| | | | Happy Sunday!Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Did you remember to set your clocks back an hour? 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 | | | | TROY, N.Y. — The Downtown Troy Business Improvement District (BID) is not halting their efforts to get an increase in their tax assessment and agreed to directly ask the Troy City Council for it. The non-profit wants Troy to move their tax assessment from 5% to 10%, which equates to a $184,000 increase. The city […] | | | | | STILLWATER, N.Y. — If one had to summarize the Niskayuna girls soccer season with a song title, it might be Van Halen's "Finish What Ya Started." The Silver Warriors (16-3) began their season with a 2-1 victory against the Columbia Blue Devils (11-5-2) on Sept. 2. Nearly two months later, the No. 3-seed Silver Warriors […] | | | | | STILLWATER, N.Y. — Niskayuna defeated Columbia, 2-1, in the Section 2, Class AA high school girls sectional championship game, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at Stillwater High School, in Stillwater, N.Y. | | | | | QUEENSBURY, N.Y. — The Section 2 Class A high school boys' soccer final between Cohoes and Glens Falls was high-scoring with different twists and turns. Ultimately, the Black Bears would be crowned the champions with a 4-3 victory. While Glens Falls never trailed, the Tigers were firmly in the rearview mirror, seeking a come-from-behind victory. […] | | | | | QUEENSBURY, N.Y. — In the Section 2 Class B final between the Mechanicville and Greenville high school boys' soccer teams, it was all Spartans, all the time, against the Red Raiders on Saturday at Queensbury High School. Greenville came out swinging on offense, striking first in the 11th minute. Senior midfielder Lucas Russell delivered a 30-yard bullet to junior forward Christopher Hughes on the attack. Hughes then slotted his low shot past Mechanicville's goalkeeper for the score. The Spartans scored again in the 30th minute with freshman forward Beckett Kosich knocking in a header off a pass from Russell. Greenville […] | | | | | STILLWATER, N.Y. — The Saratoga Springs Blue Streaks (13-4-1) made program history Saturday evening, capturing their second successive Section 2 Class AAA girls soccer championship with a thrilling 1-0 double-overtime victory over rival Shenendehowa (12-3-1) at Stillwater High School. The Blue Streaks, who avenged a 2-0 regular season loss to Shen on Oct. 7, have not lost since and are riding a five-game winning streak. Both teams battled relentlessly through 80 minutes of regulation and into overtime, with defenses and goalkeepers taking center stage. Saratoga senior and Le Moyne commit Olivia Goodman delivered an 11-save shutout performance, anchoring her team […] | | | | | STILLWATER, N.Y. — Saratoga Springs defeated Shenendehowa, 1-0, in double-overtime of the Section 2, Class AAA, high school girls sectional soccer championship game, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at Stillwater High School, in Stillwater, N.Y. | | | | | QUEENSBURY N.Y. — Every soccer player's dream is to score the game-winning goal in a championship game. Senior forward Aidan Gatchell of the Columbia Blue Devils high school soccer team got to live in that fantasy, scoring in the second overtime period of the Section 2 Class AA final against Bethlehem Central at Queensbury High […] | | | | | Q. I have a 2016 Volvo S60 with a four-cylinder engine. It has about 90,000 miles on it. I am going to change the timing belt, is it advisable to replace the water pump? The Volvo water pump is $500 and bad enough the timing belt is going to cost $1350. I love my car, but it is very pricey to keep it running. Why didn't Volvo use a chain instead of a belt that needs to be replaced? A. In many engines with timing belts it is a good idea to replace the water pump. This is usually if […] | | | | | The weather is getting colder, and many changes are upon us. As such, my husband and I start to churn through our semi-annual arguments. He will say, We lose an hour of sleep because the clocks turn backward," and I will calmly explain that we gain the hour because we get to repeat the 60 minutes prior to midnight when it resets, presumably while we are sleeping. Neither of us quite knows how to explain the evidence we both try to commandeer – that the clocks on the stove and in our cars, will remind us that it's earlier than […] | | | |
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