July 2016

The week ahead

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A quick recap of the week

The modern house of then -- on many levels

Cohoes Music Hall season 2016-2017

What's the future of the 518?

Stuff to do this weekend

Clinton accepts nomination for president, Cuomo speaks at convention, "ban the box" bill for Albany County, undersized lobsters seized, alligator gar still swims free

Today's moment of summer

The Capital Region's largest private employers*

How the train station ended up where it is now

Weekend Destination: Thousand Islands

A peek at our possible future climate

Cuomo to address convention, first PFOA personal injury lawsuit,Lake George fatality causes concern about festival, DEC searches for invasive fish in Schenectady Central Park

A few more bits about the potential sale of a chunk of the Harriman State Office Campus

PechaKucha series returns to TVCOG

Rezone Albany: UAlbany downtown corridor

What's up in the Neighborhood

Four casseroles and a funeral

Suggestions for youth soccer programs?

Dems nominate Clinton, police seek photos in boat accident, Erie Blvd to close for roundabout, new program puts cats in jail

Today's moment of summer

Blackened Fish Po'Boy at Hooked Seafood Co.

They put a tree atop the new Albany convention center building... why?

More time to swim

Finding the History of Your House at SCHS

Design Disruptors at Overit

Questions about Palace sale, Schenectady casino construction ahead of schedule, Arts Center building deal off, L-Ken's demolished

What's new? Apartments.

An alternate political reality

Suggestions for a tile installer (including one who might not mind an assistant)?

53 different languages

The Weebermobile

State Police: abduction story not true, NIMBYism and a proposed apartment complex, hats hats hats hats

The week ahead

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Tickets for Northshire Saratoga Jennifer Weiner event now on sale

A few bits about a planned new Albany Med building, new residential construction, and other projects around Albany

Albany has now fulfilled its odd/unfortunate Pokemon Go story quota

Stuff to do this weekend

Legislation extends time to sue in situations like Hoosick Falls, questions about Troy property sale, remembering Nathan Lebron

The first group of Park South redevelopment apartments are renting -- and there's a Chipotle going in there

New York State will soon exempt tampons from sales tax

It's "abnormally dry"

I Love the '90s tour at TU Center

About those fancy hats...

Home demolished after fatal fire, Hoosick Falls PFOA documents headed to Congress, another horse dies at Saratoga, a gift of tartan granite

Today's moment of summer

Paradise Now: The Story of American Utopianism at Mount Lebanon Shaker Village

Red toward blue

What's up in the Neighborhood

Albany City Hall on the road

The NYC Ballet is back at SPAC

Poll: state corruption is voter concern, two killed in Schenectady house fire, Saratoga council censures mayor

Today's moment of summer

Artisanal Brew Works

Schenectady bike infrastructure plan survey

A declaration two weeks later

Noré Davis at Pretty Much the Best Comedy Show

UAlbany president Robert Jones is leaving

Two die in Schenectady fire, sentencing in crash that killed three, another under-1 percent tax cap, stolen phone story to become a film

Looking at the future of UAlbany's downtown campus -- and the neighborhood around it

Traffic Skills 101 for cyclists

Foreclosed, and now available, in Troy

Capital Region county fairs 2016

Crash versus accident

Marc Maron at Troy Music Hall

Fatal crash of reported stolen vehicle, carjacking reported at Colonie Center, health care costs complicate state employee contracts, she protested her own concert

The week ahead

A quick recap of the week

When a road is no longer a road

Here's the Albany skate park design

Music Haven planning venue upgrades

Stuff to do this weekend

Alleged Albany drug operations busted, more calls to bridge racial divide, proposed ALB upgrades, last stop for the Peanut Land Express

Today's moment of summer

Not so peachy

Rensselaerville Ride: From Hill to Hollow

Pick-your-own blueberry season 2016

Pokestop History Tour in the Stockade

Workplace gender equality town hall at The Linda

Cuomo endorses Teachout, another water main break, HVCC plans tuition hike, Arms show to leave Saratoga

A large chunk of the Harriman State Office Campus is for sale

School of beer

Diverted from Durham

The Palace is planning a major expansion

What's up in the Neighborhood

How often, and how fast

Orange Street mural, in progress

Teen drowned in Hudson, arrest in death of Troy operations manager, Aide charged with abusing teen, Bier Abby seized for taxes

On trying to fill the space left by Metroland

Burgers at Crave

Savion Glover at The Egg

"I could not stop thinking about Grace Brown."

The Chip Festival

Vigil in Schenectady calls for building bridges between community and police, pedestrian safety goal of stepped-up 787 traffic enforcement, when a hawk flies into your house

Six quick clips from six follow-ups

Wellington Row, a century ago, newly vibrant

Our augmented local realities

"Not long ago, I found myself in a beer-tasting room in upstate New York..."

Ben Folds at The Egg

Your new career in urban shepherding

Continued calls for better police/community relationships, extensive look at area's toxic sites, 101 apartments planned for downtown Troy

The week ahead

Follow up: Flower Scout

Stuff to do this weekend

Follow up: The Dutch Udder Craft Ice Cream

Follow up: Nine Pin Cider Works

Follow up: Takk House

Follow up: Lark + Lily

Follow up: Nibble Inc

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Stuff to do this weekend

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