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• Dog attacks 7-year-old in Troy

  18-02-2019 23:50 via timesunion.com
  TROY - A 7-year-old boy was hospitalized last week after being brutally attacked by a dog, police said on Monday.The dog is being held by Mohawk Hudson Humane Society and a dangerous dog hearing is scheduled for Thursday.The dog — a Rottweiler — bit the boy and dragged the youngster down a sidewalk, officials confirmed.
  
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• Troy and cops union battle over captain promotion

  18-02-2019 23:35 via timesunion.com
  TROY – A vacant police captain's position has led to a court battle between the city and the Troy Police Benevolent Association, which is pushing for one of three sergeants to be promoted, according to court papers.This court action brought by the city comes as Sgt. Randall French, the highest scoring sergeant on the captain's promotional list, has been passed over each time an opening occurs due to the politics surrounding his fatal shooting of Edson Thevenin in an April 2016 DWI traffic
  
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• NYPD: Mom Stabbed, Bludgeoned With Weight; Son Strangled

  18-02-2019 23:33 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A mother and her 14-year-old son were found dead inside a Bronx apartment on Sunday, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York
  
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• Growing Retail Blight on Upper West Side Worries Neighbors

  18-02-2019 23:23 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  As empty storefronts increasingly litter the landscape on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, neighbors are growing distressed about the retail blight in their community.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• Woman Arrested After Outburst on Plane at FLL Airport

  18-02-2019 23:22 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A woman was kicked off a JetBlue flight out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after being disruptive on the plane and was later arrested for battery for allegedly hitting an airline worker.Photo Credit: @BigOShow and @1210TheMan / BSO
  
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• Spa City Mayor expected to run for re-election

  18-02-2019 22:45 via timesunion.com
  SARATOGA SPRINGS – Mayor Meg Kelly, along with other incumbent Democrats, including Commissioner of Accounts John Franck, Commissioner of Finance Michele Madigan and Supervisor Tara Gaston, will be seeking re-election.The city's Democratic Committee Chair Courtney DeLeonardis made the announcement in the Saratogian, but emphasized that the four have yet to win the city's committee's endorsement.
  
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• NYPD: Fetus, Bloody Clothes Found Near School in Brooklyn

  18-02-2019 22:39 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police are investigating after a human fetus was found near a school in Brooklyn.
  
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• Capital Region Chamber to honor two at annual dinner

  18-02-2019 21:42 via timesunion.com
  The Capital Region Chamber will honor a banker and a youth center directorduring its annual dinner to be held March 28 at the Albany Capital Center.
  
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• New subscription renewal puzzles some Proctors customers

  18-02-2019 21:17 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY — A new practice by Proctors that automatically renews season subscriptions for existing customers — before they know what shows they'll be buying tickets for — has confused some customers and incensed others.Subscribers have until the end of the day Tuesday to opt out of the auto-renewal, according to an email from Proctors that says each customer's credit card on file with the box office will be charged on Wednesday.
  
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• Mohawk Taproom owners managing City Squire in Schenectady

  18-02-2019 21:14 via timesunion.com
  From Steve Barnes' Table Hopping blog:City Squire Ale House Kitchen & Bar, which opened 11 months ago on the site of the razed original City Squire, a staple of Schenectady's upper Union Street for 40 years, is now being operated by Mike and Stephanie Martini, the husband-and-wife owners of the 5-year-old Mohawk Taproom & Grill in Scotia.
  
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• Pilot boosts hospital forensics for upstate N.Y. sex assault victims

  18-02-2019 20:46 via timesunion.com
  In rural communities nationwide, sexual assault victims seeking care and forensic examination from their local emergency department are often faced with two options — get it from someone untrained, or get it elsewhere.
  
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• Phillips Hardware planning larger Altamont store, gas station

  18-02-2019 20:43 via timesunion.com
  GUILDERLAND - Phillips Hardware is planning to replace its store on Route 146 in Altamont with one twice its size and is also planning to build a gas station and convenience store next door.
  
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• Voorheesville unites to raise funds for brothers who lost mother

  18-02-2019 20:21 via timesunion.com
  VOORHEESVILLE — Paige Parker spent her entire career helping others. She counseled juvenile delinquents, aided those struggling with abuse and adversity and offered support to anyone who needed it.On Friday, Feb. 15, she passed away. Now, the Voorheesville community is rallying behind Parker's family to do what she had done so often for others: help.In less than a day, more than $40,000 was raised through a GoFundMe to help pay for Parker's sons' -- P.J. and Noah -- college tuitions.
  
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• Cuomo proposes seat belt requirement for automobile back seats

  18-02-2019 20:16 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - New Yorkers might soon be required to wear a seat belt no matter how old they are or where they're sitting in a motor vehicle.Tucked into the budget amendments released on Friday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is language that expands the seat belt requirement for adults in the front seat to adults in the back seat as well. The same proposal was part of his initial budget last year, but was nixed during negotiations with the state Legislature.
  
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• Diamond Club taking over food, beverage at Clifton Park hotel

  18-02-2019 19:34 via timesunion.com
  CLIFTON PARK — Starting March 1, The Diamond Club at Clifton Park Center will take over food and beverage operations at the Hilton Garden Inn.The Diamond Club — Restaurant/Bar/Events replaces Angelo's Prime Bar + Grill, which announced last month that it was not renewing its lease at the hotel after a little more than seven years. It is part of a move by Prime Bar + Grill's parent company, Clifton Park-based Mazzone Hospitality, to spin off, sell or close its a la carte restaurants a
  
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• Firefighter regains consciousness after near death from septic infection

  18-02-2019 19:20 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The Albany International Airport firefighter who nearly died from a septic infection, regained consciousness and is aware of his surroundings, his wife wrote on Facebook."He's awake, aware, extubated, conscious, forming his own unique thoughts, maybe a little confused, in pain, very weak, vulnerable," Chelsea Woodward wrote Sunday about her husband Josh's slow recovery. ".... it goes on."
  
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• Lawmakers Reach Deal For Legal Recreational Marijuana in NJ

  18-02-2019 19:05 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The Garden State could become the next state to legalize recreational marijuana use under a deal stricken by state lawmakers.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Amtrak: Buy one ticket, get one free

  18-02-2019 18:54 via timesunion.com
  Amtrak is offering a buy one, get one free promotion on one-way and roundtrip rail tickets through Monday night.These flash sale tickets are valid for travel March 25 to July 29 on most Amtrak routes for both coach and Acela business class tickets, including prime spring and summer travel dates. No blackout dates.The companion and full-fare passenger must travel together on the same itinerary. The tickets will be issued together. One child age 2-12 may accompany each adult at half the regular fu
  
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• Pickett's 46 points gets another MAAC Rookie of Week honor

  18-02-2019 18:46 via timesunion.com
  Pickett passed former Saints star Kenny Hasbrouck, who received the honor eight times during the 2005-06 season.With two weeks left in the regular season, Pickett has a chance to tie or break the MAAC record of 10 Rookie of the Week honors shared by La Salle's Lionel Simmons in 1986-87 and Fairfield's Derek Needham in 2009-10.Against Quinnipiac, Pickett shot 14 of 26 from the field, 4 of 8 from the foul line and made 14 of 17 foul shots in the 107-100 triple-overtime loss to the Bobcats. He scor
  
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• Activists rally against Trump's border wall emergency

  18-02-2019 18:44 via timesunion.com
  DELMAR — "Trump is the real emergency" is the message three dozen protesters chanted in a President's Day protest against Donald Trump's national emergency declaration for border wall funding."There's no national emergency in terms of the wall. We have many other national emergencies - gun violence, student loan debt, climate change. The wall is not. It's a racist agenda he's promoting," said Trudy Quaif, a retired state worker. She's been protesting at Delmar's Four Corners every Monday e
  
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• Amazon faces renewed fight from neighbors in Schodack after Queens debacle

  18-02-2019 18:17 via timesunion.com
  SCHODACK - Amazon is showing no sign of abandoning plans to build a $100 million fulfillment center in the town of Schodack after the online retail giant backed out of a $3 billion deal with New York state to build a massive new headquarters in Long Island CityAnd a local neighborhood association isn't giving up its fight, either.
  
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• Jury finds man guilty in 2017 Catskill slaying

  18-02-2019 17:47 via timesunion.com
  A man charged with killing a romantic rival told a Greene County jury he accidentally shot the man twice - with two different weapons - before entombing him in concrete, as a twisted love triangle came to a violent end in January 2017.On Friday, the jury found Brandon Graham, 32, guilty of second-degree murder for killing Brandyn Dayne Foster, according to the Daily Mail.
  
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• Programming announced for Festival of Contemporary Music

  18-02-2019 17:31 via timesunion.com
  A new work from 15-year-old composer and percussionist Jacob Fanto will premiere at the University at Albany’s 27th annual Festival of Contemporary Music, set for 7 p.m. Monday, March 11, at the uptown campus Performing Arts Center.
  
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• NYPD: Fetus Found Near School in Brooklyn

  18-02-2019 17:17 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police are investigating after a human fetus was found near a school in Brooklyn.
  
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• Alum donates $1.2 million to the College of Saint Rose

  18-02-2019 17:14 via timesunion.com
  Alumna Michelle Cuozzo Borisenok donated $1.2 million to the College of Saint Rose, the college announced Monday morning.Borisenok's donation with fund a construction project on campus that the college describes as "a significant initiative for women."
  
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• Brunswick councilman, legislator charged with DWI

  18-02-2019 16:33 via timesunion.com
  BRUNSWICK – A town councilman, who also serves as a Rensselaer County legislator, was charged with drunk driving after he was stopped by a deputy for driving without his headlights on, according to the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office and court records.Daniel Casale of Patriot Place was stopped the night of Feb. 8, according to the sheriff's office.
  
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• NYPD: Man Followed Woman, Asked for Directions & Raped Her

  18-02-2019 16:27 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police are looking for a man they say followed a woman off a bus, pretended to ask for directions to the subway and then raped her.
  
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• Fire Rips Through Brooklyn Building; No Injuries Reported

  18-02-2019 15:03 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  No one was injured when a fire swept through several buildings in Brooklyn on Monday morning, fire officials said.
  
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• VentureB Series returns to Pat's Barn Tuesday

  18-02-2019 15:01 via timesunion.com
  NORTH GREENBUSH - The VentureB Series is returning to Pat's Barn at the Rensselaer Technology Park on Tuesday and will feature two Troy companies making their pitch for venture capital: Stock Gitter and United Aircraft Technologies.
  
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• Thank You, New York

  18-02-2019 14:30 via nytimes.com
  The city did the rest of the country a favor. Corporate-relocation handouts are terrible economic policy.
  
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• Fast-Moving Snow and Wintry Mix Moves Through Area

  18-02-2019 14:14 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A wintry mix expected to move through the tri-state overnight could make roads slippery on Monday morning, Storm Team 4 says.Photo Credit: APThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Lee Radziwill’s Timeless Style

  18-02-2019 14:03 via nytimes.com
  A woman whose personal approach has inspired fashion designers and tastemakers.
  
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• Get ready for slippery driving on Monday

  18-02-2019 12:40 via timesunion.com
  A fresh coat of snow covered the ground in the Capital Region Monday but the storm had little impact on local schools.Most schools in the region are on winter break for the week and Monday is Presidents Day.
  
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• ‘I Noticed a Young Woman Outside the Bank Who Was Clearly Struggling’

  18-02-2019 09:00 via nytimes.com
  An open door on East 86th Street, a modest proposal at Radio City Music Hall and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
  
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• Man Stomps on Head of Diddy Statue at Madame Tussauds: NYPD

  18-02-2019 04:53 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A man knocked over a likeness of Sean Combs at Madame Tussauds in Times Square, causing the head to fall off, police said Sunday.Photo Credit: Getty
  
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• New York Did Us All a Favor by Standing Up to Amazon

  18-02-2019 01:28 via nytimes.com
  Yes, Amazon’s departure will modestly hurt the city’s economy. But it’s also a victory against bad economic policy.
  
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• Fast-Moving Snow and Wintry Mix Moving Through Overnight

  18-02-2019 01:19 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A wintry mix expected to move through the tri-state overnight could make roads slippery on Monday morning, Storm Team 4 says.Photo Credit: APThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• NYPD Reviews Alleged Threat By Cop Against 50 Cent

  18-02-2019 01:12 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The NYPD said Sunday it was reviewing allegations by 50 Cent that a police officer told other cops to shoot the rapper and actor on sight.Photo Credit: Getty Images for Paramount PictuThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Mother and Teen Son Found Dead in NYC Apartment: NYPD

  18-02-2019 00:46 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A mother and her 14-year-old son were found dead inside of a Bronx apartment on Sunday, police said.Photo Credit: NBC 4 New York
  
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• Minority legislators' nonprofit still mum on scholarships

  18-02-2019 00:26 via timesunion.com
  On Sunday afternoon the chair of the Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators refused to talk about whether the non-profit would award scholarships this year after not awarding any scholarships in 2018.Rather than answer questions, Assemblymember Latrice Walker led a Times Union reporter across a lobby at the Hilton Albany hotel to one of her communication staffers and walked away. The communication staffer did not answer any questions either.The group is the nonprofit arm of the state
  
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• Ephrat Asherie’s ‘Odeon’ presents dance that’s both poetic and playful

  18-02-2019 00:25 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — Ballroom, break and Afro-Brazilian dance converge in Ephrat Asherie's daring and delightful "Odeon," which her company performed Saturday evening at the University at Albany Performing Arts Center. Set to a selection of work by Ernesto Nazareth—with musical direction by Ephrat's brother Ehud—the evening-length work is a nonstop celebration.
  
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