FOOD & DRINK
New South Bethlehem Sheetz Sets Opening Date
For area residents who have been waiting for a Sheetz to open on Rt. 412 in South Bethlehem, the wait is nearly over. For area residents who have been waiting for a Sheetz to open on Rt. 412 in South Bethlehem, the wait is nearly over. The company has announced...
Spectrum 8 Theaters to reopen Wednesday
Spectrum 8 Theaters will be reopening on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The theater at 290 Delaware Ave. in Albany had closed in February. It has been taken over by Scene One Entertainment, which also operates the Wilton Mall cinema and Bow Tie Cinemas in Saratoga Springs. The event will...
Albany High student seeks another hair-cutting win at skills competition
Albany High student looks to defend haircutting title. He was the first New Yorker to win a gold medal for his skills as a barber and now Elijah Temple is looking for another win. The Albany High School student came in first place at last year’s New York State Skills...
Spectrum 8 Movie Theatres reopens, under new management, after brief hiatus
ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — The Spectrum 8 Movie Theatres in Albany's Delaware Avenue neighborhood is reopening!. There will be an official ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Wednesday only, tickets are $5 and the proceeds will support youth FX. Spectrum 8 first opened its doors back in 1983- and...
Albany restaurateur Yono Purnomo gets critical kidney transplant
Well-known Albany restaurateur Yono Purnomo has a new kidney. Purnomo underwent the surgery earlier this week at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, according to his son Dominick Purnomo. As NewsChannel 13 reported last fall, Yono was diagnosed with end stage renal failure in April 2023. That required him to get...
Alice Cooper To Perform At Palace Theatre This Summer
Rock singer Alice Cooper will perform at the Palace Theatre in Albany on July 31 as part of his “Too Close For Comfort” Tour. Alice Cooper has pioneered his grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock many. With equal inspiration from vaudeville, garage rock, and horror films, the ensemble put on a theatrical production complete with electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood, and boa constrictors. He is still on tour regularly, taking his dark and horror-themed theatrics to audiences all over the world.
Suburban lawns are adding to the insect apocalypse
With Earth Day approaching, many people are thinking about ways to protect and appreciate the natural world. They may be shocked to learn that their lovely, carefully tended lawn is neither natural nor good for the environment. Kate Brittenham, an ecological landscape designer and founder of Front Stoop Gardens in...
Football Player From Albany Named Potential Suitor On New Season Of 'The Bachelorette'
Tran, age 26, made her Bachelor Nation debut on Joey Grazidei's season, and will be the first Asian-American Bachelorette in season history. Tran is a physician assistant based in Miami, and will soon be meeting the 28 men hoping for a shot at love. The new season will begin airing in July on ABC-TV.
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