Daily Digest: Cohoes police chief defends response delay, new details in murder-suicide at Harmony Mills apartments

Also: HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cohoes seeks fresh start after winless 2025 campaign • HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Averill Park banking on experience, perimeter talent for 2026 season

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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Good morning! Check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Nicholas Buonanno, Regional Assistant Managing Editor.   • Local news • E-edition • Obituaries • Sports • Cohoes police chief defends response delay, new details in murder-suicide at Harmony Mills apartments In the wake of what is now positively identified by city police as a murder-suicide at the Harmony Mills apartments, some are questioning the Cohoes Police Department’s response rate. Read more → HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Cohoes seeks fresh start after winless 2025 campaign COHOES, N.Y. — After going 0-10 last season, the Cohoes Tigers are eager for a fresh start. With a new coaching staff, a larger commitment to offseason preparation and a roster determined to change the program’s direction, Cohoes enters 2026 looking to make progress one step at a time. COHOES Cohoes Tigers Coach: Matt LaBombard […] Read more → HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Averill Park banking on experience, perimeter talent for 2026 season AVERILL PARK, N.Y. — After falling to Glens Falls in the 2025 Class B Super Bowl, a veteran Averill Park Golden Knights squad looks to return to a run at states. AVERILL PARK Coach: Zach Gobel (18th year, 97-63 at Averill Park and overall) 2025 record: 8-3 overall, 7-2 league Returning starters: Nine offense, seven […] Read more → Saratoga Race Course entries for Thursday, August 20, 2026 Saratoga Race Course entries for Thursday, August 20, 2026 Read more → ‘27 KIA Telluride gets overhaul, gives off Range Rover vibes As KIA continues to shock the consumer market with nicely apportioned vehicles in every market, the 2027 Telluride hits the ground running with Range Rover vibes, excellent comfort and design. With a sub-$60K base price, the KIA Telluride delivers the wow factor for many. Our tester, a 2027 KIA Telluride Hybrid X-Line SX-Prestige AWD wrapped in Black Jade Green; KIA’s closest take off to British Racing Green in the famous Jaguar Land Rover lineup, was really nice and luxurious. It boasted comfortable seating for 7, easy rear seat access with a push of a button, and overly comfortable for 3rd […] Read more → ValleyCats post six unanswered runs, rally by Brockton BROCKTON, Mass. — The Tri-City ValleyCats scored six-straight unanswered runs and rallied past the Broxton Rox, 7-5, this evening RJ Stinson legged out an infield single that drove in Daniel Stephens before Dylan Broderick’s sacrifice fly drove in new ValleyCat Nick Monile as Tri-City took a 6-5 lead in the seventh. Brodie Kresser reached on […] Read more → Survie says: It pays to ship to Saratoga SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Michael Tabor’s Survie earned a unique double by capturing two graded stakes at Saratoga Race Course just 13 days apart, completing the task with a flying finish in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Christophe Clement Turf. Trained by George Boughey, the 5-year-old Churchill mare rallied stoutly to win the Grade 2, $250,000 Glens Falls versus older fillies and mares on August 2 here with Flavien Prat aboard. On Saturday, this time with Manny Franco up and facing males in the Clement Turf, Survie arrived in the final jumps to best Minaret Station by three-quarters of a length. The victory […] Read more → HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections, analysis, Day 32 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL: $1,194.83 The expression “dog days of summer” gets thrown around in baseball quite a bit as players go through the grind of a 162-game season. If such a thing exists at Saratoga, we’re in them, as Thursday’s card is the second straight one of the eight-race variety and the program, on the whole, looks incredibly chalky. This is nobody’s fault. Horses that ran in the first few weeks of the meet either aren’t ready to come back yet or are being aimed for tough spots over the last few weekends. Still, cards like these aren’t […] Read more → Fans save $5 on DraftKings Travers Day admission with advance purchase SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today reminded fans of general ticket information and policies for the premier event of the summer meet, DraftKings Travers Day on Saturday, Aug. 29, at historic Saratoga Race Course. Admission gates open at 9 a.m. when fans may claim the free picnic tables in the backyard. All parking areas open at 8 a.m. Aside from parking, the grounds will not be accessible prior to 9 a.m. First post on DraftKings Travers Day is 11:05 a.m. General admission is $25 in advance or $30 on the day of the event. […] Read more →

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Daily Digest: Cohoes mayor: Police probe apparent murder-suicide at Harmony Mills apartments

Also: ‘Grassroots project’: Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Little Italy Marketplace in Troy • Saratoga Race Course entries for Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Good morning! Check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Nicholas Buonanno, Regional Assistant Managing Editor.   • Local news • E-edition • Obituaries • Sports • Cohoes mayor: Police probe apparent murder-suicide at Harmony Mills apartments The Cohoes Police Department is investigating an apparent murder-suicide at the Harmony Mills apartments on North Mohawk Street, according to a statement Tuesday evening from Cohoes Mayor Bill Keeler and Cohoes Chief of Police Todd Waldin. Read more → ‘Grassroots project’: Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Little Italy Marketplace in Troy A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the beginning of construction on a new community space in Troy’s Little Italy neighborhood. Read more → Saratoga Race Course entries for Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Saratoga Race Course entries for Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Read more → A ‘Bama Breeze’ blows through this week at Saratoga Race Course SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — As the late Jimmy Buffett once sang, “at the Bama Breeze, you’re one of our own down there…” and the same holds true for this week at Saratoga Race Course. Alabama week, running Wednesday through Sunday, Aug. 19-23, will feature five days of racing, promotions, family activities and special events, culminating with the 146th running of the Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama on Saturday. The Alabama, one of the country’s premier races for 3-year-old fillies, headlines a stakes-heavy Saturday card that also includes the Grade 2, $300,000 Ballston Spa presented by STIHL for older fillies and mares. […] Read more → ValleyCats deal Siena alum Marynzack at trade deadline TROY, N.Y. — The Tri-City ValleyCats continued their roster reconstruction, right up to the close of the 2026 Frontier League trade deadline at 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 17. Arlo Marynzack, a Bethlehem native and Siena College alum, was traded to the York Revolution of the Pioneer League for shortstop Pedro Moreno and to complete a […] Read more → AHL: Former RPI player Zalewski tabbed as Utica Comets assistant coach UTICA, N.Y. — The American Hockey League’s Utica Comets announced today that New Hartford native Mike Zalewski has been hired as an Assistant Coach to round out Head Coach Ryan Parent’s coaching staff. Zalewski returns to the Mohawk Valley after having spent most of his North American playing career with the Comets. He played a […] Read more → Saratoga Springs announces public art initiative for Putnam Parking Garage The City of Saratoga Springs announced on Tuesday the launch of the “Garage Gallery,” a new public art initiative that city officials hope will transform the Putnam Parking Garage into a vibrant, welcoming space celebrating “local creativity, community and connection.” Read more → HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections, analysis, Day 31 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL: $1,210.83 Once again, a bankroll blurb wrote itself, and once again, it’s because of reasons that couldn’t be worse. Marshall Gramm, an owner, handicapper, contest player, and prominent figure with contacts in many racing organizations around the country, was outed as having access to past performances that included HISA and veterinary data. These included information on when horses received veterinary treatment and which treatments were administered, data which is not available to the general public. HISA issued one statement Monday, Gramm issued another, and I have issues with both. With regard to HISA, others were […] Read more → Flu shots now available at Hannaford pharmacies With flu season on the way, Hannaford is now offering flu shots at its in-store pharmacies in communities across Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts and Vermont. Read more →

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