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  Albany, Wisconsin - along the Sugar River.
Albany is a pleasant village of 1191 people located 30 minutes from Madison and Janesville, and two hours from the Milwaukee and Chicago areas.
Albany demonstrates it commitment to urban forestry and the environment by maintaining the trees in our parks system and the community forest.
Albany area organizations are invited to add events to the calendar.
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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Albany
Albany was Father Isaac Jogues, who reached Ossernenon, or Auriesville, in Montgomery County, 14 August, 1642, as a captive of the cruel and treacherous Mohawks.
Albany, cancelled the indebtedness of the cathedral, refurnished and renewed it, and consecrated it with
Albany was the chief beneficiary of the enterprise, it became the principal distributing centre of the army of labourers who flocked into it in quest of employment.
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  Encyclopedia: Duke of Albany
The Dukedom of Albany was first granted in 1398 by King Robert III of Scotland on his brother, Robert Stewart, the title being in the Peerage of Scotland.
"Albany" was a territorial term representing the eastern part of the Scottish highlands, roughly the former Kingdom of the Picts.
The title of "Albany" alone was granted for the fifth time, this time in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, in 1881 to Prince Leopold, the seventh son of Queen Victoria.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Duke-of-Albany   (1712 words)

  
 About Albany - City of Albany, California
Albany's public schools have an outstanding reputation with student test scores at the elementary, middle and high school levels among the highest in the state.
Albany is often referred to as "kid town," with over half of the population 35 years of age or younger.
The Albany Mudflats are frequented by numerous shorebirds, such as, snowy egrets, double-breasted cormorants, and Canadian Geese, as proof that the preservation efforts are certainly worthwhile and effective.
www.albanyca.org /home/about_albany.html   (1507 words)

  
 Stuart, John, duke of Albany on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Albany gained possession of Margaret's children and crushed a rebellion led by Lord Home, Angus, and James Hamilton, 1st earl of Arran.
Henry VIII's request to the Scottish Parliament for Albany's dismissal was emphatically refused, the duke being declared (1516) heir to the Scottish throne.
Albany returned to France, and Margaret in his absence used her influence in the interests of England.
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 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Albany Movement
When told as a chapter in the history of the national civil rights movement, Albany was important because of King's involvement and because of the lessons he learned that he would soon apply in Birmingham, Alabama.
In 1961 Albany witnessed the intersection of some of these local efforts with those of three young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) workers—Charles Sherrod, Cordell Reagon, and Charles Jones—who had come to the Albany area to conduct a voter registration drive.
From Albany, SNCC workers and others led protest actions in nearby Americus and Moultrie, and African Americans in other southwest Georgia towns and counties were inspired to challenge their local white power structures.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1057   (1360 words)

  
 Albany Tourism
Albany is surrounded by excellent views, from the spectacular coastal scenery and rugged cliff-top beauty of Torndirrup National Park to the calm and beautiful island strewn swimming bays.
Albany never became a penal colony; instead it remained a military outpost for New South Wales and by the early 1830s, everyone was calling the settlement ‘Albany’.
Albany is cooled by breezes from the south and has a summer climate reaching approximately 27C during the day; in winter around 18C.
www.discoverwest.com.au /western_australia/albany.html   (1279 words)

  
 About Albany Memorial Hospital
Today, as a 165-bed community hospital, Albany Memorial is at the forefront of acute care and ambulatory surgery offering a vast range of services including emergency services, critical care, ambulatory surgery, diabetes management at our Diabetes Center and care for congestive heart failure through our Heart Program.
Comprised of Albany Memorial Hospital, Samaritan Hospital and The Eddy, Northeast Health is the region's most comprehensive network of healthcare, supportive housing and community services.
Albany Memorial Hospital was recently named as one of the 100 Top Hospitals Intensive Care Units (ICU) in an independent study released by the Solucient Leadership Institute, a leading source of healthcare intelligence and benchmark information.
www.nehealth.com /html/NEH_Albany_About.asp?L1=3&L2=13   (224 words)

  
 Albany Accommodation & Tourism Directory | Albany WA | Albany - Western Australia| For all your accommodations, ...
The main industries of Albany Western Australia consist of tourism, fishing and agriculture, although before the 1950s whaling was one of the major sources of income and employment for the population.
Albany is also home to great attractions like Whale World, Mount Clarence, The famous Windfarm, Middleton Beach, Emu Point and of course the stunning King George Harbour.
Albany, however, is primarily a holiday centre, and each year thousands come here to enjoy their holidays.
www.myalbany.net   (853 words)

  
 Welcome to Albany, Oregon
Albany, now an important manufacturing center for the rare metals, food processing, timber and seed industries, has never forgotten its Victorian days - its beginning as a thriving and prosperous river town.
When Highway 99 and I-5 were constructed, Albany's older commercial and residential areas were bypassed, and now Albany is home to Oregon's largest group of past architectural styles, including every major style popular in the U.S. since 1850.
Visitors to Albany may tour many of the city's historic homes during the Summer Interiors Homes Tour, conducted annually on the last Saturday in July or during the Christmas Parlour Tour, held in December.
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 Points of Interest
The river is a dominant characteristic of Albany life, with the Little and Big Sugar Rivers joining just north of the village.
Albany's bed and breakfast inns offer unique lodging in restored historic homes, all inspected by the Wisconsin Bed and Breakfast Association.
Albany’s Yesteryear Celebration begins with a street dance on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend, with a parade and other events on Saturday, including a fireworks display at dusk.
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 AllRefer.com - Albany Congress (U.S. History) - Encyclopedia
Albany Congress, 1754, meeting at Albany, N.Y., of commissioners representing seven British colonies in North America to treat with the Iroquois, chiefly because war with France impended.
A treaty was concluded, but the Native Americans of Pennsylvania were resentful of a land purchase made by that colony at Albany and allied themselves with the French in the ensuing French and Indian War.
The meeting was notable as an example of cooperation among the colonies, but Benjamin Franklin's Plan of Union for the colonies, though voted upon favorably at Albany, was refused by the colonial legislatures (and by the crown) as demanding too great a surrender of their powers.
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 Albany
Although Albany was never incorporated, it became a flourishing trade and cultural center, the largest between Seneca and Hiawatha.
The first home to be moved into Sabetha from Albany in 1859 was the Edwin Miller two-story cottonwood structure, when he feared the title to his land was not clear.
Because of lack of funds, the Albany Cemetery was taken over by the Sabetha Cemetery Association and is being cared for by the Sabetha Cemetery Association in later years.
skyways.lib.ks.us /towns/Sabetha/albany.htm   (3580 words)

  
 Albany, New Hampshire
In 1833, the town was incorporated and renamed Albany, probably in recognition of the charter of the New York City to Albany New York railroad in that same year.
Also located in Albany is the Albany Bridge, a 120-foot covered bridge spanning the Swift River, built in 1858.
The 2005 Census estimate for Albany was 719 residents, which ranked 205th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.
www.nhes.state.nh.us /elmi/htmlprofiles/albany.html   (348 words)

  
 Welcome to Alban.y., NY
Albany is firmly rooted in its history and moving toward the future.
Explore this web site, then come and experience it for yourself - the history, heritage and hospitality that has been attracting visitors to Albany for hundreds of years.
For almost three centuries, Albany has been hosting meetings that shaped the nation and continue to mold its future.
www.albany.org   (154 words)

  
 SF Gate: Bay Area Traveler: East Bay Neighborhoods: Albany and Solano
Albany itself boasts many distinctive attractions among the restaurants and small businesses of many varieties: the near East Bay's only bowling alley, the huge racetrack and the wildest bit of shoreline (in an urban kind of way) for miles.
A mile and a half square, Albany is truly a small town in the midst of the megapolis known as the Bay Area.
Albany Sauna and Hot Tubs: Albany Sauna (as it was originally named) has been providing relief to the stressed-out East Bay since 1934, when it was opened by homesick Finns.
www.sfgate.com /traveler/guide/eastbay/neighborhoods/albany.shtml   (3863 words)

  
 Information on Albany's Hot Spots Including Lark Street, Pepsi Arena, Albany Airport, SUNY Albany and more
University at Albany - also known as SUNY Albany - is an award-winning college attracting thousands of undergraduate and graduate students each year since its establishment in 1844.
Visit SUNY Albany's events calendar to see what is playing during your stay in the area.
Albany's Airport expanded in 1998 and again in 2000 to meet the growing demands on this International Air Center for the Capital District, Northeastern New York, and Western New England.
www.albany.com /HotSpot.cfm   (496 words)

  
 Albany County NY Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Located in the eastern portion of the state and known originally as Fort Orange, Albany was settled first in 1624 by the Dutch West Indies Company.
The English took over the region in 1664 and the county of Albany was established in 1683.
Neighboring Albany County are the counties of Schoharie (to the west), Schenectady (to the northwest), Saratoga (to the northeast), Rensselaer (to the east, across the Hudson River), and Greene (to the south).
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The mission of Albany Medical Center is a simple one: to provide the region with excellence in medical education, biomedical research, and patient care.
The Center is unique to this area in that it combines the strengths and resources of a prominent medical college, the skills of its faculty, and patient care services of a major hospital.
ALBANY, N.Y., September 30, 2005 - The Albany Medical Center Hospital is the only hospital in northeastern New York named a 2005/2006 Consumer Choice Award winner by the National Research Corporation.
www.amc.edu /index.cfm   (206 words)

  
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Albany is a community of 34,000 on the southern coast of Western Australia.
At its November ordinary meeting, the City of Albany Council held over two major issues to gain more information.
The Council approved the commissioning of a $93,000 artwork for the public art component of the Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre upgrade.
www.albany.wa.gov.au   (377 words)

  
 The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Albany@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Capital of New York State, in Albany County situated on the west bank of the Hudson River, about 225 km/140 mi north of New York City; population (2000 est) 95,700.
Albany is an important deep-water port and state administrative centre; its chief industries include clothing, brewing, and engineering.
The city was incorporated as Albany in 1686 and became the state capital in 1797.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:100112253   (165 words)

  
 Albany Tourism   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Albany is the jewel in New York's crown.
The City, first settled by the Dutch in 1624, was given its charter in 1686 by Governor Thomas Dongan and became Capital of the State of New York in 1797.
The City is also noted for its annual Tulip Festival in May and for its free Alive-at-Five concert series at the Corning Preserve on the riverfront in the summer.
www.albanyny.org /visitor/tourism/index.asp   (203 words)

  
 Albany, Vermont, New England, USA
Originally Lutterloh (after Colonel Henry Emannuel Lutterloh, Washington's Deputy Quartermaster General of the Continental Army, the first named grantee), renamed Albany in 1815, though there is no clear trail as to the choice of name.
Some say there is a connection to Ira Allen, while others maintain it has to do with New York having once proclaimed the area west of the Green Mountains to be part of Albany County, and the word thus had a familiar ring.
One has to wonder if proponents of that theory have noticed that Albany is on the east side of the Mountains.
www.virtualvermont.com /towns/albany.html   (263 words)

  
 Discover Albany New York & The NY Capital Region At Albany .com! Hotels, Motels, Real Estate & More!
Albany and its surrounding communities form the Capital Region of New York - an area rich in history that combines its notable roots with visionary thinking, empowered by hundreds of years as the governmental seat of New York.
Whether you are planning to stay for a day, a week...or live in Albany year-round, Albany.com can guide you to the businesses and events to make any day in Albany a memorable one.
Albany's convenient location on I-87 and I-90 means there are plenty of places to visit should you wish to spend a day or two exploring other areas of Upstate New York.
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 Albany Medical Center: Home
ALBANY, N.Y., November 16, 2007 - Stéphane Braün, M.D., a plastic surgeon, has been appointed assistant professor of surgery and director of the plastic surgery residency program at Albany Medical College.
ALBANY, N.Y., November 13, 2007-Charles E. Argoff, M.D, an expert in pain management, has joined the staff of the department of neurology at Albany Medical Center and has been appointed professor of neurology at Albany Medical College.
Albany, N.Y., November 8, 2007-New research from Albany Medical College scientists and their research partners has found a surprising role for cilia, the hair-like, microscopic structures located on many cells.
www.amc.edu   (291 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation - Albany Division Home Page
The Albany Division of the FBI serves the eastern part of upstate New York, and the State of Vermont.
The Albany Division operates from its headquarters office at 200 McCarty Avenue, Albany, New York.
The Albany Division also has Resident Agencies, which are smaller offices managed by Albany, NY, in Binghamton, NY, Ithaca, NY, Kingston, NY, Plattsburgh, NY, Syracuse, NY, Utica, NY, Burlington, VT and Rutland, VT.
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 Albany GateWAy - Albany WA Western Australia GateWAy Home of the First and Best Community Business and Tourism Web ...
Albany is the gateway to the Great Southern region of Western Australia.
Albany Gateway reflects the business and community of this beautiful part of the world.
is free for residents of Albany and the region.
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 City of Albany-Dougherty County Official Website
Welcome to the City of Albany and Dougherty County, Georgia, on the Web.
Thank you for your interest in City of Albany and Dougherty County.
The Albany Fire Department offers important information regarding burn permits to residents of Dougherty County.
www.albany.ga.us   (236 words)

  
 New Albany mayor-elect taps new police, fire chiefs
New Albany Mayor-elect Doug England announced today that he has named Greg Crabtree to serve as police chief starting Jan. 1 and Matthew Juliot as fire chief.
Mike Lawrence, who has 16 years of experience as a New Albany police officer, was named deputy chief, responsible for the department budget and the Criminal Investigation Division.
Mason said he intends to continue working as a New Albany firefighter with the rank of captain and would go wherever he is assigned.
www.courier-journal.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071121/NEWS02/71121022   (382 words)

  
 The Official Site of the City of Albany, NY
The City of Albany 2008 Proposed Annual Budget is now available.
In an effort to promote recycling efforts among the City of Albany’s youth, Mayor Jennings, in concert with the Department of General Services, has authorized the provision of City recycling bins to be used at Sheridan Preparatory Academy and Philip Livingston Magnet Academy.
The City Hall that is home to today’s City of Albany government was not the first of its kind.
www.albanyny.org   (326 words)

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