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Classic rock legends will play farewell tour together this summer, stop in Upstate NY
Two iconic classic rock groups will play their farewell tours together this summer, and there is one show in Upstate New York. Styx and Foreigner have announced their “Renegades and Juke Box Heroes Tour.” The bands, along with British rocker John Waite, will begin the three-month tour on June 11 and end on Aug. 28.
Boralex seeks 750-acre solar energy facility in Fort Edward
Quebec-based Boralex, whose U.S. headquarters are in South Glens Falls, held an open house Thursday, April 18, at the Durkeetown Church in Fort Edward to allow the public to gather information about its proposed 100 MW photovoltaic solar energy generation facility. The open house was well attended,. The solar project...
Health department investigating after child nearly drowns at NY waterpark
The New York State Department of Health is investigating an indoor waterpark after a child almost drowned over the weekend. . A 5-year-old from Hudson, New York, was found unresponsive in the water on Saturday at Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark, in Queensbury, New York, the Warren County Sheriff’s Office said. The girl was transported to an Albany hospital by Life Net and is in a stable condition.
This & That: Opening Day has Arrived – DTD Exclusive
Albany-Saratoga had a night of racing along with some early rain, but promoter Lyle Devore and company had no plans to give up on their opening night. There was a good crowd in the stands, even with the threat of rain, and the pit was one car shy of 170 cars. And we saw something that we hadn’t seen in a long time: fans were buying tickets while it was raining.
Touts chestnuts as food source of great potential; says local farms can grow trees
Russell Wallack has a mission — “to build the organic chestnut industry to a watershed scale in the Northeast.”. Breadtree Farms LLC, created by Mr. Wallack in 2019 in Greenwich, just received a $1,957,328 USDA Organic Market Development grant toward establishing a $2,777,000 chestnut facility at the former Atwater Farm in Salem.
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