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• Only two Great Danes left for Senior Night 2019

  26-02-2019 23:43 via timesunion.com
  AlbanyThis isn't the way University at Albany basketball fans a year ago envisioned Senior Night 2019.All-America East guards Joe Cremo and David Nichols were expected to be the focus of UAlbany's final 2018-19 regular-season home game, but they're no longer at the school. Capitalizing on the NCAA's graduate transfer rule, Cremo fled for Villanova, and Nichols is now at Florida State.
  
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• In Schenectady, Stockade Neighborhood projects moving ahead

  26-02-2019 23:33 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY – The final design for the new $14 million pump station project is nearing completion and Schenectady General Services Commissioner Paul LaFond expectsthe project will go out to bid in the next month or so.While happy the project is moving along, Stockade Association President Carol DeLaMarter said last week there are still lingering concerns about the preservation during construction of the old historic pump station and how it will be adapted for a different use.She is, howeve
  
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• Teen Searches for Driver Who Killed Mom in Hit-Run

  26-02-2019 23:29 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A Long Island woman who'd just celebrated her 56th birthday last week was killed in a hit and run Monday, leaving behind a grieving family seeking answers.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• 18 Skeletons, 3 Buttons and a Revolutionary War Mystery

  26-02-2019 23:23 via nytimes.com
  The human remains and three coat buttons discovered in Lake George, N.Y., during the construction of a three-family home suggest the site was a burial ground for soldiers.
  
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• NJ Has Largest Property Tax in US — NY, CT Not Far Behind

  26-02-2019 22:53 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Property taxes can be a small inconvenience or a major financial worry depending on the state you call "home."Photo Credit: Pexels/CC
  
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• NYC Buildings Evacuated After Partial Wall Collapse: FDNY

  26-02-2019 22:48 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A number of buildings in the East Village were evacuated after a wall inside a townhouse partially collapsed, the FDNY said.
  
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• After historic hearing, lawmakers move to fix state Human Rights Law

  26-02-2019 22:27 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — A sexual harassment hearing in Albany earlier this month exposed two major loopholes in the state's Human Rights Law which enable employers to avoid liability for many types of workplace misconduct.Now, bills introduced by state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi and Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas, in conjunction with the National Employment Lawyers Association of New York (NELA/NY), aim to remove those legal barriers for alleged victims seeking justice.
  
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• Lake George woman injured in snowmobile crash

  26-02-2019 22:08 via timesunion.com
  LAKE LUZERNE — A 49-year-old woman from Lake George was seriously injured Saturday in a snowmobile crash, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Advocates in Albany urge lawmakers to support refugees with N.Y. state budget aid

  26-02-2019 21:59 via timesunion.com
  Refugee service providers from across the state rallied on the Capitol's Million Dollar Staircase Tuesday to urge the legislature to double funding supporting newcomers as the federal government cuts refugee arrivals and aid.
  
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• PR firm says Cohoes mayor owes it over $20,000

  26-02-2019 21:51 via timesunion.com
  COHOES — A public relations firm that says its specialty is repairing reputations claims Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse's reelection campaign owes it $20,000.New York City-based Reputation Doctor LLC, run by Mike Paul, sent out a social media blast to various news outlets and reporters Tuesday announcing the firm has severed its agreement with Morse after the mayor's campaign failed to pay over $20,000 for contracted consulting work.
  
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• CDTA could receive funding boost from car rental surcharge

  26-02-2019 21:10 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - A proposed statewide expansion of a downstate surcharge on car rentals could fund improved services for upstate transit systems, including the Capital District Transportation Authority.
  
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• 81-Year-Old in MAGA Hat Attacked in NJ Supermarket

  26-02-2019 21:09 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An 81-year-old man was attacked in a New Jersey supermarket after someone confronted him about the MAGA hat he was wearing, prosecutors say.Photo Credit: NBC4 Washington
  
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• Horrifying Details Revealed in Sex Attack on Subway Rider, 9

  26-02-2019 20:54 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A 40-year-old man was arrested Monday after he allegedly exposed himself to a 9-year-old girl and pressed his body against her on a subway in Queens on Valentine's Day.Photo Credit: Handout
  
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• NY Prepared as 'Zombie Disease' Hits 24 States

  26-02-2019 20:36 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An animal illness known as "zombie disease" -- with symptoms such as a lack of fear and drooling -- has spread across 24 states, but New York is assuring residents it has an array of measures in place to protect...Photo Credit: Pexels/CC
  
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• Lawyer: Case against Troy code enforcement officer isn't strong

  26-02-2019 20:08 via timesunion.com
  TROY – It's a weak case.That's what the defense attorney for city code enforcement officer James E. Lance III suggested Tuesday after his client pleaded not guilty to an indictment in connection with the 2015 sale of wooded lot in Lansingburgh to a former city engineer."It's obvious at this point, based on the fact that the indictment charges significantly less crimes than the felony complaint charges, that this isn't a very strong case," the lawyer, Marc R. Pallozzi, told the Times Union
  
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• Ready-to-Eat Deli Meat Products Recalled

  26-02-2019 19:54 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  About 13,224 pounds of Sahlen Packing Company, Inc.'s ready-to-eat deli ham products are being recalled after possible extraneous materials were found.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• New Acela Trains to Shorten Route Between DC and New York

  26-02-2019 19:49 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Tilting trains? It might sound strange, but Amtrak's new Acela line trains that lean into curves and bends will shave time off the route, and they plan to roll them out over the next couple of years.Amtrak's...
  
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• Casale will not seek another term on Brunswick Town Board

  26-02-2019 19:41 via timesunion.com
  BRUNSWICK – Mark Casale, the Town Board member facing drunken driving charges, will not seek re-election, according to Brunswick GOP Committee Chairman Mark Balisteri.He said Tuesday that Casalecited personal reasons but did not elaborate.The move by Casale, who also serves as a Rensselaer County legislator, comes on the heels of his arrest earlier Feb. 8 for drunken driving after he was stopped by a deputy for driving without his headlights on the street where he lives.Court papers show C
  
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• Bill would allow breast feeding moms to postpone jury duty

  26-02-2019 19:35 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — A bill that exempts breastfeeding mothers from jury duty is moving through the Legislature.The legislation would require courts to accept a doctor's note indicating that a woman is breastfeeding and enable her to postpone her service for up to two years.
  
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• Corinth man charged with house burglary

  26-02-2019 19:23 via timesunion.com
  MOREAU -- A Corinth man is behind an October break-in in the town of Moreau, Saratoga County sheriff's investigators said.Erik M. Gilboy, 37, of Hamm Road, is charged with second-degree burglary after an investigation into a West River Road incident when someone entered a home and took cash.Gilboy was arraigned and jailed without bail pending a March 6 court appearance, investigators said.
  
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• Fire Rocks NJ Paper Mill Month After 'Devastating' Inferno

  26-02-2019 19:01 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A fire broke out Tuesday at the sprawling New Jersey paper mill that was devastated by a seven-alarm inferno less than a month ago, leaving hundreds upon hundreds without work and much of the campus destroyed.
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• NY Reveals New Plan to Fix MTA -- With Congestion Pricing

  26-02-2019 18:46 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo announced Tuesday a proposal to transform the MTA and create funding streams for the agency, which includes the joint endorsement of congestion pricing — marking the...Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Neighbor Admits Murdering Sex Attack on 11-Year-Old NJ Girl

  26-02-2019 18:37 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The upstairs neighbor arrested for sexually assaulting and fatally stabbing an 11-year-old New Jersey girl has pleaded guilty, prosecutors say.Photo Credit: NBC 4 NY
  
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• Legalized marijuana revenue could fund ailing MTA

  26-02-2019 18:26 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - New York lawmakers have yet to legalize adult-use marijuana, but Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is making promises with the potential revenue.A "percentage of the state and (New York City) revenue" from future taxes on marijuana will help fund the needs of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, according to an agreement announced Tuesday by the governor and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
  
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• State bars further debris use at Port of Coeymans

  26-02-2019 18:12 via timesunion.com
  State environmental officials have ordered the owner of the Port of Coeymans to stop using potentially-tainted construction and demolition debris to shore up and possibly expand its sprawling facility.
  
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• Boost for Congestion Pricing in Manhattan as de Blasio Supports Cuomo Plan

  26-02-2019 18:01 via nytimes.com
  In a significant pivot, Mayor Bill de Blasio embraced Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s congestion pricing proposal to fix the subway system.
  
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• Another independent gas station calls it quits

  26-02-2019 17:43 via timesunion.com
  Ballston SpaAt the end of the month, the two garage bays at Doheny Oil in Ballston Spa will go quiet, marking another loss of a landmark that continues to fade from the American landscape —a neighborhood service station where you can buy gas and have someone you know fix the car.After six decades on Route 50 just outside heart of the village, the shop will become just another convenience store that sells gas, as owner Steve Doheny has decided the challenges of increased state regulations a
  
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• Two in custody after bank robbery leads to incident at Albany motel

  26-02-2019 17:42 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — Police are massing at a Watervliet Avenue Extension motel as part of an investigation of an armed robbery across the river in North Greenbush, police said.The roads around the Motel 6 at 100 Watervliet Ave. Ext. are closed and police can be seen nearby.
  
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• Police: Suspects in custody, woman grazed by bullet in North Greenbush bank heist

  26-02-2019 17:42 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — Two armed men wearing facemasks and carrying weapons robbed an M&T bank branch in North Greenbush late Tuesday morning, leaving a teller injured when a bullet grazed her arm after the suspects opened fire as they left the building, according to North Greenbush Police Chief David M. Keevern.At a 4:30 p.m. news conference Keevern said multiple people are in custody following the robbery that led police from the bank to the Motel 6 on Watervliet Avenue Extension in Albany, w
  
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• Dogs, beer chain coming to Clifton Park

  26-02-2019 17:31 via timesunion.com
  Dog Haus Biergarten, a California-based gourmet hot dog, sausage and burger chain, is developing its first New York location at 7 Southside Drive, Clifton Park, in the the Shops at Village Plaza. I'm awaiting a reply on a projected opening date.
  
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• Minor fire displaces Schenectady residents

  26-02-2019 17:08 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY - Residents were forced to leave their apartments after a minor fire sent smoke though the building.Schenectady Fire Chief Ray Senecal said about two dozen tenants on the fourth and fifth floor of the Ten Eyck Apartments on Broadway were temporarily led from their apartments after a small fire started in one of the apartments on the Fourth Floor.The fire occurred at about 9:30 a.m.
  
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• 'Insane!' Impatient People Drive on NYC Sidewalks, Pass Bus

  26-02-2019 16:53 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  People in Brooklyn are looking for stepped-up enforcement after two different drivers veered onto the sidewalk in an effort to bypass school buses stopped in school zones within a week.Photo Credit: Williamsburg News
  
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• Men accused of quadruple killing in Troy facing trial in April

  26-02-2019 16:39 via timesunion.com
  TROY - Sixteen months after two women and two children were killed in their Lansingburgh home, two men will face trial for allegedly carrying out the killings.James W. White, 39, and Justin C. Mann, 25, are set to go on trial on April 29 in Rensselaer County Court. County Judge Debra Young set the trial date Tuesday morning.Brandi Mells, 22; Shanta Myers, 36; Jeremiah Myers, 11; and Shanise Myers, 5, were found dead in their basement apartment.
  
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• Giveaway: Be a judge for Mac-n-Cheese Bowl

  26-02-2019 16:21 via timesunion.com
  Today's Table Hopping giveaway is the opportunity to be one of the judges for the 10th annual timesunion.com/Table Hopping Mac-n-Cheese Bowl, being held Saturday at Marcelle Athletic Complex at Siena College in Loudonville.In its first 9 years, the event raised more than $355,000 for the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York.The giveaway winner will be chosen at random from comments posted on the Table Hopping blog that answer the question, "What are your criteria for judging macaroni and
  
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• Woman, Daughter Accused of Killing 5 Relatives in Pa. Apt.

  26-02-2019 16:14 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A woman and her adult daughter are accused of killing five family members, including two of the mother's children and her 9-year-old twin nieces, in an apartment in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, the Bucks...Photo Credit: NBC10 - Miguel Martinez-Valle
  
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• Next Snow Storm Hits Wednesday Night: Here's What to Expect

  26-02-2019 16:09 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Storm Team 4 is tracking a weak system that will bring light snow to parts of the tri-state beginning as early as Wednesday afternoon.Photo Credit: News 4This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Mental health providers to rally at Capitol Tuesday

  26-02-2019 16:09 via timesunion.com
  Mental health providers and advocates will march on the state Capitol Tuesday to raise awareness for reforms they say are needed in the state's housing, workforce and criminal justice systems.
  
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• Molotov Cocktail Thrown Into NYC Truck; Ball of Fire Erupts

  26-02-2019 16:05 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police are investigating after a Molotov cocktail was thrown into an occupied pickup truck in Harlem early Monday morning, engulfing the entire vehicle in flames and burning the driver's hands, officials said.
  
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• Cars Veer Onto NYC Sidewalks to Pass School Buses

  26-02-2019 15:44 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  People in Brooklyn are looking for stepped-up enforcement after two different drivers veered onto the sidewalk in an effort to bypass school buses stopped in school zones within a week.Photo Credit: Williamsburg News
  
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• Lawmakers want Montgomery County highway named for fallen trooper

  26-02-2019 15:40 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - A stretch of highway that runs along the State Police barracks in Montgomery County is poised to be renamed for a trooper who was struck and killed there last year.Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, a Rotterdam Democrat, introduced legislation this month that would designate a portion of Route 5S in the town of Glen as the "Sergeant Jeremy J.
  VanNostrand Memorial Highway."
  
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• AG says Capital Region industrial sites contaminated with PFOAs

  26-02-2019 15:13 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY -  State Attorney General Letitia James is suing 3M Co. and other chemical manufacturers for selling fire-fighting foam chemicals to airports and industrial sites across the state that contains the cancer-causing compound perfluorooctanoic acid, better known as PFOA.
  
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• NY Zoo Says April the Giraffe Will Go Into Labor Soon (Sure)

  26-02-2019 15:08 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  April the Giraffe, the long-necked, spotted beauty from New York's Animal Adventure Park who captivated the globe for months as she prepared for the birth of her fourth calf last year, is very close to...Photo Credit: News 4This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• 'I'll Never Forgive Him': Dad Inconsolable Over NYC Cab Kill

  26-02-2019 14:49 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The father of a 26-year-old Queens woman struck and killed by a green taxi on Queens Boulevard over the weekend says the family is in shock over losing their daughter.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• Power being restored after winds whip Albany area, upstate

  26-02-2019 12:55 via timesunion.com
  More than 1,000 National Grid customers remain without service Tuesday as the utility - and the region - continue to confront the aftermath of a wind storm Monday that down trees, branches and power lines around upstate.The utility says pockets of outages are scattered around Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady counties, with a heavy concentration on Albany, Bethlehem and Colonie.
  
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• Happening Today: Univision, Summit, Opioid Crisis, R. Kelly

  26-02-2019 12:43 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Here's what to know for Tuesday, Feb. 26.
  
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• Man Hits Random Woman With Metal Barrier, Says 'You're it'

  26-02-2019 12:22 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A man is accused of randomly attacking a woman in Manhattan with a metal police barrier while yelling 'tag, you’re it.'Photo Credit: NYPD
  
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• What You Need to Know About the Public Advocate Election

  26-02-2019 11:33 via nytimes.com
  Tuesday: 17 people are running for New York City public advocate. Vote for one.
  
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• Public Advocate Election: What to Know

  26-02-2019 11:33 via nytimes.com
  Tuesday: 17 people are running for New York City public advocate. Vote for one.
  
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• Unpacking an Illegal Airbnb Empire, One Fake Host at a Time

  26-02-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  I set out to understand how a group of real estate professionals allegedly used Airbnb to convert apartments into illegal hotel rooms.
  
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• If Trump Pardons Manafort, Can State Charges Stick?

  26-02-2019 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Manhattan district attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., is building a case against President Trump’s former campaign chairman. But it won’t necessarily be easy.
  
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