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Meet a Mom: Olympic Softball Star Cat Osterman!

When softball star Cat Osterman competed at Athens in 2004, she was the youngest athlete to win a gold medal for Team USA—in fact, she was still a student athlete at the University of Texas. The pitcher won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and she came out...

Meet a Mom: Lindsay Rechler, Author of Good Morning Zoom!

Lindsay Rechler is a NYC-based mom of two, a Managing Director at a global investment bank and most recently, a published author. Her first book, Good Morning Zoom, came about while explaining the pandemic to her young kids and was featured in the New York...

Meet the Dad Behind My Green Mattress

When Tim Masters’ daughter Emily developed allergies and eczema as a baby, he and his wife Cindy set out to solve her issues through any means necessary. Tim had been in the mattress business since he was a teenager, eventually purchasing the business from his mentor...

Meet a Dad, Dwayne Killings, Men’s Basketball Coach at UAlbany

How long have you lived in the Capital District? I am originally from Amherst, MA (90 minutes East of Albany) and my wife is from New York City. However, we now call the Capital Region home as I was named the new head men’s basketball coach at UAlbany in March...

Meet A Mom: Amber Bradbury, Local Author

Amber is a local author and mother who wrote the children’s book “If Grandma Were Here” after she lost her mother unexpectedly and her paternal grandmother a few years later.   How long have you lived in the Capital District?  I was born in...

Meet a Mom: Amanda Ettinger, Board Member of Kelly’s Angels, Inc.

Amanda is a board member of Kelly’s Angels, Inc that is hosting its signature fundraiser—the Mother-Lovin’ 5K run/walk—on Mother’s Day weekend, May 7-9, 2021. The event will be virtual again due to the pandemic; however, they hope to build on last year’s amazing...

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