Saturday, May 31, 2025

Daily Digest: Troy gives intent to vacate notice to City Hall, announcing new home soon

Also: The Studios at 440 hosts grand opening and ribbon cutting • Festival of Young Artists returning to SPAC on June 1
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Saturday, May 31, 2025

 
 

Happy Saturday!

Hope everyone is has a great weekend. Better bring your umbrella if you're heading out and about this morning. Looks pretty wet out there. 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


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Troy gives intent to vacate notice to City Hall, announcing new home soon

TROY, N.Y. — By January of 2027, Troy’s City Hall will not be at the Hedley Building on River Street. On Friday afternoon, Corporation Counsel Rick Morrissey and Deputy Mayor Seamus Donnelly …

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The Studios at 440 hosts grand opening and ribbon cutting

WATERVLIET, N.Y. — The Studios at 440, the city's newest small business hub, recently celebrated a grand opening party and ribbon cutting. Located at 44 Third Ave., the hub welcomes small bus…

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Festival of Young Artists returning to SPAC on June 1

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Saratoga Performing Arts Center announced in a press release that "The Adirondack Trust Company Festival of Young Artists" will return for its eighth annual event on Sunday…

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RITTNER: Toga rules

Whenever I want to relive what Troy was like in the 60s, I drive up to Saratoga Springs. They have their act together. Of course, there is also a Troy connection. Famous for its mineral springs, rich cultural heritage, and role in American history, it rose as a premier resort town and cultural center during […]

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Chinese student struck a chord emphasizing humanity during Harvard commencement speech

Yurong "Luanna" Jiang kept running into classmates who praised her commencement address.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says Trump told her he would not pardon men convicted in kidnapping plot

Trump said he was considering a pardon for Barry Croft Jr. and Adam Fox.

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The Department of Energy axes $3.7 billion in clean energy project grants

The grants were primarily for programs to capture carbon emissions and store them underground.

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FACT FOCUS: Trump's claims about remedial math at Harvard don't add up

The president falsely claims Harvard offers "remedial mathematics" on topics such as simple addition.

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2nd suspect in Manhattan crypto kidnapping and torture case indicted

Duplessie is listed as a founder or investor at various blockchain-based companies.

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Trump's education secretary threatens to pull funding from NY over its Native American mascot ban

McMahon described Massapequa's chiefs mascot as an "incredible" representation of Native American leadership.

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PBS suing Trump administration over defunding, three days after NPR filed similar case

Trump's order is an "existential threat" to the station, the lawsuit said.

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Former Sen. Bob Casey reflects on Biden's diagnosis, his own cancer fight

Bob Casey was on a train bound for Washington, D.C., when he got a call that stopped him in his tracks. "It was just two words," the former senator remembers. "It's cancer."

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Convicted former Catholic priest exposed by Spotlight investigation dies at 87

James Talbot was convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts.

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