Kathleen Moore

Glens Falls

I'm a reporter for the Times Union in Albany, NY. Hobbies: raising a child, reading sci-fi and dreaming of a wonderful tomorrow.

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Kathryn Starbuck, Skidmore's 'Suffragist in Chief,' to be honored

5 days ago | timesunion.com | Kathleen Moore

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A feminist who pressed for women to be admitted to Albany Law School, and who possibly threw rotten eggs in Saratoga Springs during protests for the women’s right to vote, will be honored at a luncheon later this month. Kathryn Starbuck, who lived from 1887 to 1965, is all but unknown outside of the Saratoga region. But she won victory after victory in her fight for equality.
Aiming for survival, lifeguards teach non-swimmers how to rescue themselves

1 week ago | timesunion.com | Kathleen Moore

GLENVILLE — Swim teachers took a pragmatic approach to the summer on Thursday. Knowing that it’s too late to teach hundreds of children to swim before their first leap into a pool next month, they taught 140 Schenectady students how to rescue themselves if they start to drown. In groups of 10, students from Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School practiced jumping into the Glenville YMCA pool.
New York teachers' union demands longer recess time for youngest students

1 week ago | timesunion.com | Kathleen Moore

ALBANY — New York teachers are demanding that children receive 30 minutes of unstructured play time during the elementary school day, a proposal that would have been laughable two decades ago. That’s because back then, most elementary schools offered at least that much time for recess every day — even in winter. Article continues below this adNow, most school districts offer 15 minutes or less, according to New York State United Teachers.
Colonie girl, 10, to compete in national spelling bee

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Kathleen Moore

NORTH GREENBUSH — Krrisha Agrawal loves words. “Can I tell you one? Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,” she said. “It’s just so cool. Whenever I tell people (that word), the way they react is very funny.”Article continues below this adIt is the longest word in English, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. It describes the chronic lung disease caused by inhaling silicate or quartz dust. It’s unlikely to come up at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but if it does, Krrisha is ready.
UAlbany and other colleges report fewer international students enrolling

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Kathleen Moore

ALBANY — Fewer students from other countries are planning to start college in the United States this fall, college officials say. The expected decline in enrollment follows the sudden cancellation and then restoration of student visas and the arrests and attempted deportations of students in recent weeks. On Thursday, the federal government also abruptly cut off Harvard University’s certification to enroll students from other countries.
SUNY Chancellor says crucial research at risk amid federal cuts

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Kathleen Moore

ALBANY — Crucial, life-saving research is at risk due to federal cuts and it’s not yet clear how the State University of New York will continue all of that work, SUNY Chancellor John B. King, Jr. said in his State of the University speech Wednesday. He cited specific innovations that had been made in the past 75 years and the ones that now might not happen.
School budget voters met with broken machines, inoperative software

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Kathleen Moore

Early morning voters in Albany County had to vote by affidavit Tuesday after voter sign-in software and ballot machines failed. Today is the day to vote on school board members and all school budgets throughout the state. Polls are open until 9 p.m.Article continues below this adIn Albany and most districts, voters sign in digitally on an tablet that tracks eligible voters. But some voters could not sign in when polls opened, according to the Albany school district.
College of Saint Rose closed, but these students graduated on time

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Kathleen Moore

It was the graduation they feared wouldn’t happen this year. For a couple dozen students, walking across the stage at University at Albany, Russell Sage College and Siena College was a triumph over statistics that predicted their failure. Article continues below this adThey had to transfer to those colleges for their senior year after the College of Saint Rose closed.
After children die, some NY reports wrongly place blame on caregivers

2 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Kathleen Moore

WATERVLIET — In the middle of one night last summer, a toddler and his three older siblings woke up. Surreptitiously, they turned on their tablet to play games. The 2-year-old then did something he had done before: He climbed onto a dresser and jumped, aiming for a soft landing in his bed. But this time, he hit a metal bedpost. Hours later, the toddler was dead.
Russell Sage graduate heading back to the Adirondacks as a primary care provider

3 weeks ago | timesunion.com | Kathleen Moore

TROY — Ashley Anderson had to leave the Adirondacks to get her nurse practitioner certification, but she is heading back to the sweeping vistas as soon as she can. Her plan was to improve health care in the North Country. That meant getting more providers. She took it as a personal challenge. Article continues below this ad“It’s my calling,” she said.