Daily Digest: Troy announces RFP for new restaurant and event space at Frear Park

Also: PHOTO: Jack’s Drive In opens for 2026 season • NCAA LACROSSE: MAAC recognition comes in threes for Siena

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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone has a great week ahead. 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 Troy announces RFP for new restaurant and event space at Frear Park TROY, N.Y. — Mayor Carmella Mantello recently announced the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the operation and management of a brand-new restaurant and event space at Frear Park Golf Co… Read more → PHOTO: Jack's Drive In opens for 2026 season People order and eat food at Jack's Drive In shortly after opening for its 2026 season on Monday, March 9. The menu features classic hot dogs and burgers as well as other items for patrons to… Read more → NCAA LACROSSE: MAAC recognition comes in threes for Siena LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. – It came in threes for the Siena Saints Men's Lacrosse team on Monday. In a vote by the conference's sports information directors, Patrick Radomski, Vito DeBellis and Logan Banek… Read more → HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Troy stunned by Bethlehem Central's buzzer-beating game-winner in Section 2 Class AA championship TROY, N.Y. — In basketball, game-winning buzzer-beaters have a knack of sending one team into jubilation and the other into heartbreak. Unfortunately for the Troy girls' varsity basketball team, it had to watch in sullen disbelief after Bethlehem Central's Ella McCarthy knocked down a clutch jumper from the baseline with just 0.1 left on the […] Read more → Third time's the charm: Mechanicville girls' basketball reigns supreme, wins Section 2 Class B title in third straight finals appearance TROY, N.Y. — The Mechanicville Red Raiders girls' varsity basketball team entered the 2025-2026 campaign with a sour taste in their mouths. Falling short in the Section 2 Class B title game in back-to-back seasons is enough to make any team angry. "Basketball is a long season," senior guard Molly DiSiena said. "Every single day we've been in the gym, and we just kept pushing." On Monday at Hudson Valley Community College, the tide was turned. When time expired in the Class B final versus Corinth, the Red Raiders were the ones proudly holding the sectional championship plaque. The grass […] Read more → For frigid East it may be hard to fathom, but the US had its second-warmest winter on record NOAA says nine states set or tied records for the warmest winter. Read more → World leaders eye oil reserves, but so far hold off on tapping them Trump downplayed the idea of turning to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over the weekend. Read more →

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Daily Digest: Small Business Spotlight: Context Clay

Also: Huge impact: 49th Annual South High Marathon Dance raises more than $735,000 • HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL: Greenwich sinks Stillwater in Section 2 Class C championship; Warriors unable to capture back-to-back sectional titles

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Monday, March 9, 2026

Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great weekend and has a great week ahead. 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 Small Business Spotlight: Context Clay TROY, N.Y. — A beautiful piece of ceramic pottery can brighten any home. For quality artisanal ceramics that support the local art community, check out Context Clay on 4th Street. Owned by clay artist Mariah Kitner, Context Clay is actually a business inside a business. The building at 95 4th St. is the professional studio […] Read more → Huge impact: 49th Annual South High Marathon Dance raises more than $735,000 SOUTH GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — The 49th annual South High Marathon Dance raised $735,231.64 for local families and charities, continuing a tradition that first began almost 50 years ago to support the community. Top fundraisers were Aiden Osborn, Aiden Faulkner, and Lucy Pliscofsky, while the 2026 Evelyn and Richard Stewart Award was given to Senior […] Read more → HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Greenwich sinks Stillwater in Section 2 Class C championship; Warriors unable to capture back-to-back sectional titles In a rematch of the 2025 Section 2 Class C championship game, the Stillwater girls' basketball team was unable to defeat Greenwich for the second straight time, as the No. 2-seeded Warriors fell to the tournament's top-seeded Witches 45-38 on Sunday at Hudson Valley Community College. "We're two very even teams," Stillwater head coach Cassidy Chapko said. "If we play 10 times, they might win five. We win five. It's just one of those nights that it could be a coin flip on who was going to win." Early on in the game, Stillwater had a 7-4 edge over the […] Read more → NCAA ICE HOCKEY: #20 Union College advances past Brown in opening round of ECAC playoffs SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The #20 Union College men's hockey team defeated Brown University 9-0 on Saturday evening at M&T Bank Center, recording its most goals in an ECAC Hockey Tournament game ever and advancing to the quarterfinals for a three-game series against Princeton University, beginning Friday, March 13 at 7 p.m. On its way to a second consecutive quarterfinal berth, fifth-seeded Union (22-10-3) accomplished something it has never done in the history of the program and shut out a team in three consecutive meetings. The Garnet Chargers blanked the 12th-seeded Bears (5-24-2) for the third consecutive time this season, outscoring […] Read more → Dr. Randy Cale's Terrific Parenting: Leadership as a parent I think it's fair to say that many of us have had experiences working with others where leadership skills were lacking. Perhaps you've had a manager, coach, or friend handle you like you were a 'subject' to be told what to do. Or perhaps worse yet, you had a parent who incessantly tried to control everything you did, reminding you of everything you should or should not be doing. I'm curious: how did those experiences make you feel? Now, consider what your children hear from you each day. Are you trying to control them with your words? If so, such […] Read more → Upcoming calendar TITANIC IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE: Following the success of immersive exhibitions like Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Dinos Alive! and The Art of the Brick, Exhibition Hub has unveiled its newest fully immersive experience at Schenectady's Armory Studios (125 Washington Ave, Schenectady). "Titanic: An Immersive Voyage – Through the Eyes of the Passengers" opens on November 29 with […] Read more → SNAPSHOT: Capital Region BOCES students foster a yellow-bellied slider turtle Students in the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center Pet Tech program are fostering a yellow-bellied slider turtle while it awaits a permanent home. Native to the southeastern United States, the turtle was found in a pond in the Albany area and needed a permanent home, Pet Tech Teacher Helen Thompson said. Students named the turtle Fiona to match the other turtle currently in their care – Shrek. Students in the two-year Pet Tech program offered at the Career and Technical Education Center learn basic care skills for a host of animals, ranging from turtles, geckos, rabbits and chinchillas […] Read more →

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