All Over Albany

Reaction to downscaled Albany convention center, Troy installing surveillance cameras, Colonie approves tougher rules for Central Ave motels, the oldest man in the world

The proposal to build a smaller Albany convention center between the ESP and TU Center seems to be getting a cautiously warm reception from local officials. Said Jerry Jennings: "It's time for it. We've been talking about it for years and years." [Troy Record] [TU] [YNN]

From a 911 call played Thursday during the trial of Rory Poulin, charged with murdering his longtime partner in North Greenbush: "There was a gunshot, and she's just sitting there with half a skull." [Troy Record]

The feds are seeking "very substantial" prison terms for Timothy McGinn and David Smith, the Albany-based brokers convicted of defrauding investors -- the max sentence is life in prison. [Daily Gazette] [TU]

The city of Troy says it will be installing surveillance cameras at a handful of spots downtown. The city council president says there will be six cameras in the pilot program. [Troy Record] [YNN]

One of the people accused of improperly accessing medical records from the Rensselaer County jail says he didn't need to get access to the records of a neighbor bitten by his dog -- because he already had them. [TU]

Four residents of Albany's West Hill neighborhood have filed suit in an attempt to stop the Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless from opening a drop-in center at a former Catholic school on Sheridan Ave (map). [TU]

The Colonie town board approved new rules that will make it harder to get approval for new motels along Central Ave. (The motels already there -- and complaints about their long term residents -- have be an ongoing issue in the town.) [TU] [WNYT]

Troy police are looking for a man who was reported to have tried to grab a woman in North Central Thursday. The same thing reportedly also happened to a second woman in the neighborhood recently. [TU] [News10]

Harnessing racing trainer Brian D. Allen was found guilty of -- and then, in a separate case, pleaded guilty to -- criminal sex acts with two teens in Saratoga County Court; he faces three years in prison. [Saratogian] [WNYT]

The man who pleaded guilty to attacking and sexually abusing a girl as her family walked home from last year's Gazette Holiday Parade was sentenced to three years in prison. [Daily Gazette]

State Police say there are no charges expected in the June confrontation between a youth baseball coach and and umpire in Ballston Spa. [Daily Gazette]

The helicopter flying over Colonie Thursday was looking for a missing Iowa woman -- she turned up in Albany. [TU] [Troy Record]

Nurses in the Capital Region get paid less on average than both the statewide and national averages. [TU]

The Schenectady school district is trying to avoid having a large number unexpected kindergarten students show up at the start of the school year -- it had 200 unexpecteds last year. [Daily Gazette]

Time Warner was trying to fix an internet access outage that affected customers in areas around the Capital Region Thursday. [TU]

What's up with that big box store parking lot in North Greenbush -- that doesn't have any big box stores. [TU]

Three Vermont Air National Guard F-16s are scheduled to fly over Scotia this morning as part of training. [New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs]

Farther afield: the world's current oldest man -- aged 112 -- lives in Grand Island, New York, near Buffalo. [AP/Saratogian]