Football Training Stories

The Record: Brown turned pain into gain for Rams

Jason Brown’s team mates can kid him now about the worn footpath on the side of the hill leading up to the Rensselaer High School practice field, but he was not in a joking mood at the beginning of practice in 2008.

The Exponent: Purdue's Independent Daily Student Newspaper: Sophomore feels ‘great’ after dropping weight with diet, exercise

Fifty pounds can make all the difference in playing ability.

Just ask sophomore offensive guard Ken Plue. ... The Rensselaer, N.Y., native came to Purdue as a four-star prospect...

Low Octane Swap

Press-Republican: Lesser-octane fuel leads to fines

MALONE — A “major screw-up” at the Getty petroleum terminal resulted in two North Country counties receiving compensation checks.
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During checks of regular- and mid-grade fuel at two stations, Franklin County sealer Brad Parker found the octane in a range of 84 to 85, rather than a required minimum range of 87 to 91, for fuel distributed between June 4 and 10.

He traced the delivery back to the Getty terminal in Rensselaer, where a mistake was made transferring 87-octane fuel from once place to another.
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Hang-outs

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Premium Rail Parking

Times-Union: CDTA's premium spots

Agency leasing private parking spaces on ground floor of rail station for $325 a month

RENSSELAER -- The Capital District Transportation Authority is giving users of the CDTA's Rensselaer Rail Station the opportunity to rent their own personal parking space.