Category: Capital Region

AMSTERDAM — The Amsterdam Mohawks had six alumni chosen in the Major League Baseball draft this week. Then the current team threw a no-hitter on Tuesday night at Shuttleworth Park. Just business as usual for the Mohawks, who are the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League’s dynasty. The defending champion Mohawks are 28-2-1 this season after…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of8Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of8Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 3of8 4of8Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 5of8Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 6of8 7of8Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 8of8 ALBANY — Golden Rule Peace Boat, which…

When racing fans get to Saratoga, they will notice a major difference at the admission gates. Instead of a $7 admission charge for the grandstand and $10 for the clubhouse, the new everywhere admission charge will be $10, giving patrons access to both. The policy change was announced in March. Gone are the days of…

SARATOGA SPRINGS — There are three important numbers to remember starting Thursday — 40, 71 and 20.8 million. The first of those is the number of days of the 2023 Saratoga racing season that gets underway Thursday with a 1:10 p.m. post time. Seventy-one is the number of stakes races that will be offered during the meeting…

SCHENECTADY — Incumbent City Councilman Carl Williams is poised to break with tradition and go it alone in his reelection bid instead of running with the other endorsed Democrats. “I’m just staying true to me,” Williams said Tuesday morning during a brief conversation when pressed on the issue about him likely not campaigning with Mayor…

Firefighters found the body in the water Wednesday afternoon north of Madison Street. Patrick Tine, Will Waldron July 12, 2023Updated: July 12, 2023 1:47 p.m. This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of6Will Waldron/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of6Will Waldron/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6Will Waldron/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 5of6Will Waldron/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less…

Patrons can walk through participating restaurants and purchase $4 samples of barbecue options.  July 12, 2023Updated: July 12, 2023 11:56 a.m. This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 1of5Cindy SchultzShow MoreShow Less 2of5Phoebe Sheehan/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5Phoebe Sheehan/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 5of5 TROY — The Troy Pig Out barbecue competition and…

This story was published in the Times Union on Jan. 17, 1999. Geordie Pierce died in Troy on July 6, 2023. The Pierce brothers, built powerful and low like linebackers, lumbered over hexagonal columns of ancient lava at land’s end. This stretch of Northern Ireland’s northeastern coast is known as the Giant’s Causeway — as if…

Were you Seen at the Bellini’s grand opening to benefit ToLife! at Bellini’s Italian Eatery on July 11, 2023, in Slingerlands, N.Y.? Photo by Joe Putrock/Special to the Times Union Photo by Joe Putrock/Special to the Times Union Photo by Joe Putrock/Special to the Times Union Photo by Joe Putrock/Special to the Times Union Photo…

News staff July 11, 2023Updated: July 11, 2023 6:19 p.m. ROTTERDAM – Fire and utility officials are on the scene near Rensselaer and Altamont avenues after a succession of falling power poles Tuesday afternoon is causing safety concerns. At about 3:10 p.m., the Rotterdam Police Department responded to the scene after a National Grid electric pole appeared to…