All Over Albany

Body pulled from the Hudson, Campbell Avenue reopens, UAlbany students skip hearing, Saint Patrick's Day parade plan

Body pulled from the Hudson
An autopsy is scheduled for later today in an effort to determine the identity of the body pulled from the Hudson near the Corning Preserve on Wednesday.[News 10][TU]

Campbell Avenue open
Campbell Avenue in Troy reopened to traffic this morning. The road has been closed since February 21, when water and sewer problems caused a section of the roadway to collapse. [News10][TU]

UAlbany students skip hearing
The three UAlbany students who allegedly fabricated charges that they were the victims of a racially motivated attack on a CDTA bus did not attend their scheduled student conduct hearing on Wednesday. The hearing proceeded without them while officials kept protestors outside from entering the building. [TU][WNYT][TWCN]

St. Patrick's Day parade
Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan laid out plans for the Albany St. Patrick's Day parade, which includes a ban on alcohol.[Gazette]

Arrest in Troy liquor store robbery
An Albany man was arrested in connection with the recent armed robbery of a Troy liquor store.[News 10]

Suspect in Green Island robberies
Police have arrested a suspect in a recent Green Island burglary spree. [TU]

Bethlehem water
"This is not the same scenario that you're hearing about in Hoosick Falls or Flint" -- Bethlehem's Public Works Commissioner assuring residents on Wednesday that there is no immediate risk from the town's drinking water. [TU]

Employees allegedly left disabled man in van
Four state employees are facing charges for leaving a non-verbal developmentally disabled man in the back of a van for hours -- and dropped the van off for service with the man still inside. [TU]

Unions
Arguments for and against a union at the struggling College of Saint Rose. [TU]

Orange Street fire
A Wednesday fire that displaced several residents of an Orange Street home in Albany is under investigation. [TU]

Search for missing Saratoga County woman
A ground search began Wednesday morning for a missing woman in Wilton in Saratoga County.[WNYT]

The very model of a modern Niskayuna grad
A committee of administrators, teachers, board members, community representatives and business and higher education leaders in Niskayuna will set out to create a model Niskayuna graduate --defining what knowledge and skills a student should possess by the time they finish high school in the district. [Gazette]

Tisch looks back on tenure as chancellor
""If anything, I fault myself for being ambitious for every child" -- Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl H. Tisch, reflecting on her tenure as Chancellor. [NYT]

Piazza
Mike Piazza was honored on the floor of the Senate for his admission in the Baseball Hall of Fame. [TU][WNYT]

Medical marijuana
Not many local doctors are participating in the medical marijuana experiment. [TU+]

A place for books becomes a place to box
The recently close Duane branch of the Schenectady Library will become a boxing gym and, the owner hopes, a place to help inner city youth. [Gazette]

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Happening today

The life of Eugene O'Neill
Thursday: Robert Dowling will be at the State Museum to discuss his biography of Eugene O'Neill as part of the NYS Writers Institute visiting writer series. Thursday 8 pm, Huxley Theater - free

Cooking

Makin' bacon | Gio Culinary Studio
"Students will learn how to create 3 different types of delicious cured bacon, using readily available ingredients." 6:15 pm - $65

Music

Ebène Quartet at Union College
Parisian classical quartet. 7:30 pm - $25 / $10 students

The High Kings at the Celtic Hall (430 New Karner Road)
"Ireland's foremost folk group The High Kings." 7:30 pm - $30

The Word Alive at Upstate Concert Hall
Metalcore. With: Fit for a King, Out Came the Wolves. 7 pm - $15 ahead / $18 day of