Since so many have commented on the article itself, I should note that the fella who wrote that article, Paul Grondahl, is an excellent features writer/reporter who works for the Albany Times-Union.
Interestingly, our paths have crossed many times as he has covered events which have touched my family over the years: from fruitcake to events at my kids' school to a book he wrote about the life of long-serving Albany Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd (mayor from 1941 to his death in 1983) and a number of other times as well.