Daily Digest: ‘Unimaginable loss’:13th Street fire in Troy kills parents, 11-year-old child

Also: Albany College of Pharmacy and Russell Sage College ranked highly in ‘U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges’ • Culinary students to gain experience while boosting elegant food pantry fundraiser

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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Good morning! Check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Nicholas Buonanno, Regional Assistant Managing Editor.   • Local news • E-edition • Obituaries • Sports • ‘Unimaginable loss’:13th Street fire in Troy kills parents, 11-year-old child A Troy couple and their 11-year-old daughter were killed after a fire Sunday night at 2216 13th St., city officials announced Monday afternoon. Read more → Albany College of Pharmacy and Russell Sage College ranked highly in ‘U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges’ ALBANY, N.Y. — Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Russell Sage College have both been rated highly among the nearly 1,700 four-year colleges and universities examined across the United States in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges, released recently. The colleges are classified in different lists. According to U.S. News, many institutions were placed in different ranking categories necessitated by a major revision to the Carnegie Classification framework by the American Council on Education (ACE), which has been the foundation of the U.S. News rankings since their inception. Consequently, U.S. News entirely remapped its own categories […] Read more → Culinary students to gain experience while boosting elegant food pantry fundraiser ALBANY, N.Y. —  Five aspiring bakers and chefs will lend their skills to a fundraiser for the Regional Foodbank of Northeastern New York. The delegation of Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Culinary Arts and Hospitality Technology students will represent BOCES at the CHEFS: Big Apple on Sept. 29. The event begins at 5 p.m. at the Albany Capital Center. The fundraiser features top chefs from around the region and is one of the largest events of the year benefiting the Regional Foodbank. Capital Region BOCES students taking part include Lucas Dauphinee from Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake; Christian Emerson from […] Read more → Average gasoline prices in Albany fall 7 cents in last week Average gasoline prices in Albany have fallen 0.7 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.42/g on Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 546 stations in Albany. Read more → Complete the DEC 2026 I BIRD NY Challenge Complete the DEC 2026 I BIRD NY Challenge Read more →

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