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Michael is a freelance journalist by trade, and a financial representative by profession. His reporting has covered a wide variety of topics including album reviews, sports, local history, climate change and Internet security. He has earned bylines with The Harlem Valley Times, The Spotlight, The Colonie Sports Tracker, 8Ball Music and Upstate Metal.

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Is Cry to the Blind on the cusp?

Michael Hallisey
If you haven't seen Cry to the Blind by the end of this year, you haven't been trying. "Shows are coming in like crazy!" said band manager, Tommy "The Don" Casserino.  Announcements have been reporting out with a fury over the past few…
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Albany Drive-In looking for speed

Michael Hallisey
A welcoming harbinger of summer is the annual opening of the local drive-in theatre. The Jericho opens its gates Friday, April 25 with the showing of Captain America and Need for Speed, despite the chill that continues to linger here in…
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Nation’s eye on local tattoo artist

Michael Hallisey
Since local tattoo artist Lydia Bruno was a young adult, she understood life better than most. “You have to make your own path in life,” Bruno said. “If you wait for things to happen to you, you’re just going to get lost in it; just end up…
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Dan Johnson Album release in May

Michael Hallisey
Local favorite Dan Johnson recently announced an upcoming album that he plans to release on May 15th. "I've been recording a new album of original material here at the shack up in the brambly foothills of the Green Mountain," stated…
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