Daily Digest: ‘Come and stay’: Collar City Pride’s 2nd annual Pride Festival set for Saturday

Also: RITTNER: Norman Rockwell and Troy • HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lansingburgh cruises to fourth straight win, crushes Cohoes in first-ever Hudson River Rivalry game

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Saturday, October 4, 2025

Happy Saturday! Hope everyone has 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. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Ron Rosner, Senior Editor e-edition                            obituaries ‘Come and stay’: Collar City Pride’s 2nd annual Pride Festival set for Saturday WATERVLIET, N.Y. — Collar City Pride’s second annual Pride Festival is on Saturday. Held across the river at Hudson Shores Park in Watervliet, the festival is a five-hour celebration of entertainme… Read more → RITTNER: Norman Rockwell and Troy Recently, my friend Belina Balaski (star of The Howling, Gremlins, etc.) paid a visit on her way to a signing event. We took a trip to the Norman Rockwell Museum in West Stockbridge. Back in 2011, the museum let me review Rockwell's negatives to see if I could match any Troy locations that he used […] Read more → HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Lansingburgh cruises to fourth straight win, crushes Cohoes in first-ever Hudson River Rivalry game TROY, N.Y. — The inaugural rendition of the Hudson River Rivalry game between the Lansingburgh High School football team and Cohoes began in bizarre fashion. The Knights were forced to punt after an unsuccessful opening drive on offense, but the Lansingburgh fans in attendance for the homecoming festivities were in for a pleasant surprise. The […] Read more → HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Saratoga Springs vs. Colonie (PHOTO GALLERY) SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The Saratoga Springs high school football team defeated Colonie, 28-14, on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, at Colonie High School, in Colonie, N.Y. Read more → Parents of two college students killed in a Tesla allege design flaw trapped them in the burning car Federal regulators are investigating complaints by Tesla drivers of problems with stuck doors. Read more → A Black champion boxer was held by police at gunpoint. The police chief says he gets the outrage Terence "Bud" Crawford was stopped by police after a city celebration in his honor. Read more → Lawsuit seeks to stop Trump's $100,000 fee for H-1B visas The group says the new fee has "thrown employers, workers and federal agencies into chaos." Read more → Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can't end birthright citizenship This is the fifth federal court to block the president's birthright order. Read more → White House keeps 45 DOGE employees working despite shutdown They're exempt from being furloughed during the government shutdown. Read more → Supreme Court lets Trump strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants The justices issued an emergency order putting on hold a lower-court ruling. Read more → Trump administration offers migrant children $2,500 to voluntarily return to home countries ICE said in a statement that the offer would initially be for 17-year-olds. Read more →

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