Join us Wednesday at UAlbany for a staged reading The Rover -- a new adaptation-in-progress -- by Kathryn Walat. A Q&A will follow. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16​. nyswritersinstitute.org #theatre #ualbany #518 #albany

My story. Grondahl: Remembering Bob McManus, old-school newspaper man, 81. timesunion.com/news/article/g…

Event: Why the Scopes "Monkey" trial of 1925 still matters. Join us Wed., April 23, for a conversation with historian Brenda Wineapple (Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation). nyswritersinstitute.org/post/excerpt-b…

Remembering covering the visit of Pope Francis to NYC in 2015. Capital Region residents help welcome Pope Francis to New York City timesunion.com/local/article/… via @TimesUnion

My story: Grondahl: Indian Ladder Farms celebrates spring rebirth timesunion.com/news/article/g… via @TimesUnion

Well said Mel Tantillo of Catonsville, MD

Sharing the obituary for my kind, caring and selfless mother-in-law Charlotte O’Donnell, 90. We will celebrate her life at a funeral Mass Monday. We were so fortunate to have her in our lives for so long. demarcostonefuneralhome.com/obituary/charl…

My story: Grondahl: She helps the less fortunate, one nickel deposit at a time timesunion.com/news/article/g… via @TimesUnion

Edwin Rogers did not bury the lede. I read & write obituaries and this original opener caught my eye.

I had a deeply moving & insightful conversation with David Kaczynski at NYS Writers Institute #albanybookfestival in 2024 about his memoir examining his life with his brother Ted, the Unabomber. Read this powerful profile by ⁦Serge Kovaleski⁩ nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/…

My story: Grondahl: Remembering the life of Barry Sample timesunion.com/news/article/g… via @TimesUnion

#OTD1925 ⁦Times Union⁩: Read this to the end and your heart will break. A double tragedy in every sense of the term.

My story: Grondahl: Troy barista going for the gold at London competition timesunion.com/news/article/g… via @TimesUnion

#OTD1925 Times Union: Say it ain’t so.

I love the Times Union annual tradition of reprinting Lincoln’s Gettysburg address. A timeless 2-minute, 272-word speech that always causes a lump in my throat. Today, we honor those who gave “the last full measure of devotion.”

My story: Grondahl: A portrait unveiling and Alice Green’s ongoing legacy timesunion.com/news/article/g… via @TimesUnion

A gem of a human and journalist nytimes.com/2025/05/28/bus…

Reserve your spot now. I got a sneak preview yesterday of The New Yorker 100 exhibit at NY Public Library and it is witty, acerbic, brilliant and wonderfully literary — just like the magazine. A must-see. Don’t miss this literary tour. A few pix to whet your appetite.

Thanks for your letter Anne M. McCabe. Well said. The Times Union needs more engaged readers like you. Write on.