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Waterford man with 51 arrests picked up for allegedly promoting prostitution, Ellis/Sheehan face off in forum, Manory's celebrates 100 years

Police have arrested a Waterford man -- with 51 previous arrests and seven convictions -- for allegedly promoting prostitution. Kevin Gervasio allegedly advertised a prostitute on a website. Gervasio -- who once testified against his mother when the pair was charged with scamming seniors at a grocery store -- and the alleged prostitute were arrested when police answered the ad and arranged to meet the woman. [TU][YNN][Record]

The suspect in the recent Slingerlands Trustco bank robbery was picked up by police in South Carolina on Wednesday. [TU]

The Albany man charged with sexually abusing a young boy in a bathroom at the New York State Museum in June, while the child's mother was waiting for him outside the door, pled guilty on Wednesday and could face up to four years in prison. [WNYT]

The first of six row of houses near the site of the former St. Patrick's in Watervliet -- which were purchased for over $1 million -- was torn down Wednesday to make way for a Price Chopper supermarket slated for the site. [TU]

A basement fire damaged the Damian Center -- an HIV and AIDS support center on South Lake Avenue in Albany -- early this morning. [TU]

An Albany man was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for repeatedly raping a young girl who was later diagnosed with herpes. At the sentencing, the prosecutor told the court that the defendant robbed the girl of a normal childhood, saying "She should be a carefree and happy little girl and she's not. She's a very unhappy and angry child."[ YNN][TU]

Albany police are investigating an incident on Tuesday in which a city man was shot in the leg near North First and Walter Streets.[TU]

Saratoga County DA Jim Murphy wants the state attorney general's office to look into real estate dealings of State Supreme Court Justice and former Assistant District Attorney Robert Chauvin. [TU]

Kathy Sheehan and Corey Ellis answered questions about economic development, the city budget and a land bank on Wednesday night as part of a candidates forum.The two candidates also disagreed over putting an aquarium at the Albany Convention Center.[YNN] [TU]

A bill in the state legislature proposes a 30 percent tax credit for Broadway producers who agree to field-test their Broadway tours in upstate New York. [TU]

Schenctady's school board voted unanimously on Wednesday in favor of splitting all the city's schools into three age groups K-5, 6-8 and 9-12.[News 10]

Police in Saratoga are looking into a home burglary and 19 car break-ins near the Saratoga Race Course.[Saratogian]

NYRA lost $10.3 million on racing operations in the first six months of 2013 -- more than double its losses for that same period in 2012 -- prompting a renewed call for belt tightening. VLT revenue from Aqueduct kept NYRA just barely puts NYRA in the black this year. [Saratogian][Times Union][Gazette]

A racing advisory group wants NYRA to institute a ticket exchange policy that could make unused clubhouse seats available to fans for a fee. [Saratogian]

General John W. Pauly, an Albany native and four star Air Force general who served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam and advised JFK and Jimmy Carter has died in Colorado Springs at the age of 90.[TU]

About 100 people gathered at the ESP on Wednesday to watch a video of Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech and then walk together to Lincoln Park to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the speech and the march on Washington. [TU]

A local man recalls guarding Dr. Martin Luther King as he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech fifty years ago in Washington D.C. [News10]

The owner of Kobe, the alligator reported missing in New Lebanon last week, now believes the reptile was stolen.[WNYT]

The bugs have been exterminated from the southbound lanes of the Delmar Bypass.[WNYT]

Manory's -- the oldest restaurant in Troy-- celebrates its 100th anniversary today.[YNN]