Students in the Capital Region BOCES Digital Media Design program expanded their graphic design abilities while helping area high school students earlier this month celebrate their graduation. More than two dozen banners featuring area school district logos, as well as the Capital Region BOCES logo, were created by the aspiring graphic designers as part of work-based learning in Barb Gorbaty’s program. The students also created banners honoring each graduate, as well as other posters that were hung in the Empire State Convention Center for the ceremony. In total, 41 art pieces were produced for the event. (Photo provided)
![Troy always has had characters – Trojans that stood out for their eccentricities or bigger-than-life personalities. There was one such woman in the 19th century that had everyone talking, including national newspapers and even books were written about her. She was known as the Veiled Murderess. “Henrietta” is a mysterious resident of Troy and was charged with the murders of her neighbors Timothy Lanagan, grocery-store owner, and Catherine Lube. Henrietta laced their beer with arsenic in May 1853 in a drunken act of revenge. She was a frequent buyer of beer from Lanagan’s store since she lived close by. After […]](https://www.saratogian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/donRittner-4.jpg?w=256 "Troy always has had characters – Trojans that stood out for their eccentricities or bigger-than-life personalities. There was one such woman in the 19th century that had everyone talking, including national newspapers and even books were written about her. She was known as the Veiled Murderess. “Henrietta” is a mysterious resident of Troy and was charged with the murders of her neighbors Timothy Lanagan, grocery-store owner, and Catherine Lube. Henrietta laced their beer with arsenic in May 1853 in a drunken act of revenge. She was a frequent buyer of beer from Lanagan’s store since she lived close by. After […]")