Sunday, October 4, 2026

Daily Digest: City Station North II in Troy marks opening

Also: CDTA kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with pink buses • Questions and answers with the ‘Car Doc’
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Sunday, October 4, 2026

 
 

Good morning!

In case you missed it: Troy City Council sets guardrails for Flock cameras; mayor plans veto — Ivan Lajara, Regional Managing Editor.


• Local news • E-edition • Obituaries • Sports •

City Station North II in Troy marks opening

The city of Troy celebrated the opening of City Station North II, a mixed-use development with multi-family apartments and office space, during a grand opening on Friday.

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CDTA kicks off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with pink buses

The Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) and the American Cancer Society kicked off the Men Wear Pink Campaign and unveiled the two CDTA pink buses.

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Questions and answers with the ‘Car Doc’

Questions and answers with the ‘Car Doc’

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Things going on around Rensselaer County

Things going on around Rensselaer County

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NCAA FOOTBALL: Bounce-back defensive performance ends two-game UAlbany skid, improves Great Danes to 3-3

ALBANY, N.Y. — In desperate need of a response after last week’s lackluster showing against Princeton that ended in a 22-0 loss, the University at Albany football team got back on track. The Great Danes’ defense made sure of it, and it set the tone early. “They seemed more comfortable than last week,” head coach […]

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NCAA FOOTBALL: Delaware State vs. UAlbany (PHOTO GALLERY)

ALBANY, N.Y. — The UAlbany Great Danes defeated the Delaware State Hornets, 28-3, in an NCAA football game on Saturday at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium, on Bob Ford Field.

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Section 2 Week 5 recaps

TROY, N.Y. — In this edition of the Section 2 high school football roundup, we recap some of Friday evening’s scores and stats from under the lights. AVERILL PARK 20, SCHALMONT 21 (OT): Schalmont stunned previously unbeaten Averill Park in overtime, 21-20, in Class A. Averill Park opened the scoring after Landon Welcome intercepted a […]

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Reader’s View: Utility Ratepayer Protection Act will short-circuit surging electric bills

State Sen, Jim Tedisco: The leaves are changing and people soon will be turning their thermostats up to heat their homes as the crisp fall air begins to turn colder.

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Reader’s View: Energy choice is the key to lowering New York’s utility bills

Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh: As the temperatures begin to fall across the Capital Region, furnaces will soon be running longer, lights will be on earlier and families will once again be bracing for higher energy bills.

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Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Fall is such a fleeting, magical time.

Especially for those who partake in the communal culture of running. Colors blaze as the heat subsides. We get to mix long sleeves with short pants until the snow flies.

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Saturday, October 3, 2026

Daily Digest: Troy City Council sets guardrails for Flock cameras; mayor plans veto

Also: NCAA WOMEN’S HOCKEY: RPI stuns No. 5 Northeastern in OT • Partnerships allow Capital Region BOCES students to gain experience, safety knowledge at Trench Safety Day
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Saturday, October 3, 2026

 
 

Good morning!

In case you missed it: 'Community needs': RPI advances development of new childcare center. — Ivan Lajara, Regional Managing Editor.

 


• Local news • E-edition • Obituaries • Sports •

Troy City Council sets guardrails for Flock cameras; mayor plans veto

Despite vocal pushback from residents at Thursday’s meeting, the Troy City Council voted unanimously, 6-0 with one absence, to adopt a local law placing guardrails on the use of Flock cameras in the Collar City.

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NCAA WOMEN’S HOCKEY: RPI stuns No. 5 Northeastern in OT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — For a team that endured an 0-4 start, a long stretch of adversity and a makeshift home opener on the ice of its biggest rival, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s first victory of the season could hardly have been more dramatic. Freshman Barbora Cerna-Proskova scored 2:55 into overtime Friday afternoon, lifting the Engineers to […]

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Partnerships allow Capital Region BOCES students to gain experience, safety knowledge at Trench Safety Day

An integral part of the career and technical education experience is gaining real-world experience in the workplace and being able to network with business, union and government professionals in a chosen field.

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Reader’s View: Utility Ratepayer Protection Act will short-circuit surging electric bills

State Sen, Jim Tedisco: The leaves are changing and people soon will be turning their thermostats up to heat their homes as the crisp fall air begins to turn colder.

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Don Rittner: Shedding (Solar) light on a subject

Sometimes a political or environmental fight begins not in a courtroom or a government office, but across a fence line. And sometimes the hero didn’t plan to be.

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Great Danes look to rebound against Delaware State

ALBANY, N.Y. — The University at Albany football team will return home Saturday for its annual Homecoming game, hosting Delaware State at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in a matchup of teams heading in different directions early in the season. The Great Danes enter the 3:30 p.m. kickoff with a 2-3 record, including a 1-1 […]

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Saratoga Springs hands Shaker first loss, earns leg up in Class AA

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Saratoga Springs varsity football head coach Eric Hayden was extremely pleased with how his team kicked things off against Shaker on Friday. How could he not be? The Blue Streaks (4-1) marched down the field for 93 yards on seven plays in a drive that ended with a Bobby Morris swing-pass touchdown to Gavin LaFrance. Quickly, Saratoga Springs led the Blue Bison (4-1) by a score of 7-0. “It just gives you a lot of momentum and confidence, just like we did last week (against Niskayuna),” Hayden said. “When we can jump out on a team, […]

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