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When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of affirmative action in college admissions over the summer, some took note of the concurring opinion that suggested the concept may also have no place in company hiring or promotion strategies aimed at making workforces more diverse.

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FOCUS ON HISTORY - Jack Kelly, author of a new book titled “God Save Benedict Arnold,” says it seems like a “dirty trick” if during the American Revolution “your parents named you Benedict if your last name happened to be Arnold.”

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Jacob Snell was “unceasing and unrelenting” on behalf of the Republican Party. The Canajoharie Courier wrote, “A campaign once begun was waged until the polls were closed on Election Day, so in case of a narrow defeat he never felt the chagri…

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Republican candidate for mayor of Amsterdam Michael Arbige emphasizes a point using air quotation marks during his mayoral debate against current city Mayor Michael Cinquanti Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in the Wilbur H. Lynch Middle School auditor…

By BOB CUDMORE A man born in the Montgomery County town of Root went on to become a doctor and then the dean of Albany Medical College. According to research done by archivist Jessica Watson at Albany Medical Center, Albert Vander Veer was bo…