📢 770 Albany High students honored for top grades
Albany High celebrated 770 students for their strong grades in the second quarter of the 2025–26 school year. 478 students made the Principal’s List with GPAs of 89.5 or higher, and 292 students earned a spot on the Honor Roll with GPAs between 84.5 and 89.4. The school recognized them on Feb. 12, 2026, with...
Fifty couples renew their vows at Albany ceremony
ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — Fifty couples in Albany got an early start to Valentine’s Day on Friday. A wedding vow renewal ceremony was held at Jack’s Oyster House. Some of the couples have been married for more than 50 years. That includes Richard and Betty Ann Filkins of Westerlo, who will celebrate their 60th wedding...
The Tiny Hot Dogs That Define Upstate New York
In the world of hot dogs, sometimes bigger isn’t necessarily better, especially if you’re familiar with the pint-sized sausages considered iconic in upstate New York’s Albany region. The area around the state’s capital city, like much of the Northeast, was home to millions of Europeans who had emigrated in the early...
New York Titan Resigns From Positions After Epstein Scandal
There's another major local development in the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Where In Capital Region to get Heart-Shaped Pizzas on Valentine’s
This Valentine's, some local pizzerias are baking up something special. A heart-shaped pizza could be the perfect way to say 'I love you'!
Albany Under Fire as $1.4 Billion Medicaid Cash Sits Idle
State lawmakers in Albany are pressing health officials after discovering that approximately $1.4 billion collected from New York’s managed care insurer tax has not yet been distributed to hospitals, nursing homes, or community clinics. The delay has raised questions about when, or if, the funds will reach providers...
Albany Pediatric Nursing Home To Pay $1.3M
St. Margaret’s Center, operated by the Center for Disability Services Holding Corporation, agreed to the settlement following an investigation by the New York Attorney General’s Office and the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York. Investigators found that between Jan. 1, 2018, and Dec....
Man admits to raping Watervliet woman at her apartment with child present
Mohammad Ansar, a man accused of raping a Watervliet woman in her apartment with her young child present, pled guilty to Third Degree Rape on Wednesday, February 11.
East Greenbush CSD looking for owner of lost stuffed puppy
The East Greenbush Central School District is looking to reunite a lost stuffed animal with its owner.
A large-scale solar project in Rensselaer County has been cancelled
A large-scale solar project in Rensselaer County has been cancelled. A solar farm slated for 511 McChesney Ave. Ext. in Brunswick will not move forward. After nearly three years of back and forth with the town, CVE North America pulled the project that would have placed 16,000 panels on a roughly 100 acres.
