Category: Capital Region

The NCAA is looking into making the summer more eventful in college basketball. Siena and the University at Albany aren’t sold on the idea. The Division I men’s and women’s basketball oversight committees are discussing an initiative that would allow limited competition in the summer. Each school could play a Division I opponent in up…

July 7, 2023Updated: July 7, 2023 3:39 p.m. Will Waldron/Albany Times Union ALBANY — An East Nassau man was arrested on Tuesday following an alleged road rage incident involving a handgun, State Police said Friday.  The 32-year-old faces criminal possession of a weapon, criminal use of a firearm, reckless endangerment and menacing charges related to the incident,…

COLONIE — The Colonie Chabad Jewish Center presents a number of programs this summer A lecture by Rabbi Yossi Paltiel, “The Secrets of Life,” takes place at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 11, at the Colonie Town Library, 629 Albany Shaker Road.  RSVP is required; sign up at http://libr.info/d3 or call the library information desk at 518-810-0314.The rabbi is a…

A second passenger was also hospitalized July 7, 2023 Thinkstock Images/Getty Images GALLATIN — A passenger on a utility terrain vehicle died of injuries sustained after she was pinned underneath the vehicle last week. Troopers were dispatched to Crock Road in Gallatin at 2:23 p.m. on July 1 after getting a report of a UTV crash with…

Jevonte Osterhout to serve a year in jail after Rensselaer County jury convicted him of sexual assault and child endangerment July 7, 2023Updated: July 7, 2023 3:14 p.m. JamesBrey, Contributor / Getty Images TROY – A former Albany firefighter who was acquitted of rape charges in May was sentenced to a year in jail Friday for…

ALBANY — State Police wrote nearly 13,000 tickets during an anti-drunken driving campaign that stretched from June 30 to Wednesday. The effort targeted dangerous driving during the period around the July 4 celebration. While State Police said the effort was aimed largely at drunken driving, the largest number of tickets — 4,671 — were issued for speeding. More…

ALBANY — City police expect they’ll have developments to report soon in one of the city’s four most recent homicides. Police Chief Eric Hawkins told the Common Council that he hopes to have an announcement in the investigation into the death of Ben Rowe, “fairly soon.”  Hawkins did not go into further detail, citing the sensitive…

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Unconstrained by a committed relationship or full-time job and happy with a friends-with-benefits arrangement with a woman he knows little about, Daniel is enjoying his 30s when, in one spasmodic jolt, he has parenthood thrust upon him when he’s given sole responsibility for an infant born three months prematurely. Over the next 90 minutes…

The Capital District is rich in natural areas, but community members without transportation — and without the funds to pay for transportation — may struggle to reach them. To make the most of green spaces, nature preserves and state parks are most often located away from urban areas and highways. That makes them quieter and wilder, but…

SCHENECTADY — After losing last week’s Democratic primary election to incumbent Gary McCarthy, Schenectady mayoral hopeful Marion Porterfield has come up short in her bid to run for the post on the Working Families Party Line for November’s general election. But Porterfield said Wednesday she filed a complaint earlier this week with the state Board of…