Category: Capital Region

TROY — ValleyCats bench and third-base coach Thomas Incaviglia has played or worked for his uncle Pete, who is Tri-City’s manager, in independent baseball for most of the past 15 years. Thomas Incaviglia, 38, said he feels ready to go out on his own as a minor league manager. He hopes being a coach on the…

COLONIE —Sierra, an outdoor equipment and apparel store owned by the parent company of T.J. Maxx and Marshall’s, is setting up shop at the Colonie Center where an REI was initially planned.  Beloved by campers and other recreationists, the retailer popular for its affordable prices will take over a 19,100-square-foot space at the south end…

The team behind Le Gamin, the all-day French cafe and bar a vin in Hudson, has jumped into the quietly growing Ghent-to-Kinderhook dining scene with Shadow 66, a vehicle-themed French restaurant in the former Red Barn diner on Old Post Road in Ghent. It’s a unique operation with salvaged pedestrian walk signs and traffic lights…

ALBANY – An appeals court has upheld the manslaughter conviction of a Troy woman who killed her son, ruling police did not violate her Miranda rights when they spoke to her about the child’s death. Kiona B. Jackson, 25, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder but appealed her conviction on the grounds the judge who handled…

July 5, 2023 Karen Zalewski-Wildzunas The oldest neighborhood in Schenectady, the Historic Stockade, has been inhabited for more than 300 years with several houses predating the American Revolution. Not quite that old, 5 N. Ferry St. was built in 1850 and lies in the heart of this unique community. The converted, brick-clad carriage house is…

Gibby’s Diner, which closed in December 2021 after being  run by the same family for 69 years, reopened in late May. The husband-and-wife new owners, Jim Slingerland and Tiffany Angelides-Slingerland, are making their first venture as proprietors, though Angelides-Slingerland is a veteran waitress. In addition to keeping the name, the couple have continued a classic…

TROY — A police dog was stabbed a dozen times while biting a suspect during a burglary investigation, according to the Troy Police Department. Police were called around 4 a.m. Wednesday to Donegal Avenue in the Emerald Greens neighborhood after residents reported seeing someone attempt to enter their homes in security footage, Assistant Chief Steven Barker…

July 5, 2023 This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate TROY – Christine Nealon has stepped down as president and CEO of Troy Rehabilitation and Improvement Program, according to a news release. Noah Baum, TRIP’s chief operating officer, will become acting president and CEO. Nealon, who served as CEO since 2016,…

Raven & Boar is a woman-owned farm founded in 2009 in East Chatham, where Ruby Duke raises about 150 heritage-breed pigs in pastures and forests on the nearly 100-acre property. A division of the farm is Duke’s Hudson Valley Charcuterie, which makes a variety of sausage and other products using Raven & Boar pork and locally sourced…

ALBANY – Republicans in the Albany County Legislature plan to introduce two bills in response to the recent arrivals of migrants from New York City to area motels. The legislation would not try to ban migrants from being resettled in the county while they await the outcome of their asylum claims. Deputy Minority Leader Paul…