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Troy's camera contract with Flock Safety has automatically renewed. Mayor Carmella Mantello says the renewal of the technology is a result of the Troy City Council failing to vote on the matter before the March 31 deadline.

Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara of Rotterdam has launched an online petition in an effort to prevent the closure of the Schenectady VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, located on Altamont Avenue. The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to shut down the clinic by the end of August, a move that has sparked concern...

TROY, N.Y. (WNYT)- A regional hazardous waste program will give residents in Troy, Bethlehem and parts of Rensselaer County four chances to dispose of household chemicals for free. According to a joint announcement from Rensselaer County, the City of Troy and the Town of Bethlehem, the 2026 household hazardous waste...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNY)- Downtown Albany Business Improvement District (BID) is asking volunteers to sign up for its annual Earth Day Cleanup as it aims to top last year’s record trash collection. The BID said cleanup is set for Wednesday, April 22, with volunteer shifts from 10 a.m. to noon...

An Albany man who admitted to stabbing an acquaintance to death was sentenced to decades in prison, authorities announced Tuesday, March 31. Anthony Boyd, 36, got 25 years behind bars for the killing of Devin Brevard in September 2025, the Albany County District Attorney’s office said. Boyd and Breva…

Troy Police said a man was hurt after a disturbance inside an apartment and the suspect is still at large.

Crews battled a fire that broke out at an auto repair garage in Clifton Park Tuesday evening. Jays Auto Repair off Route 146 was fully engulfed in flames while two vehicles were in its garage.

Albany County sheriff’s investigators said four people were arrested after two concertgoers were beaten inside MVP Arena. The arrests followed an investigation into an assault during the Clover Fest concert on March 21 at MVP Arena in Albany. Investigators said they wrapped up the case Monday, March 30.

GREENPORT, NY — Members of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit, Criminal Investigative Branch, and Uniformed Deputies executed a search warrant at a State Route 23B residence on March 30, 2026. Deputies also searched a 2016 black Jeep Compass during the operation. A quantity of crack...

Union Pacific does not have plans to bring its Big Boy locomotive to Schenectady, its birthplace, as part of its tour of eastern states this summer.