‘Witness,’ a dance born inside prison, comes to Union College for free performance
Experience two free contemporary dance performances as New York State DanceForce gathers in the Capital Region this week.
Route 7 in Colonie reopens after crash
The lane closures happened around 3:30 p.m. and caused traffic to slow to a crawl on Route 7 between Boght and Old Loudon roads.
Rensselaer County ordered to end ICE collaboration by Aug. 25
New York State officials are ordering the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office to cancel its longstanding 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement by Aug. 25. The New York State Attorney General's Office of Immigrant Trust sent notices to Rensselaer County and 11 other local law enforcement agencies
Some are unsurprised by report finding pockets of rising homelessness in New York
Homelessness fell across New York from 2024 to 2025, according to a new report from the state Comptroller's Office, but four counties in the Capital Region are seeing the opposite trend, with some of the steepest increases reported in the state. Rensselaer, Schenectady, Greene and Columbia counties posted the largest..
Life Magazine Once Called Pinewoods One Of The Ten Most Haunted Places In The...
Forest Park Cemetery outside Troy has been through two bankruptcies, a caretaker who kept watch for over 40 years, and headless angel statues that have been standing since before World War One.
Troy City Council moves closer to parcel sale, planned development
Troy City Council is taking the next steps toward a major redevelopment project downtown. The council on Thursday approved a resolution paving the way for the sale of some city parcels at One Monument Square. The new development would be a partnership with a major local video game developer, Velan...
State Police: Traffic stop leads to DWAI and drug arrest
GUILDERLAND — A Sloansville man was being arrested for driving while ability impaired, the combined influence of drugs and alcohol, when, police say, they found cocaine and drug paraphernalia in his car. Salvy J. Prisco, 42, was charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree c
Troy Police investigating after three Flock cameras destroyed
Three Flock cameras have been destroyed in Troy, and police are now investigating.NewsChannel 13’s Zach Richter has learned that investigators believe the vandalism happened between 11:30 p.m. and midnight on Thursday.
Schenectady cemetery staff uncover nearly 200-year-old grave
It's not everyday you find a lost grave. For Paula Lemire, and the staff at Vale Cemetery in Schenectady, their painstaking mission is to put a name to the people who were buried there long ago, and whose gravestones have since lost their part in history.
Trader Joe’s is demolishing neighboring storefronts to expand a New York store
Trader Joe’s has been adding stores around the country as part of an expansion pipeline spanning more than a dozen states. In New York’s Capital Region, however, the chain is…
