Overheard the following Thor conversation this morning on the CW 15 (Albany) news:
News Lady: “I don’t get this Thor thing”.
News Guy: “He is the god of thunder and used to be one of the big Marvel characters with Spider-Man and Captain America”.
Weather Guy: “Was he made out of rocks”?
At that point you could see the look of extreme disappointment in News Guy’s eyes.
Delicious news via SamPratt.com. The Diamond Street Diner on Warren St. in Hudson has new owners who plan to reopen the eatery with a local “farm-to-chef” menu to compliment the standard diner offerings.
The new owners are the organic farmers from Ghent of Grazin’ Angus Acres, the sign for which is located on Route 66. No word has been given on when we can expect the diner to open.
You can read the original article on SamPratt.com.
I’ve heard from several life-long residents of Columbia County who have said that they can’t remember a winter with more snow than what we have had this year. It looks like those memories serve them well because the CW15 reported this morning that the combined snow for January and February was the most on record with 64.5 inches in the Albany area. For those of us in the higher elevations that number is likely to be significantly higher.
We aren’t out of this snowy mess yet with more snow arriving today. At least we can safely say we are closer to the end of snow season than we are the beginning (I hope).
Have you ever wondered how our planet stacks up in size to the rest of the planets in our solar system? What about how large is our sun when compared to other stars in the cosmos? NASA has posted the following video to illustrate how tiny our place in the universe is.
Enjoy!
You can see more cool stellar stuff like this on NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day site.
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Last November (2010), The Register Star reported on the plans to construct a new Hannaford Supermarket in New Lebanon.
The new Hannaford will be located on the current location of the Gallup Inn, OTB next to the Route 20 plaza. The OTB will move into the former New Lebanon Supermarket, which has been vacant since the supermarket closed.
According to a Hannaford spokesperson, the proposed store will include extensive organic and natural offerings, a butcher shop, produce and seafood departments, a bakery and a deli and a full-service pharmacy. The store will employ 65 associates.
Based in Scarborough, Maine, Hannaford operates 176 stores and employs 27,000 people in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont.
There is no mention of when the store will open or when construction will begin.
Read more: Hannaford to open New Lebanon store | The Business Review
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