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The strange new math behind the price of your groceries
A shelf in the food section of the Albany Walmart supercenter on Washington Avenue Extension shows how digital shelf labels give the prices of items in digital format (Larry Rulison/Albany Times Union / Getty Images) Walmart recently published a list of things it promises not to do to its customers.
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Albany Record Riot Returns With 60-Plus Vinyl Tables at Polish Community Center
Crate diggers across the Capital Region are circling their calendars for another round of the Albany Record Riot, a vinyl-hunting tradition that fills the Polish Community Center with dealer tables stacked high with LPs, CDs, and 45s. The event is listed for Sunday, November 8, 2026, at the Polonaise Ballroom inside the Polish Community Center, though that date comes from an Eventbrite search listing rather than a fully verified event page.
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Birds of a feather flock together: Troy council unanimously rejects crow resolution
The Troy City Council on Thursday voted unanimously against a resolution that would have authorized the contract to allow non-lethal methods to deter crows in the city. The resolution would give Mayor Carmela Mantello permission to enter into a contract with the United States Department of Agriculture. Within the contract, the department would charge the city $13,450 to disperse crow roosts in the city. In an earlier council meeting last month, Mantello said she was worried about the possibilities of increasing crow roosts in the city because it was a matter of public health due to the volume of the crow droppings. She added it was a proactive measure, an effort to make sure the city doesn't face the same hazards it did in 2022. The city had a similar deterrent contract with the USDA that year.