Hometown Heroes

Laurie Barrett and her 17-year-old son Brandon from Mechanicville are GNA's June 2020 Hometown Heroes.  What an absolute pleasure it was getting to know these two very philanthropic, caring people.  It's nice to know that during these trying times, people are using their extra ti…

As always, we thank all of the first responders in the city of Schenectady and hope they remain safe while taking action when duty calls.  Wednesday has been especially challenging as a string of fires broke out in the city of Schenectady, one of them proved fatal.

Jim Welch and a group of volunteers donate their time, energy and resources to literally make custom beds for kids.

Christopher Fain from Albany is GNA's March 2020 Hometown Hero for the volunteer work he does at Albany Medical Center.

We want to honor you and your fellow heroes and we need places to go. Tell us where to go and Brian and Chrissy will set up a live GNA broadcast during First Responder Fridays.

Erica Debie is an amazing mom, volunteer and captain of the Ballston Lake Fire Department. She's also is GNA's February Hometown Hero!

Something ridiculously unnerving was brought to my attention by a GNA listener who called into the morning show on Friday.  After spending over an hour discussing the potentially tragic news of the Albany man missing at Thacher Park since New Years Eve, I came to the conclusion that as an Uber drive…

Cody Alessi from Stuyvesant has created TAP Cancer Out and he hustles to raise thousands of dollars while competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournaments.

Homer LaVoie from Schodak is an 88-year-old Navy Vet and is GNA's Hometown Hero for October.

15-year-old Aiden from Guilderland wrote into WGNA asking that his father, Matthew, be our Hometown Hero for Septemeber.  We were happy to call and speak with Matthew on his day off to tell him the great news, which he humbly accepted.

Penny Bartlett from Colonie is the proud Marine Mom of 26-year-old Ian and she wrote to GNA hoping we'd honor him as August's Hometown Hero.  Mom also told us that her son may be slightly uncomfortable with the 'fanfare' that comes along with it and decided to spend a few mi…

A statewide program is being offered for volunteer firefighters to help pay for tuition. It's an effort to attract more volunteers to firefighting. Here's how it works.