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 Sunday, February 8, 2026 | | |
| | | | Happy Sunday!Hope everyone has a great weekend. Bundle up if you're heading out and about today. It's dangerously frigid out there this morning. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Ron Rosner, Senior Editor
e-edition obituaries | | | | Hundreds of protesters brave frigid temperatures and gusty winds on Saturday to pack onto the intersection of Broadway and 3rd Street in Troy to call for the end of U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents’ presence in the Collar City. According to a flyer, the event was hosted by 518 Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition […] | | | | | TROY, N.Y. — The Troy Police Department welcomed 11 new officers recently at an official swearing-in ceremony at the Italian Community Center, which now leaves the department fully staffed. Chief of Police Dan DeWolf welcomed the new officers to the department and said that while the job isn't easy, they join a robust and supportive […] | | | | | TROY, N.Y. — Senior guard Mia Magnetto of the Troy High School girls' basketball team was the star of the show as the Flying Horses faced Cohoes on Friday. It was Troy's senior night, and on a roster of 10, only one player was set to graduate in the spring. Fittingly, the captain had the […] | | | | | NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently announced the 2026 dates for Free Fishing Days in New York. According to a press release, the requirement for a freshwater fishing license is waived during the following six days in 2026: Feb. 14–15, June 27–28, Sept. 26 (National Hunting and Fishing Day), and Nov. 11 (Veterans Day). "Free Fishing Days provide the perfect opportunity for residents and visitors to affordably explore, unplug, and get outside," Hochul said in the release. "New York State's waters offer some of the best fishing opportunities in […] | | | | | Q. After last week's blizzard on my way to work my car was shaking as if the tires were going to fall off. On my ride home, the car was not perfect but better. Now a week later, things are back to normal. What happened? A. This is quite common with alloy-style wheels. Snow and ice build up in the wheels and cause the tires to go out of balance. After the car warms up and with the heat of the sun the snow melts and the wheel balance return back to normal. It is a good idea after you […] | | | | | Unfortunately, we're all paying more to heat and power our homes this winter. The brutal cold weather we're experiencing has been coupled with the sticker shock of soaring electric bills. New York has some of the highest energy costs in the country. In the past month, we've all been startled to see our electric bills double even triple. It's outrageous! New Yorkers now pay the 8th highest electricity bills in the nation and according to the Empire Center, residential electric rates are 50 percent higher than the national average and nearly 8 percent higher than a year ago. These surging […] | | | | | I often think author and activist Arundhati Roy introduced me to mortality in her novel, The God of Small Things. Since reading her haunting, poetic prose when the volume was published in 1997, I have had her words – Thirty-one. Not old. Not young. But a viable die-able age – ricocheting around in my psyche ever since. It follows me when I travel, even for short distances, and it causes me to be leery of making long-range plans. It reminds me to think (but not speak of) hidden prayers no better than anxious superstition. But we have reached that viable […] | | | | | The traditional present during the engagement period most commonly gifted is the engagement ring. The ownership status of the engagement ring is an issue that commonly arises when the engagement is cancelled. Although individuals engaged to be married typically do not contemplate worst-case scenarios, proposers should be aware of the legal consequences that might occur after gifting the engagement ring. Engagement Rings as Conditional Property Under New York State law, an engagement ring is not just jewelry yet considered "conditional property." Simply put, the gift comes attached to a very specific expectation: that the wedding will occur. The engagement ring […] | | | | | The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was created after lawsuits drove drugmakers from the market. | | | | | The federal government is curtailing such efforts just as researchers call for more funding. | | | |
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