‘It’s not enough’: Advocates, recipients disappointed over latest Social Security adjustment
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Social Security Administration has announced its annual cost-of-living adjustment. But some stakeholders aren’t happy with the result. Even though the adjustment is matched to the consumer price index that measures inflation, some are concerned that this increase in Social Security payments isn’t enough to cover rising costs.
New York Winter Outlook 2026-27: Warmer Temps, Snow Still Possible
New York City, Buffalo and Albany could see a milder winter as El Niño influences the Northeast.
Holiday Train Rolling Into the Capital Region Thanksgiving Week
A lit-up holiday train is rolling into the Capital Region Thanksgiving week with live music and free admission. It stops in Menands, Mechanicville, and Fort Edward. Bring nonperishable food for local food banks.
This ‘crazy’ lady is just getting started
WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - The North Country’s self-proclaimed “crazy cemetery lady” has officially cleaned more than 3,000 gravestones- a six year endeavor that’s culminated in national attention. “There’s so many, I just walk around I look and, like, that one right there is super dark....
Measles Cases Climb Across New York, Clinton County Health Officials Urge Vaccination Awareness
Measles cases are on the rise across New York State, prompting health officials in Clinton County to encourage residents to check their vaccination records and make sure they're protected.
Aaron Judge’s Blunt Yankees Spending Message Reportedly Leaves Team Higher-Ups “Annoyed” After ALDS Exit
Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees captain and three-time AL MVP, missed all three ALDS games against the Tampa Bay Rays with a calf strain. Yet his voice landed harder than any bat in the Bronx lineup this October, after the Rays swept the Yankees 3-0 in a best-of-five series, forcing their exit from the ALDS. “One or two Yankees bigs were slightly to somewhat annoyed that captain/three time MVP Aaron Judge suggested the $320M Yankees could spend more after they were swept by the Rays in the div
82 years after he died, a Kingston soldier comes home
A 29-year-old soldier from Kingston perished while fighting in Germany in World War II. Identified 82 years later, he’ll finally be buried in his hometown.
Holiday Train Rolling Into the Capital Region Thanksgiving Week
A lit-up holiday train is rolling into the Capital Region Thanksgiving week with live music and free admission. It stops in Menands, Mechanicville, and Fort Edward. Bring nonperishable food for local food banks.
Hunters in these Upstate NY counties could win a lifetime hunting license for submitting...
Hunters in parts of Herkimer and Otsego counties can submit their harvested deer heads for Chronic Wasting Disease testing, and a chance to win a lifetime hunting license. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has been monitoring the deer herd in these areas since 2024, when captive red deer from a facility in the town of Columbia, Herkimer County, were found to have CWD. It was the first case of CWD in NY in almost 20 years.
Irate bozo sets Long Island bar ablaze after getting booted for creepy act
A bozo bar patron copped to lighting a Long Island watering hole on fire after he was kicked out for snapping an unsolicited photo of a worker, according to authorities Paul Lucia, 60, of Islip, pleaded guilty to arson and a slew of other charges on Tuesday for intentionally setting Riley Fibbers Pub & Restaurant in East Islip ablaze last November, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced. Lucia was at the casual neighborhood spot on the evening of Nov. 20, 2025, when he took a pi
