Daily Digest: Residents ring in new year at Bard and Baker ‘Steampunk Soirée’

Also: DEC: Give your Christmas Tree a second life • Questions and answers from the ‘Car Doctor’

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Sunday, January 4, 2026

Happy Sunday! Hope everyone has a good 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. — Nicholas Buonanno, Assistant Senior Editor e-edition                            obituaries Residents ring in new year at Bard and Baker ‘Steampunk Soirée’ TROY, N.Y — Dressed to the nines in glitz and glamor, patrons at Bard and Baker rang in the new year for the game cafe’s “Steampunk Soirée” New Year’s Eve party, featuring games, specialty cocktails, and an all-you-can-eat menu to celebrate. While some attendees rolled up to the event in full steampunk attire, others decided […] Read more → DEC: Give your Christmas Tree a second life The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is urging state residents who have a real Christmas tree to choose from options that keep your tree out of the landfill and benefit wildlife and the planet. Your municipality may offer a free tree collection program, either curbside pick up or drop-off, that will turn your tree into mulch or compost. Remember to remove all lights and decorations first. Contact your local department of public works to find out more or find an event near you. Oneida and Herkimer counties are holding a Christmas Tree drop-off from January 3-31. The best […] Read more → Questions and answers from the 'Car Doctor' Q. My 2007 Subaru Forester will lock the doors on its own. If you are sitting in the driver's seat and hit the button to unlock all the doors, it will immediately lock them all again. If you manually unlock the driver's door, you can get out but since the rest of the doors (including hatchback) are still locked you have no access to the rest of the car. Using the key to unlock driver door from outside is ok, since there are no electronics involved. But then you try to unlock the rest of the car using the same […] Read more → Venezuelans wonder who's in charge as Trump claims contact with Maduro's deputy There was no immediate sign that the U.S. was running Venezuela. Read more → US military operation in Venezuela disrupts Caribbean holiday travel, hundreds of flights canceled Major airlines canceled hundreds of flights across the eastern Caribbean after the FAA imposed restrictions. Read more → How the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro Trump described Maduro as being 'highly guarded' in a presidential palace. Read more →

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