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• Police ask for help in finding three missing Schenectady teens

  12-02-2019 23:55 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY - Police are asking for the public's help in locating three missing teens, two of whom have been missing since January.Anyone with information about the teens is urged to call Schenectady police at 518-630-0911 or the New York State Missing Persons Clearinghouse at 1-800-346-3543.
  
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• Saratoga Springs reschedules zoning meeting

  12-02-2019 23:50 via timesunion.com
  SARATOGA SPRINGS - The City Council's special workshop and presentation on the unified development ordinance and draft changes to the zoning map have been rescheduled due to the weather.
  
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• Masked Robber Attacks Gas Station Worker With Hammer: Video

  12-02-2019 22:46
  
  A masked, hammer-wielding man beat a New Jersey gas station employee after demanding cash, surveillance video shows.
  
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• At West Mountain, ski racers credited with saving life of fellow competitor

  12-02-2019 22:41 via timesunion.com
  QUEENSBURY, N.Y. — A day at the races nearly turned deadly for one Alpine ski racer from Babson College.On Feb. 3, Victor Wiacek was racing down West Mountain in the giant slalom when one of his skis broke loose. It slid across his thigh, severing an artery in his left leg.
  
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• NY Assemblymembers to feds: Scale back ICE courthouse arrests

  12-02-2019 21:48 via timesunion.com
  Three dozen Assemblymembers signed a letter urging Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to scale back U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) arrests in New York State courthouses and elsewhere.
  
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• Adirondack Theatre Fest slates world premieres for 25th season

  12-02-2019 21:43 via timesunion.com
  GLENS FALLS -- To observes its 25th season of bringing new plays and musicals to the North Country, the Adirondack Theatre Festival, based at the Charles R. Wood Theater, this summer will offer a season, running June 14 to Aug. 9, of four full productions and four specials events.
  
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• Harriman Campus PILOT more likely with lab headed to site

  12-02-2019 21:32 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The new $750 million Wadsworth Center headed for the Harriman State Office Campus uptown could be the edge Albany needs to finally get $12.5 million in permanent state funding.State lawmakers say the multi-million-dollar lab headed to the tax-exempt state campus makes Albany's request for a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement for the site stronger, as the campus has been touted by a state-ordered report as an opportunity for taxable commercial property.
  
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• Rensselaer school district receives federal grant

  12-02-2019 21:18 via timesunion.com
  RENSSELAER – The Rensselaer City School District has received a $420,000 federal grant to expand mental health services in the district over the next five years, Superintendent Joseph Kardash announced Tuesday.
  
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• New works dominate Barrington Stage season

  12-02-2019 21:17 via timesunion.com
  PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Five new works including four world premieres will be among the highlights of the 25th-anniversary season of Barrington Stage Company.
  
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• Officers Rescue ‘Terrified’ Dog Left Out in the Cold: Police

  12-02-2019 21:15
  
  Officers on Long Island rescued a “terrified” dog after the pooch was left out in the freezing cold, police said.Photo Credit: Nassau County Police Department
  
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• Grieving families offered few answers in NTSB’s preliminary limo crash report

  12-02-2019 21:14 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — Families who lost loved ones in the Schoharie limo crash know little more about what happened on what several called the worst day of their lives after the National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Monday.A father who lost his daughter in the Oct. 6 crash and preferred not to be named said the report was "very vague" and only said "what we already know." He's had three meetings with State Police since his daughter's death, but said the information he recei
  
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• Just in time for snow: App connects residents, plow drivers

  12-02-2019 21:13 via timesunion.com
  The loud alarm on TV signaling a winter storm warning likely means an incoming dump of snow. But a new online service could ease some of the stress — and back pain — removing that snow entails.
  
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• Cops: Driver crashes after hitting 102 mph in 30 mph zone

  12-02-2019 21:12 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - An East Greenbush man was arrested Monday after driving 70 miles per hour over the speed limit, crashing and fleeing from officers on foot earlier this month, police said.Kareem Brown, 28, was arrested for reckless endangerment, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and numerous traffic violations, State Police said.On the afternoon of Feb. 5, police said they saw a 2016 Subaru Forester, driven by Brown, going 102 mph on the I-787 Ramp into the Empire State Plaza, which is a 30 mph zone.
  
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• Amsterdam police arrest two for alleged drug sales

  12-02-2019 21:10 via timesunion.com
  AMSTERDAM - Two city women were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly selling heroin, crack cocaine, ecstasy and other drugs from the Schuyler Street apartment, Amsterdam police said.Sherri L. King, 55, and Gina M. Roby, 48, were arrested at 5:20 a.m. after a search warrant was issued by Amsterdam City Court after a month-long investigation into the activity at their home.
  
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• Williamstown summer stars to include Uma Thurman

  12-02-2019 20:56 via timesunion.com
  WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. -- The Williamstown Theatre Festival will have one of its most star-filled seasons in memory this summer when its stages are home to productions with cast members including Uma Thurman, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Mary Steenburgen, Mark Feuerstein and Jane Kaczmarek.
  
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• Women@Work breakfast postponed until next week

  12-02-2019 20:54 via timesunion.com
  Colonie — The Women@Work February breakfast originally scheduled for Feb. 13 has been postponed until next week, Wednesday, Feb. 20, due to the forecast for inclement weather.
  
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• NYC Snow Totals Dip, Ice Threat Soars as Storm Hits

  12-02-2019 20:33
  
  Projected snow totals for New York City dipped ahead of Tuesday's storm while the ice threat soared, and Storm Team 4 cautions some spots could see nearly a half-foot of frozen accumulation over the next...Photo Credit: NOAA/GOESThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Ex-Boyfriend Arrested in Death of Woman Found in Suitcase

  12-02-2019 20:14 via nytimes.com
  The police arrested an ex-boyfriend of a New Rochelle, N.Y., woman who was found dead in Greenwich, Conn., after he used her A.T.M. card.
  
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• After Winning a $15 Minimum Wage, Fast Food Workers Now Battle Unfair Firings

  12-02-2019 20:01 via nytimes.com
  A bill to be introduced to the New York City Council would require employers to provide a justifiable cause to fire fast food workers.
  
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• Albany training facility to undergo major expansion

  12-02-2019 19:56 via timesunion.com
  Sano-Rubin Construction Services has been awarded a $39.4 million contract to provide construction services for a major expansion of thestate Department of Corrections and Community Supervision's Albany Training Academy.
  
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• Watervliet councilman running for mayor

  12-02-2019 19:55 via timesunion.com
  WATERVLIET – Councilman Charles Patricelli launched his campaign Tuesday to be the city's next mayor Tuesday."Taking on the responsibility of mayor if elected will be challenging. It will require some difficult decisions but only thinking of one and only one objective, what is best for Watervliet as a whole," Patricelli said.
  
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• Aziz Ansari Addresses Sexual Misconduct Accusation During New York Set

  12-02-2019 19:51 via nytimes.com
  In a “pop-up show” Monday night at the Village Underground, Ansari spoke more directly about an article that took him out of the public eye last year.
  
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• New Jersey Split on Murphy’s First Year: Poll

  12-02-2019 19:21
  
  With more than a year under his belt leading New Jersey, the public is split on Gov. Phil Murphy’s job performance, according to a Monmouth University Poll.Photo Credit: Getty Images for William Hill R
  
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• Latex Gloves Bring Snow Truck Sabotage to Westchester

  12-02-2019 19:04
  
  An overnight sabotage temporarily disabled all of the City of Mount Vernon's DPW trucks, including snow plow trucks and salting truck, a city spokesperson said.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• On the Day of El Chapo's Guilty Verdict, See the Drug Kingpin's Glassy-Eyed First Moments in the US

  12-02-2019 19:03
  
  Joaquin "El Chapo" GOn the day of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was found guilty on federal drug drug trafficking charges, see the alleged druglord's glassy eyed arrival in the United States...
  
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• E-Cigarettes and Youths

  12-02-2019 18:54 via nytimes.com
  New York City health officials warn of the dangers.
  
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• Inside NYC Housing Where Trump’s HUD Admin Plans to Sleep

  12-02-2019 18:29
  
  An administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has moved into a Bronx NYCHA building, prepared to live in public housing for a month to see the ailments for herself.
  
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• Colonie police recover cocaine, marijuana in motel search

  12-02-2019 18:26 via timesunion.com
  Colonie police charged eight people in connection with a drug raid at the Golden Circle Motel.Police received a tip on Feb. 9 about possible drug sales out of a room at the motel. Over the next few days police surveilled the motel and stopped five people who were seen going in to and leaving the room.
  
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• New York Needs Amazon

  12-02-2019 18:15 via nytimes.com
  History is clear: A city that rejects economic opportunity will lose its status as the center of the business world.
  
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• Lark Street wine bar space becoming wine bar again

  12-02-2019 18:00 via timesunion.com
  The cozy, beloved basement and back-patio space at 200 Lark St. in Albany is becoming a wine bar again.Called Post, it is being redeveloped by Augusta Rosa, who owns Pint Sized, a bar and bottle shop with locations on Lark Street and in Saratoga Springs, and business partners Craig Dutra and Nicholas Warchol, who co-own the D.P. Dough calzone franchise in Albany.
  
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• Feds charge Gloversville man in NYC gang killing

  12-02-2019 17:33 via timesunion.com
  NEW YORK -- Federal prosecutors say a 32-year-old Gloversville man is a Bloods gang member responsible for a 2014 murder of a woman in a New York City housing project.
  
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• Rwandan genocide survivor shares story, challenges Niskayuna students

  12-02-2019 16:58 via timesunion.com
  Rwandan genocide survivor Eugenie Mukeshimana, who immigrated to Albany nearly two decades ago to get her master's in social work at St. Rose and now lives in New Jersey, shared her story with Niskayuna High School students. She said she began speaking out when she realized that not everyone was aware of the genocide and wanted to tell the next generation so that when they grew up, they could choose a different path.
  
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• Rangers free pair of deer tangled by their antlers

  12-02-2019 16:41 via timesunion.com
  Last week, state forest rangers separated a pair of deer who were tangled by their antlers and located a pair of hikers lost in the Adirondacks, the state Department of Environmental Conservation said.
  
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• Inside NYC Housing Where Trump’s HUD Admin Will Spend Month

  12-02-2019 16:21
  
  An administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has moved into a Bronx NYCHA building, prepared to live in public housing for a month to see the ailments for herself.
  
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• Groups plan relaunch of South End Scene newspaper

  12-02-2019 16:17 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — More than 41 years after the first issue of the South End Scene community newspaper, stakeholders are coming together to begin a pilot project that could result in a full relaunch of South End Scene, this time primarily as an online publication, with the supplement of occasional print issues.
  
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• Town Board member Lisa Weber running for Niskayuna supervisor

  12-02-2019 15:44 via timesunion.com
  Town Board Member Lisa Weber, a Democrat, is running for Supervisor this year, she confirmed to the Times Union Tuesday. She will be running against current Supervisor Yasmine Syed, a Republican campaigning for her second term. Fellow Democrat and the longest-tenured member of the Town Board, Denise Murphy McGraw, will not be a candidate.
  
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• Allegiant to begin flying Albany-to-Savannah route

  12-02-2019 15:32 via timesunion.com
  Allegiant will begin flights from Albany International Airport to Savannah, Ga., and is offering introductory fares as low as $49 each way.
  
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• Listen Up: Snow Day, IGTV Update and Best of Bronxville

  12-02-2019 15:08
  
  Find out more about the snow hitting the tri-state, the IGTV update and Bronxville neighborhood spots in this Feb. 12 edition of Listen Up.Photo Credit: WNBC
  
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• NYC Snow Projections Dip, Ice Threat Soars as Storm Hits

  12-02-2019 15:02
  
  Projected snow totals for New York City dipped ahead of Tuesday's storm while the ice threat soared, and Storm Team 4 cautions some spots could see nearly a half-foot of frozen accumulation over the next...Photo Credit: NOAA/GOESThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• NJ Woman May Be Early Contender for Mug Shot of the Year

  12-02-2019 14:58
  
  A New Jersey woman may be an early contender for mug shot of the year.Photo Credit: Handout
  
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• Trump HUD Admin to Sleep in NYC Public Housing for a Month

  12-02-2019 14:07
  
  An administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has moved into a Bronx NYCHA building, prepared to live in public housing for a month to see the ailments for herself.
  
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• With snow and sleet moving in, schools are closed or closing early

  12-02-2019 12:34 via timesunion.com
  Schools around the Capital Region are closed or closing early as the region braces for a winter storm that will initially drop several inches of snow and then cover the snow with a layer of potentially dangerous sleet.The snow is expected to start later Tuesday morning and flakes could fall at a rate of 2 inches an hour. But forecasters say the worst of the storm could be the sleet that is expected to begin hitting in the mid-afternoon.
  
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• Happening Today: Border, Rep. Omar, Vaping, Smollett, Minaj

  12-02-2019 12:30
  
  Here's what to know for Tuesday, Feb. 12.Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
  
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• N.Y. Today: Brace Yourselves for Snow, Sleet and Freezing Rain

  12-02-2019 12:11 via nytimes.com
  Sloppy, slushy weather may be an obstacle to your commute.
  
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• New York Weather: Snow, Sleet and Freezing Rain

  12-02-2019 12:11 via nytimes.com
  Sloppy, slushy weather may be an obstacle to your commute.
  
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• Man Dies After Being Shot in Head While Leaving Club: NYPD

  12-02-2019 12:07
  
  A man was shot dead in Queens as he was leaving a club and the killer is still on the run, police said.
  
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• Making an App to Make a Difference? Good luck

  12-02-2019 12:00 via nytimes.com
  Technology engineers have long served big profitable businesses well, while apps focusing on what more altruistic organizations need remained sparse. But that’s changing.
  
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• ‘I Want My Fifty Bucks’: Building Apps That Deliver for the Poor

  12-02-2019 12:00 via nytimes.com
  Technology engineers have long served big profitable businesses well, while apps focusing on what more altruistic organizations need remained sparse. But that’s changing.
  
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• Sorry, Kids: NYC Public Schools Are Open Tuesday

  12-02-2019 11:42
  
  New York City Public Schools will be open Tuesday amid a winter storm that could drop several inches of snow in the city.Photo Credit: Pexels/CCThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Siena: New Yorkers support Amazon deal

  12-02-2019 11:30 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — A day after the release of a Siena Research Institute poll that showed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's favorability ratings falling to a low point since taking office, Siena is out with a survey the Executive Chamber might be less apt to dispute.The new survey finds that a majority of New Yorkers (56 percent) approve of the recently announced deal between Amazon and New York that grants up to $3 billion in state and city incentives to the online retailer in return for its decision to locate i
  
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