Category: Capital Region
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Police identify body found in Hudson River
news July 14, 2023Updated: July 14, 2023 5:47 p.m. Troy Police Department TROY — City police said the body recovered Wednesday by police and firefighters from the Hudson River in the area of the Madison Street Pier was that of a 32-year-old man. Following an investigation, including an autopsy, it was determined there are no suspicious circumstances connected…
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Judge sentences Albany man in death of teen Chyna Forney
ALBANY — A judge sentenced Alvin Foy III, of Albany, to 25 years to life on Friday for his role in the shooting death of high school senior Chyna Forney in 2021. However, before acting state Supreme Court Justice Roger D. McDonough handed down his sentence, he kicked Foy out of the courtroom because he repeatedly interrupted the judge…
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Suspect taken into custody in Long Island serial killings with upstate connection
MASSAPEQUA — A suspect has been taken into custody in Long Island in connection with a long-unsolved string of killings, known as the Gilgo Beach murders, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Friday. The case has drawn immense public attention since human remains were found along a New York beach highway more…
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Need some new ink? Here are the Capital Region’s top tattoo shops
Best of the Capital Region July 14, 2023Updated: July 14, 2023 10:13 a.m. Paul Buckowski/Times Union So there’s a blank spot on your skin and you’re itching to fill it in with some new art. There are a lot of options in the Capital Region, but you’re looking for just the right spot. Perhaps you can…
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Warren County ‘Heroes of Hospitality’ to be honored
LAKE GEORGE —The Warren County Tourism and Hospitality Community will honor several Heroes of Hospitality on July 20 at a dinner hosted by Fort William Henry. The community is invited. Sam Luciano, president of the Fort William Henry Corp., said the event will be in its new venue, The Carriage House. The annual event honoring those whose…
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Movie Quiz: This hot film week throughout history
Next week, the face-off of the summer takes place in movie theaters when both “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” open. Hey, even Tom Cruise of this week’s “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” plans on taking them in as an unlikely double feature. A similar match-up took place 35 years ago this week when the unknown…
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Serious injuries seen in Troy shooting
News staff July 13, 2023Updated: July 13, 2023 8:37 p.m. Troy Police Department TROY – City detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday near 6th Avenue and Swift Street. Police said one person was struck by gunfire and was taken to a hospital with what police were told are serious injuries.…
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Becky’s Joker rallies from behind in her first race to take Schuylerville at Saratoga
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Becky’s Joker saw nothing funny about being the only maiden — and the only first-time starter — in Saratoga’s opening-day feature race, the $175,000, Grade III Schuylerville Stakes for 2-year-old fillies. With 29,102 spectators looking on, the bay filly broke seventh and last in her first race. Under Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano, she improved to…
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CBA sues NYSPHSAA, Section II over probation
Christian Brothers Academy is suing the New York State Public High School Athletic Association and Section II to overturn the school’s punishment for a recruiting violation. The suit, filed Thursday by the firm Girvin & Ferlazzo in Albany County Supreme Court, claims the decision in January to put the CBA athletics program on three years…
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Mass. woman going to prison in Albany crash case
News staff July 13, 2023Updated: July 13, 2023 9:07 p.m. JamesBrey, Contributor / Getty Images ALBANY – A Massachusetts woman was sentenced to three to nine years in prison for being the driver in a collision that seriously injured two people. Isabella Wasuk, 23, of Pittsfield was sentenced before Judge William Little in Albany County Court Thursday…