Sunday, September 14, 2025

Daily Digest: FRONTIER LEAGUE: ValleyCats squander five-run lead; eliminated by Quebec

Also: NCAA FOOTBALL: Two takeaways from UAlbany’s disappointing 2025 home opener versus New Haven • NCAA FOOTBALL: New Haven Chargers vs. UAlbany Great Danes (PHOTO GALLERY)
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Sunday, September 14, 2025

 
 

Happy Sunday!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website.

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FRONTIER LEAGUE: ValleyCats squander five-run lead; eliminated by Quebec

QUEBEC — The Tri-City ValleyCats (1-3) 2025 campaign ended on Saturday at Stade Canac as they fell 10-5 to the Québec Capitales (3-1) in Game 4 of the Atlantic Conference Finals. Tri-City struck in the first. Chris Burgess singled off Ruben Ramirez. Oscar Campos doubled in a run to put the ValleyCats on top, 1-0. […]

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NCAA FOOTBALL: Two takeaways from UAlbany's disappointing 2025 home opener versus New Haven

ALBANY, N.Y. — The University at Albany football team had a disappointing 2025 home opener, as it fell 24-17 to New Haven on Saturday at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium. It was a night dictated by a poor first two quarters with issues that spilled over into quarters three and four. Here are two reasons […]

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NCAA FOOTBALL: New Haven Chargers vs. UAlbany Great Danes (PHOTO GALLERY)

ALBANY, N.Y. — The UAlbany Great Danes football team lost to the New Haven Chargers, 24-17, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, on Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium, in Albany, N.Y. (MIKE GWIZDALA – MEDIANEWS GROUP).

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Board of Supervisors hears from public regarding Animal Abuse Registry; full board to vote Tuesday

BALLSTON SPA, NY — Following the Law and Finance Committee of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors meeting, a public hearing was held at its recent meeting to hear from the public regarding a proposed local law to establish an Animal Abuse registry. If the resolution is passed, the resolution will require all people 18 years or older who reside within the county and have been convicted of an animal abuse crime on or after the effective date of the law to register with the Abuse Registry at the District Attorney's office within 10 days following their release from incarceration […]

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Mia O'Brien's hat trick in overtime gives Waterford-Halfmoon the win over La Salle Institute

TROY, N.Y. — It was Waterford-Halfmoon senior Mia O'Brien's day in a Saturday afternoon girls' soccer game on the road against La Salle. O'Brien's three-goal outing carried the Fordians (3-2-0) to their third win of the season in a 3-2 defeat of the Cadets (1-4-1). It was also Waterford-Halfmoon's third victory in a row. The […]

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Waterford-Halfmoon vs. La Salle Institute (PHOTO GALLERY)

TROY, N.Y. — The Waterford-Halfmoon Fordians defeated the La Salle Institute Cadets, 3-2, in overtime of a high school girls soccer game, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, at La Salle Institute, in Troy, N.Y. (MIKE GWIZDALA – MEDIANEWS GROUP).

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Questions and answers from the 'Car Doctor'

Q. I drive a 2022 Ford Escape SUV to patrol for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's department. When we patrol, we usually drive about 13-15 miles per hour. At that speed, the car bucks constantly. We've sent it back to the dealer several times, but each time I get it back, the bucking issue has not been solved. I read your column in my former hometown paper online each week and thought maybe you would have a suggestion as to what to look for. A. This will be a little tough, since the best way to test for an issue […]

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Siobhan Connally's Ittybits & Pieces: Gardening skills — or lack thereof

I felt the dryness of the tendrilling vine as I grasped the offending weed and gave it a hard tug. It was only afterward — its withered remains sprawled out in a wheelbarrow — that I recognized the sting of a thousand tiny thorns the "volunteer" had used to try and defend itself from my attempts to tear it, stem and root, from its hiding place beneath my admittedly inglorious hydrangea. I assume the blame. Last year, the blooms were so large and plentiful they obscured their own leafy greens. I didn't take credit for them, though, since the entire […]

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READER'S VIEW: Higher electric bills a result of taxation without representation

As the leaves begin to fall, the amount of hard-earned money National Grid customers are going to be forced to fork-over to pay to heat and power their homes and business is about to dramatically skyrocket. This month, National Grid customers on average will see their electric and gas bills increase by $22 a month — that's an additional $264 people will have to dig into their wallets for over the next year for energy costs. That electricity bill will climb another $50 a month — $600 per year in total — in three years under a plan approved in […]

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