Saturday, September 5, 2026

Daily Digest: Troy City Council adopts emergency declaration law, Mantello to veto

Also: Watervliet police probe alleged stabbing at intersection of 25th Street and 3rd Avenue • ‘Blood, sweat and tears’: Green Tech transfer QB Anthony Brown earns first high school football start with Troy in win over Amsterdam
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Saturday, September 5, 2026

 
 

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Troy City Council adopts emergency declaration law, Mantello to veto

Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello says she will veto Local Law 4, which would delay the local law aimed at limiting the scope of the mayor’s emergency powers from taking effect right away.

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Watervliet police probe alleged stabbing at intersection of 25th Street and 3rd Avenue

The Watervliet Police Department announced on Friday that they are investigating an alleged stabbing at the intersection of 25th Street and 3rd Avenue which police said occurred at the intersection of 25th Street and 3rd Avenue, following what police said appears to have been a road rage-related altercation that occurred on Sep. 3 just before 10 p.m.

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‘Blood, sweat and tears’: Green Tech transfer QB Anthony Brown earns first high school football start with Troy in win over Amsterdam

TROY, N.Y. — When he transferred to the Troy High School varsity football team from Green Tech last December, junior quarterback Anthony Brown was looking forward to a bigger role. In 10 games (no starts) for the Eagles as a sophomore, Brown threw for 577 yards and two touchdowns. He showcased his dual-threat ability by […]

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Don Rittner: From Troy to royalty: Lily, Duchess of Marlborough

Few people born in Troy, New York, have led a life as remarkable or as dramatic as Lilian Warren Price (1854–1909), better known to history as Lily, Duchess of Marlborough. Born in Troy on June 10, 1854, Lily rose from being the daughter of a distinguished naval officer to become one of the most celebrated American women in British high society. Her story is one of wealth, ambition, glamour, scandal, and the growing influence of wealthy American women on European aristocracy during the Gilded Age.

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Blue Streaks flip the switch, blank Schenectady

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The lights came on. The helmets went on. The butterflies came with them. Then Saratoga Springs started playing football. The Blue Streaks shook off an uneven start, including an early interception, turned up the pressure late in the second quarter and rolled after halftime to blank Schenectady, 36-0, in their season opener Friday night. For a program coming off a Section 2 championship, and Class AA runner-up in states, there was no shortage of expectations. There was also no shortage of new faces. For much of the opening half, it showed. Yet that’s part of the […]

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Schenectady vs. Saratoga Springs (PHOTO GALLERY)

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The Saratoga Springs Blue Streaks defeated the Schenectady Patriots, 36-0, in a high school football game, on Friday, Sept. 4, at Saratoga Springs High School.

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HORSE RACING: Andrew Champagne’s Saratoga bankroll, selections, analysis, Day 44

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — BANKROLL: $1,058.70 Coming to the track as consistently as I did growing up has led to a lot of great stories. One of them, however, has been hotly-contested by my dad and I for the last several days. We agree that, many years ago, we were driving up the Northway when a canoe atop a car in front of us slid out and fell backwards. It bounced in front of us and, thankfully, went dead right off the side of the road without hurting anyone or damaging anything. We disagree, however, on where exactly this took […]

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SUNY Chancellor King announces additional programs to assist with student basic needs

State University of New York Chancellor John King Jr. announced a program that will establish emergency aid grants on all 64 SUNY campuses to ensure all students can afford to remain enrolled and complete their studies.

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