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 Wednesday, May 28, 2025 | | |
| | | | Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend and has a great rest of the 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 | | | | LANSINGBURGH, NY. — The second revived Memorial Day Parade in Troy featured more than twice the number of trucks, floats, leagues, and paraders than last year. “Each year it is just going to get bigger and bigger,” Mayor Carmella Mantello said. “A parade, yes, it’s great, it’s fun. But today, it’s all about our veterans.” […] | | | | | WATERVLIET, N.Y. — All down 19th Street in Watervliet on Monday morning, folks of any age cheered, waved, and shook American flags to celebrate Memorial Day. "It's what somebody else just said to me, 'It's the one thing that they come here (every) year for because it's a sense of community," said Mayor Charles Patricelli. […] | | | | | ALBANY, N.Y. — As Memorial Day has passed, marking the unofficial start of the summer season, the New York State Department of Health is reminding New Yorkers to take simple but important safety precautions. Residents are encouraged to ensure the summer months ahead are safe and enjoyable. Precautions include safe food preparation, water safety, avoiding tick and mosquito bites, and limiting sun exposure. "As we welcome the start of a new season, we want all New Yorkers to enjoy a safe and healthy Memorial Day weekend and summer," State Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald said in a press release. "Whether […] | | | | | NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul recemntly signed legislation to allow energy services company (ESCO) customers to easily claim owed funds and prevent ESCOs from holding onto such money indefinitely. According to a press release from the governor's office, this bill prevents any bad actors in the ESCO industry from retaining customer refunds that the Public Service Commission has ordered the ESCO to provide to its customers in situations where the customer is no longer served by the ESCO and the ESCO is unable to contact the customer. This legislation aligns ESCOs with standards already required of utilities. "I'll never […] | | | | | "There is no practice tomorrow because there is no one left to beat." – Robbie Ftorek. On this date in 1995, at Fredericton, the Albany River Rats completed a (4-0) Calder Cup championship series sweep of the Fredericton Canadiens. A 3-0 victory gave Albany its first and only Calder Cup title in franchise history. Vadim […] | | | | | SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The No. 4 Saratoga Blue Streaks and No. 2 Colonie Wolf Pack swept their way to a Section 2, Class AAA baseball sectional championship series meeting. In Sunday's sectional semifinal, the Blue Streaks doubled up the No. 1 Shaker Blue Bison, 4-2, at East Side Recreation Field. The Blue Bison struck first on a Case LaChance RBI single for the 1-0 edge in the second stanza off Thomas McNamara. Yet, in the home half, the Blue Streaks took the lead on an Owen Fear two-run double off Tye Mariano. Jack Rigabar bounced into a fielder's choice […] | | | | | SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Godolphin's Grade 1 Kentucky Derby-winning homebred Sovereignty posted his second work over Saratoga Race Course's Oklahoma training track since capturing the "Run for the Roses" on May 3, covering five furlongs in 1:02.54 in company with last year's Grade 1 Whitney-winner Arthur's Ride [1:02.94] on Saturday. Sovereignty, with Eclipse Award-winning rider Neil Poznansky up, first galloped almost a complete lap of the oval in usual fashion for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. He and Arthur's Ride stood near the gap on the first turn for a short while before they broke off for their work, Sovereignty beginning about two […] | | | | | FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — CJ Kirst scored six goals, Ryan Goldstein added four, and Cornell, the first NCAA lacrosse champion, ended a 48-year drought with a 13-10 win over Maryland on Sunday for the Big Red's fourth national championship. Kirst scored the final goal into an empty net with 50 seconds to go. It was […] | | | | | President Trump paid tribute to fallen service members during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. | | | | | A 53-year-old British man plowed his minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans who had been celebrating the city team's Premier League championship. | | | |
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