Category: Capital Region

ALBANY  — The Empire State Plaza fireworks display is postponed after heavy rains rolled through the area Tuesday evening. The plaza was already filled with people enjoying a July 4th celebration, including a show from the  “Queen of Percussion,” Sheila E. A naturalization ceremony was held at about 5 p.m.  The state instructed people to take…

TROY – In 13 years of minor-league baseball, Tri-City ValleyCats second baseman Cito Culver has never played in an All-Star Game. He plans to change that next week. Culver was selected on Monday to the East Division roster for the Frontier League All-Star Game, to be played July 12 at Ozinga Field in Crestwood, Ill.,…

ALBANY – A city man who was facing 25 years in state prison if convicted of stabbing his roommate in the abdomen on Second Avenue last summer has been acquitted on all charges after his attorneys argued it was a case of self defense. An Albany County jury deliberated for less than two hours before…

One man allegedly threatened the clerk with a knife during the early morning robbery July 4, 2023Updated: July 4, 2023 4:21 p.m. QUEENSBURY —  Two men were charged with felony robbery for targeting a Speedway gas station on Aviation Road, State Police said. Troopers were called to the store around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. A clerk told…

COOPERSTOWN — On Sept. 16, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will play host to one of baseball’s most unique acts: the Savannah Bananas. The Bananas — an exhibition team with more than 7 million followers on TikTok — boast that they “make baseball fun.” It’s easy to see why. Bananas players break out into choreographed…

Jim Franco July 4, 2023Updated: July 4, 2023 7:26 p.m. Jim Franco/Times Union Several people from countries including Peru and Canada took an oath of allegiance to become American citizens during Fourth of July ceremonies on Tuesday at Albany’s Empire State Plaza.  Also Tuesday, The Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany sponsored a celebration titled “July…

News staff July 4, 2023Updated: July 4, 2023 2:34 p.m. TIMES UNION LAKE GEORGE — A woman died after a collision Monday morning on Route 9N near the Northway’s southbound Exit 21 off ramp in the town of Lake George, Warren County sheriff’s deputies said.   Deputies, who responded at about 10:20 a.m. to the scene, said a…

Former television star Allison Mack, who provided “slaves” to NXIVM leader Keith Raniere for his secret group that blackmailed calorie-starved and sleep-deprived women into sex acts and subjected them to physical branding on their pelvic areas, has been released from federal prison. The 40-year-old Mack, formerly of Halfmoon, pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy in 2019 in…

Will Waldron/Albany Times Union ROTTERDAM – A Schenectady County man heads to court later this month to face drug and other charges in a car chase over the weekend, State police said Tuesday. The 34-year-old Duanesburg man was stopped around 4:30 a.m. Friday on I-890 in Rotterdam for a vehicle and traffic law violation, then gave…

ALBANY – Spectrum, the region’s major cable TV provider, awarded the Playhouse Stage Co. $10,000 last Thursday at the theater company’s 35th anniversary gala in Washington Park. The money came from a Spectrum corporate philanthropic program it runs in partnership with Ovation TV called the Stand for the Arts Awards. The program has awarded $600,000 in…