most enjoyable independent and community bloggers. We’ve got a great variety of topics this week, so let’s get right…

Good morning all.  Hopefully you didn’t wake up to the “oh crap I gotta find the shovel and dig out that igloo where I parked my car last night” feeling. Well, if you’re going to go out and shovel today … at least do it with the knowledge that you’ve read a great blog post…

So if I see my shadow this morning, does this mean I get six more weeks of rehabilitation on my surgically repaired foot? Ha.  Groundhog Day jokes never get old. But in all honesty, the more important listing about whether or not a groundhog sees his shadow is what our Times Union community and independent…

So what’s up this morning?  Anybody have a great story that they read about in the Times Union community and independent blogs? I know you have them.  I know you’ve enjoyed them.  So let’s share some great ones, shall we? This week’s batch of independent goodness from the Times Union blog community includes: Fran Rossi…