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Four new Price Chopper-Market 32 stores open at former ShopRite locations
Four new Price Chopper-Market 32 stores opened Friday morning in the Capital Region. They are replacing the former ShopRite stores on Central Avenue in Albany, Colonie, Niskayuna and North Greenbush. Customers will get 5% off their groceries this Friday and Saturday, June 14 and June 15. The stores will also...
New grocery store in Troy aims to provide nutritious food at low cost
Officials are celebrating the completion of a grocery store in Troy, part of a $75 million development on River Street. New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s office says the 20,000-square foot Bargain Grocery will address food insecurity downtown. Overall, the Flanigan Square development will include three buildings, 200 housing units and commercial space. Republican Mayor Carmella Mantello says the city is a federally recognized food desert.
Extras Sought For Popular HBO Series Filming In Albany, Schenectady, Troy
Filming for the third season of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” is set to resume in the Capital Region this summer, and producers are on the hunt for background actors. Grant Wilfley Casting is looking for Albany and Rensselaer County residents to be extras in scenes that will be filmed in Albany, Schenectady, and Troy between Monday, Aug. 5, and Friday, Aug. 23.
Rock the Block 2024 ignites summer nights with free concerts in Cohoes
Another summer festival returns to the Capital Region Thursday, Rock the Block 2024 kicks off at Canal Square in Cohoes. Cohoes' Rock The Block 2024 Concert Series at Canal Square, 72 Remsen Street, "promises to deliver a memorable summer experience filled with free live music and fun for all." Weekly...
Williamstown to Take Up Regulations for Sidewalk Dining
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Select Board on Monday got a preview of one of the first decisions it will face in the coming weeks: whether and how to regulate outdoor dining in public spaces in the town. Town Manager Robert Menicocci told the board that the Legislature recently permanently...
Clark Art Celebrates Juneteenth
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Wednesday, June 19, the Clark Art Institute celebrates Juneteenth with art-making and music. From 1 to 3 pm, drop in for a free art-making event inspired by contemporary artist David-Jeremiah's exhibition "I Drive Thee." According to a press release:. In these works, the artist reflects...
Clark Highlights Work, Revolutionary Spirit of Underappreciated Master
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Favorite artist of Napoleon's brother, director of the Academy of France in Rome, friend to the novelist Alexandre Dumas and revolutionary Marquis de Lafayette, Guillaume Lethiere was a prolific and influential painter who cast a long shadow over the art world in Paris in the first decades of the 19th century.
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