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In June and early July, the Adirondacks and most of the state saw dark sepia skies clouded with pollution from uncontrolled wildfires in Quebec. The low-hanging smoke caused unhealthy air quality for residents and warnings from state officials to stay indoors. State Department of Environmental Conservation leaders urged New Yorkers to refrain from outdoor burning because of…

TROY — In response to criticism over the proposed closure of its Troy maternity ward, St. Peter’s Health Partners will voluntarily conduct a community impact study and devise a closure plan that includes transportation options for maternity patients who need help accessing nearby hospitals, St. Peter’s officials said this week. Dr. Steven Hanks, president and…

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A three-act rock concert Saturday night at Saratoga Performing Arts Center was canceled just before the beginning of the headline set by Noah Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. Jim Shahen, who was reviewing the show for the Times Union, said that after the first two acts, Metric and Garbage, played their sets as…

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When the Chicago Cubs hired CBA and College of Saint Rose graduate Kevin Graber last fall, he thought he’d be working out of their spring-training complex in Mesa, Ariz. How plans change. “Greetings from Kodak, Tennessee,” Graber said Friday when he answered his phone. Now the Albany native is the manager of the Tennessee Smokies,…

Gabrielle Lurie/The Chronicle RENSSELAER – City police said first responders performed life-saving measures on an unresponsive three-year-old girl at a Broadway home Friday, with further measures taken at Albany Medical Center Hospital, but she did not survive.         Further information regarding the child’s death is still under investigation, police said Saturday, adding that the girl’s parents are…

ALBANY – A Schenectady teen was sentenced to 3½ years in state prison in connection with the April 10, 2022 gunfire at Crossgates Mall that resulted in injuries to a victim, the Albany County district attorney’s office said.  Devon Beckles, 17, was also sentenced to 2½  years of post-release supervision by Judge Andra Ackerman Friday.  Last April,…

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That’s the philosophy of Jeri Bosman — one of the cofounders of the Albany chapter of 100 Women Who Care, a group that operates on a unique, simple yet flawless system for philanthropy. In 2016, she brought the concept, which spans across the United States, Canada and other parts of the world, to the Capital…

Will Waldron/Times Union SCHENECTADY – Police say they suspect a death Friday is the seventh fatal overdose in six days in the city.  Police and firefighters responded to the undisclosed scene of the incident and though it needs to be confirmed through toxicology, the initial investigation indicates that an overdose is likely. The department’s Special Investigations…