Daily Digest: Survey seeks input on downtown street cleaning; mayor opposes proposal

Also: Playhouse Stage’s ‘Charlie & the Chocolate Factory’ an energetically performed musical at Cohoes Music Hall • ‘Estate Sale’ at Barrington Stage Company is about discarding baggage — physical and emotional

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Thursday, July 9, 2026

Happy Thursday! Hope everyone is having a great week so far. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of iced coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Nicholas Buonanno, Regional Assistant Managing Editor e-edition                            obituaries Survey seeks input on downtown street cleaning; mayor opposes proposal City Council member Noreen McKee (D, District 4) is currently conducting a survey concerning how a potential change to street cleaning scheduling would affect downtown residents and businesses. Read more → Playhouse Stage’s ‘Charlie & the Chocolate Factory’ an energetically performed musical at Cohoes Music Hall For 38 years, Park Playhouse has produced a charming and highly skillfully performed musical outdoors in Albany’s Washington Park. Read more → ‘Estate Sale’ at Barrington Stage Company is about discarding baggage — physical and emotional “Estate Sale” is being given its world premiere production at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. Though playwright Keelay Gipson has a fresh voice and a unique way of telling a story, you get the sense it’s a story you’ve heard bef… Read more → PEDULLA: Linda Rice eyes another Saratoga Race Course trainer title Linda Rice was 17 when she and her father, Clyde, were snarled in traffic as they returned home from a horse sale at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. Clyde, an established trainer, used the delay to discuss his daughter’s future. Read more → HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections, analysis, Day 4 BANKROLL BANKROLL: $1,107 I usually try to have fun with these blurbs. I can’t today. People in horse racing hate one another for some pretty stupid reasons (I should know; I’ve been put on blast for, among other things, posting phone numbers for domestic abuse hotlines and for marrying a woman of Chinese heritage). With that in mind, perhaps the most powerful thing I can say about Mary Rampellini, who for years covered a wide-ranging group of tracks for The Daily Racing Form, is that nobody, and I mean nobody, ever had an unkind word to say about her. Mary […] Read more → CMAS and Global Foundries unveil Fab Lab interactive exhibit The Children’s Museum at Saratoga (CMAS) and Global Foundries have officially unveiled the museum’s newest interactive exhibit, Fab Lab, which brings the world of semiconductor manufacturing to life for children and families. Read more → Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite grows to more than 1,000 cases Michigan reports nearly 1,000 cases of cyclospora in largest state outbreak ever. Read more →

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