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New York Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Timothy Schultz of Waterford, an Iraq war veteran, has been recognized for 40 years of exemplary military service. Major Gen. Michel Natali, assistant adjutant general of the New York Army National Guard, presented a Meritorious Service Medal and a New York State Conspicuous Service Medal to Schultz…

ALBANY — Washington County District Attorney Tony Jordan was attending a college soccer game two years ago when he received an email notifying him the state Legislature had passed the bill that would make New York the 15th state to legalize marijuana. Jordan was about two months shy of becoming head of the state district attorneys…

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Richard Ravitch was one day past his 76th birthday when he became New York’s lieutenant governor 14 years ago this week, under the most bananas circumstances imaginable: In order to end the state Senate’s “coup crisis” — in which the Republican minority attempted to peel off two of the Democratic conference’s most odious members, plunging the…

Annual fundraiser to benefit the Department of Emergency Medicine Were you seen at the Albany Medical Center Foundation’s Light Up the Night 2023 fundraiser at the 1863 Club at Saratoga Race Course on Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.? Photo by Joe Putrock/Special to the Times Union Photo by Joe Putrock/Special to the…

ALBANY — Mayor Kathy Sheehan, along with the Department of Recreation Commissioner Jonathan Jones, announced the opening of the city’s swimming pool and spray pads.  The Arbor Hill Community Center and the Mater Christi pools opened for the summer on Friday. Both pools are open daily from 1 p.m until 6:30 p.m.  The Albany High…

ALBANY – IBM is leasing out the entire sixth floor of the ZEN building at the Albany Nanotech complex on Fuller Road, almost doubling the amount of space it has at the state-run semiconductor research and development facility. IBM is perhaps the most important corporate tenant at Albany Nanotech, where the company does its most…

The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office said a call about the incident came in just before 4 p.m. Friday Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office MALTA — The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash between a motorcycle and SUV on Friday afternoon. A man died after his northbound motorcycle and the southbound SUV collided at the intersection…

A wayward drive out of bounds on the 20th hole ended Kennedy Swedick’s dream run at the 96th Women’s Western Junior at Greenbriar Country Club in Kirkwood, Mo.  Swedick went on to bogey the hole while Lisa Herman of Jenks, Okla., parred to win the match 1-up and earn a spot in the final. Suzie Tran of…

ALBANY — The ongoing air quality warnings are making summer difficult for camps that revolve around the outdoors. The YMCA has warned parents that if Guilderland’s air quality hits the “unhealthy for all” zone, all 300 children at Adventure Camp will have to be picked up immediately. “It’s not ideal. We have 300 children on campus,”…