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Cannabis Sales: Here's Where To Find 2 Of Region's First Legal Pot Shops, Report Says Cannabis Sales: Here's Where To Find 2 Of Region's First Legal Pot Shops, Report Says
Cannabis Sales: Here's Where To Find 2 Of Region's First Legal Pot Shops, Report Says Weeks after New York’s first legal recreational marijuana dispensary opened, additional pot shops are gearing up to open in the region, WRGB reports.  Business owner Don Andrews, who runs Schenectady’s Upstate CBD on Union Street, told the outlet his store was approved to sell adult-use cannabis products by the city and the state’s Office of Cannabis Management. Andrews told WRGB he expects to be open by mid February. A second recreational marijuana dispensary is set to open in Rensselaer County, according to Josh Mirsky, who told the outlet his Stage One Dispensary will be located in…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Pace Students Spend Spring Break Helping Storm Victims Pace Students Spend Spring Break Helping Storm Victims
Pace Students Spend Spring Break Helping Storm Victims Instead of partying and plenty of fun, 16 Pace University students spent their Spring Break helping residents still struggling to rebuild following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy more than five years ago. Pace University’s Center for Community Action and Research (CCAR) organized the students who spent hours installing insulation, hanging drywall, sanding, sealing and painting rooms in homes in Marine Park, Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach, Queens.  The immersive learning experience included guest lectures about how race, class, disaster relief policy, cultural attitudes, and political atti…

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by Kathy Reakes