Daily Digest: ‘We need safety’: Mantello to introduce e-bike regulation legislation in Troy

Also: Entertainment preview: Home Made Theater brings a legendary board game to the stage • Review: ‘The Last American Newspaper’ at The Rep is a compelling tale about the decline of newspapers

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Thursday, October 8, 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 • ‘We need safety’: Mantello to introduce e-bike regulation legislation in Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello said she intends to introduce legislation to regulate the use of e-bikes in the Collar City, citing the need to have better guardrails in place to protect both users and pedestrians. Read more → Entertainment preview: Home Made Theater brings a legendary board game to the stage Entertainment preview: Spoiler alert: in the Home Made Theater production of “Clue,” Colonel Mustard doesn’t kill anyone in the library with a candlestick. Read more → Review: ‘The Last American Newspaper’ at The Rep is a compelling tale about the decline of newspapers Bob Goepfert review: “The Last American Newspaper” at Capital Repertory Theatre through Oct. 18 is a play about the destruction of a community newspaper through technology and corporate greed. Read more → Culinary students network, gain experience during elegant affair benefiting the Regional Foodbank of Northeastern New York They prepared and served everything from trout to cannoli’s and in the process, five Capital Region BOCES students gained a new perspective on their future careers and helped the regional food bank. Read more → HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Morris-LaFrance combination heating up for Saratoga Springs SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — For as long as they can remember, Saratoga Springs varsity senior quarterback Bobby Morris and senior wide receiver Gavin LaFrance have had a special relationship on and off the field. Having known one another since they were toddlers will help with that. “We’ve never taken a year off not throwing to each other,” Morris said. “Now, he goes out there. I give him a signal, and I know exactly where he’s going to be at the exact moment, and it makes it super easy.” Now in their third varsity season, the Blue Streaks’ stars are coming […] Read more → 2026 Porsche Macan Electric is the EV SUV for everyone Nowadays, the large array of SUVs available for consumers can be a lot to think about. Manufacturers have models in every fleet trying to earn consumers’ business regardless of market. Entering Grasso’s Garage this week is an all-electric powerhouse that is here to prove a point; that the 2026 Porsche Macan Turbo does it better than the rest. Porsche completely bypassed the styling often seen in today’s EV market and went right for the muscular stance everyone wants. Riding on 22-inch staggered wheels, boasting a sports-car styling design, the 2026 Porsche Macan Turbo Electric has an aggressive hoodline and split […] Read more → A Syracuse legend takes the reins: Gerry McNamara vows to restore the Orange to ‘national relevance’ By STEVE REED CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The basketball buzz is clearly back in Syracuse, thanks to a familiar face. Gerry McNamara, the ultracompetitive guard who helped guide the Orange to their only NCAA national championship in 2003 as a freshman, has been entrusted with restoring success to a once-proud program that has fallen on […] Read more →

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