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Local Activists to Hold Weekly Vigils Against Gun Violence

by Schuyler Kempton on July 6, 2013 at 9:00AM

Over 30,000 Americans die each year at the barrel of a gun. For a small but committed group of local activists, that's a statistic that demands action.

Living La Vida Local

by Carl Frankel on June 22, 2013 at 9:00AM

Love was in the air at this year’s annual BALLE conference, which was held in Buffalo June 12-14 (and which Luminary Publishing was proud to co-sponsor). BALLE stands for Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, a mouthful of a phrase that would probably have been jettisoned long ago were it not for the considerable name recognition its acronym has grown to command.

David J. Scheffer, © 2001 Snowbound, All Rights Reserved.

A Q&A with US War Crimes Ambassador David Scheffer

by Jennifer Gutman on April 6, 2013 at 9:00AM

David Scheffer, the first-ever war crimes ambassador for the US, will speak about "The Challenges of International Justice" on Monday, April 8, at Vassar College's Sanders Classroom Building, Spitzer Auditorium. Currently serving as the UN Secretary-General's Special Expert on United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials, Scheffer's past work in the Balkans and Rwanda contributed to the creation of the International Criminal Court in 2002.

$100 Million to Hudson Valley in NYS Economic Development Awards

by Brian K. Mahoney on December 23, 2012 at 1:56PM

On December 19, Governor Cuomo announced that $738 million had been awarded through Round Two of the Regional Economic Development Council initiative. Created in 2011, the initiative is part of the Cuomo's strategy to redesign the state's approach to economic development from a top-down model to a community-based, performance-driven approach.

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Local Activists to Hold Weekly Vigils Against Gun Violence

Living La Vida Local

A Q&A with US War Crimes Ambassador David Scheffer

$100 Million to Hudson Valley in NYS Economic Development Awards