Albany news

Police: Burglars firing shots through business windows in Albany Park
Chicago Sun-Times
Police are warning store owners on the Northwest Side of two recent business burglaries in the Albany Park neighborhood. In both incidents, two suspects shattered the front window of a business by firing three or four gunshots, then entered the ...and more »

ABC Online
Council gives go ahead for shark barrier at Albany's Middleton Beach
ABC Online
The City of Albany has voted unanimously in favour of a shark barrier to be trialled at the tourist destination of Middleton Beach on Western Australia's south coast. Mayor Dennis Wellington said the city would aim to have the structure in the water by ...

Let's invest in the essence of Albany
Albany Times Union
Albany voters have an opportunity on Tuesday to save an institution that has graduated civic leaders, award-winning musicians, entrepreneurs, athletes, scientists, artists and so much more —an institution that is the essence of Albany. The proposal to ...and more »

City approves new East Albany Boys & Girls Club
WALB-TV
City commissioners officially approved a partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Albany to renovate Thornton Gym. The expansion will include a pool, game room, and learning center. Officials say they made a promise to re-open a club on the Eastside ...and more »

Albany firefighters honored
WALB-TV
The 18 year Albany Fire Department veteran says he wanted to be a firefighter to help people. He saved his niece's life during a summer beach trip when she got knocked off her boogie board by a large wave. "It's a very humbling honor,” said Kevin ...

Wall Street Journal
Albany Braces for Corruption Trials
Wall Street Journal
As the two men who for decades were Albany's most powerful legislators head to their public-corruption trials in Manhattan federal court next month, the lawmakers, lobbyists, aides and others who populate state politics are bracing for fresh criticism ...and more »

Perth Now
Man rams 4WD into Albany house
Perth Now
Albany police have charged a 50-year-old man after he deliberately smashed his four-wheel-drive into a house on Tuesday. POLICE in Albany have charged a 50-year-old man after he deliberately smashed his four-wheel-drive into a house on Tuesday.
Car crashes into Albany houseThe West Australianall 2 news articles »

The Albany Herald
Maestro & Friends to perform at Albany Museum of Art
The Albany Herald
The "Maestro & Friends" performers set to play Sunday afternoon at the Albany Museum of Art include, from left on back row, Carlos Odria, guitar; Claire Fox Hillard, violin; Elizabeth Goode, flute; Marc Boensel, oboe. Seated is Marcia Hood, harpsichord.and more »

Albany Times Union
Apartment owners could opt out of Albany trash fee
Albany Times Union
Trash cans are places by the curb near Central Ave. on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union). Trash cans are places by the curb near Central Ave. on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union).