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 Sunday, March 15, 2026 | | |
| | | | Happy Sunday!Hope everyone has a great day. 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. — Nicholas Buonanno, Assistant Senior Editor
e-edition obituaries | | | | Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) will welcome back The Philadelphia Orchestra for a three-week summer residency from Aug. 5 to 22 as part of its celebratory 60th anniversary season. | | | | | TROY, N.Y. — All year, Christian Brothers Academy has prevailed on the hardwood, garnering a top-three ranking for boys' varsity basketball in New York and turning heads across the whole section. Last week against Shaker, CBA won its first Section 2 Class AAA title since 2012. It was a perfect cap to a regular season […] | | | | | TROY, N.Y. — The Mechanicville girls' varsity basketball team is moving on to the 2026 NYSPHSAA Class B girls' basketball state semifinals. Last Monday, the Red Raiders punched their ticket to the regional title game versus Section 7's Saranac. Coming off a Section 2 Class B championship victory over Corinth, Mechanicville convincingly defeated the Spartans on Saturday morning at Hudson Valley Community College, winning 70-42. The Red Raiders got things started with a 21-6 advantage after the first quarter and then took a 36-20 lead into the halftime break. Mechanicville ran away with it in the second half, outscoring the […] | | | | | New Yorkers already pay some of the highest energy costs in the nation to heat their homes and fill up their gas tanks. And, unless state law is changed, it's about to get even higher! This winter, we've all been startled to see our electric bills double and even triple. New Yorkers 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 energy bills are due in large part to a myriad of what […] | | | | | Q My 1998 Honda Civic has been sitting for a while, well quite a while. The engine starts when jumped, but it has a loud revving up sound and a gas smell. The noise does not stop and the smell is constant. What should I do? A. It sounds like a couple of things are going on. The revving sound could be a faulty bearing in the alternator, or an extremely loose alternator belt. The issue could also be some other part that turns with the engine such as the water pump or power steering pump. The gas smell could […] | | | | | The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is reminding residents statewide to keep the air clean as we look forward to the warming temperatures and springtime activities. One way to do this is to abide by the annual burn ban. | | | | | The captain's soothing voice came over the public address system. | | | | | A recent ruling by a judge in New York state determined that giving your spouse a sexually transmitted disease (STD), also known as a sexually transmitted infection (STI), is a form of domestic violence in New York state. | | | |
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