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When Mona Golub first heard Rocky Dawuni, she knew he was special. Golub, the founder of the Music Haven concert series and a vice president at Price Chopper and Market 32 supermarkets,  remembered running into Dawuni, a three-time Grammy-nominated Afro Roots musician, at an international music conference in 2017. “When he stepped onto the stage and…

CLIFTON PARK — Saratoga County’s most populated town is best known for housing developments emblematic of suburbia. But the town also has a rich history, and there is an effort underway to unearth some of it at Historic Grooms Tavern and the adjacent former blacksmith shop on Sugar Hill Road. No one is sure if the…

Victim pronounced dead at a local hospital after shooting in Lansingburgh neighborhood Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle TROY – A man died in a shooting Sunday in Lansingburgh, police said. Many details of the incident, including the age of the victim and the time the crime took place, were not immediately disclosed but police said the violence…

Heavy rain and lightning are causing changes to Fourth of July celebrations July 2, 2023Updated: July 2, 2023 6:12 p.m. Will Waldron/Times Union SCHENECTADY — There are changes to the Fourth of July celebration at Mohawk Harbor Sunday night, as heavy rain and lightning are in the forecast. The free Albany Symphony performance will be moved to…

Independence Day is Tuesday, July 4, but the celebrations will be going on over the next couple of days across the region. Celebrate the Fourth of July with these fireworks shows and other events happening on and around the holiday in the Capital Region.  Six Flags Great Escape, 89 Six Flags Drive, Queensbury. 9 p.m. Sunday-Tuesday. Fireworks…

Mohegan Sun Arena’s WNBA game on Tuesday featuring the New York Liberty and the Connecticut Sun was a star-studded affair with five players named to the 2023 midseason WNBA classic and two former league MVPs. New York features a trio of championship-caliber players signed in the offseason, including former UConn star Breanna Stewart, Courtney Vandersloot…

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Although there are only four characters in “Don Pasquale,” they easily get themselves worked up and tangled up in high pitched drama. In Opera Saratoga’s new production, which opened on Saturday at Universal Preservation Hall, each cast member displayed a flare for larger than life expression. Their vocal performances were satisfying yet…

ALBANY — Thousands are expected to take in official fireworks displays across the Capital Region and Hudson Valley during the July 4th long weekend, but if your plans to celebrate the nation’s independence involve blowing up a small part of it with your own pyrotechnics, here is what you need to know. New York law…

ALBANY — After four days of impacts from Canadian wildfire smoke, air quality levels across New York were improving Sunday morning, according to state Department of Environmental Conservation readings. At 8:30 a.m. every region in the state was reporting an Air Quality Index level of “moderate” or “good” with Air Quality Index readings ranging from…

COLONIE — A soft clacking of tiles filled the ballroom at the Marriott hotel Saturday, as hundreds gathered to try their wordsmithing and strategy skills in the 2023 Scrabble “Word Cup.” The all-ages championship started Friday and continues through Tuesday at the hotel on Wolf Road. This isn’t your typical game played around the kitchen table.…