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Harris candidacy impacts other races
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The 2024 presidential election continued to see developments this week when President Joe Biden made the historic announcement that he would not seek reelection. Attention turned to Vice President Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic candidate. This week on Empire State Weekly, Assemblymember Jonathan Jacobson, a Democrat representing the 104th District, […]
State Police looking for missing man
State Police in Chestertown is seeking the public’s help in looking for a missing man who may be in the Albany area. James Carroll is 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs around 230 pounds. He was last seen on Thursday wearing a navy blue baseball cap, gray short-sleeved New England Patriots T-shirt, tan cargo shorts and brown Reebok work boots.
SUNY receives $500,000 grant to boost FAFSA applications
ALBANY, NY (Erie News Now)--LAST YEAR IN NEW YORK OVER $220 MILLIOn IN PELL GRANTS WERE LEFT UNCLAIMED. The State University of New York or SUNY IS DETERMINED TO NOT LET ANY AID GO UNUSED. THIS WEEK SUNY CHANCELLOR JOHN KING ANNOUNCED $500,000 FROM ECMC, A HIGHER EDUCATION FOUNDATION, TO...
Duo Wanted For Armed Carjacking Targeting Woman In Albany
The incident happened shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday, July 25, in Albany near Alexander and Clinton streets. Albany Police said the victim told officers she was sitting in her vehicle when two men approached, one appearing to hold a handgun, and demanded her car. She complied and the suspects fled...
SPOTTED: Sirsy, The Record Company at Alive at Five
No one had to wait until midnight to catch The Record Company play a song following an opening set by Eddie Awarding-winning duo Sirsy as the two bands played to an Alive at Five crowd. The post SPOTTED: Sirsy, The Record Company at Alive at Five first appeared on Spotlight News.
Albany man faces drug charges after traffic stop
An Albany man is accused of possessing cocaine, meth and cannabis. Albany County Sheriff’s deputies stopped Malik Jackson, 41, in the area of Livingston Avenue and Henry Johnson Boulevard around 7:20 p.m. on Thursday. They found 13 grams of cocaine, 10 grams of meth and 5.1 pounds of cannabis, police said.
Budd returns to his roots and to safe pasture at Cherry Hill, fundraiser August 11
Budd was a standardbred whose original destiny was to become a racehorse. At two years old, he didn’t make the required time and instead became a working horse. He ended up as a driver for an Amish family for the next 18 years.He click-clacked his way for more than 100,000 miles over those years, and when it became evident that Budd could no longer perform his daily tasks due to old age, his family didn’t really want to send him to auction. Lucky for Budd, his family came across the Cherry Hill Farm Sanctuary business cards that President Pamela Harmon had scattered throughout nearby harness shops and community centers.
Smart, cute and ready for kindergarten
It was a busy and happy Friday in two classrooms at Pine Hills Elementary School as students in the Jump Start kindergarten prep program brushed up on their numbers and letters while they played. The four-week Jump Start program operates out of Pine Hills Elementary and Giffen Memorial Elementary schools....
Upstate New York Airport Adds Another Direct Flight
Albany International Airport is undergoing a one hundred million dollar renovation but it isn't stopping them from adding more flights. A new discount airline has taken flight and offering direct flights to two different cities in North Carolina. Which New Airline Is Flying Out Of Albany Airport to North Carolina?
Dean’s Read: Soccer Coach Lunch and Learn
Along with the refugee experience, coaching soccer is at the center of this year’s Dean’s Read, Outcasts United. Join us for lunch and a Soccer Coach Round Table discussion. The panel includes Rifat Filkins, Mark Adam, David Adadjo, and Asad Maqsood of the Albany Refugee and Immigrant Youth Soccer Program, and Amir Pasic of the RSC Soccer program. Lunch will be served.
Commission to study reparations in N.Y. to convene for first time
Nine commissioners are slated to meet for the first time next week to start an 18-month study of potential reparations for descendants of enslaved people and the impacts of New York's role on the slave trade. The state's Community Commission on Reparations Remedies will meet on July 30 in the...
Women’s Golf to Host Invitational, Announces Fall Schedule
ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany women's golf team is set for an exciting fall as the Great Danes announced the first half of their 2024-25 schedule, Thursday. This fall's slate includes an exciting first for the Great Danes and head coach Colleen Cashman. "This upcoming season is going...
Summer track club Sky’s the Limit sending 31 to Junior Olympics
Earlier this week, we told you about one organization that’s keeping kids off the streets and active during the summer. Sky’s the Limit is a track and field club that has 31 kids who have qualified for the AAU Junior Olympic Games.
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