All Over Albany

Saratoga County Sheriff's sergeant faces child porn charge, arrest in Albany shooting, Capital Region bike share starts today,Trump advises Upstate New Yorkers to move

Saratoga County Sheriff's sergeant arrested for alleged child porn
A Saratoga County Sheriff's sergeant has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography after his estranged wife found pornographic material on his computer. [Saratogian][TU]

Arrest in Hamilton Street shooting
Police arrested a Colonie man in connection with a July 2 shooting on Hamilton Street, near Lark, that injured two people. [TU]

Trump advises upstate New Yorkers to leave
While praising an Apple supplier that chose Wisconsin rather than Utica for a new campus, Donald Trump advised Upstate New Yorkers to flee the state, saying"When you have an area that just isn't working like upper New York state, where people are getting very badly hurt, and then you'll have another area 500 miles away where you can't get people, I'm going to explain, you can leave. It's OK. Don't worry about your house."[TU]

Man who accidentally shot himself sentenced
A Schenectady man who accidentally shot himself was sentenced to 63 months in prison for illegally having a handgun, ammunition and crack cocaine. The federal court judge who sentenced Edwin Ferrer said the sentence would have been longer, had Ferrer not suffered a near death experience, and told him "If inadvertently killing yourself doesn't make you turn yourself around, I don't know what will." [TU][Gazette]

Advanced air pollution station near Port of Albany
A state of the art air pollution monitoring station is running near the Ezra Prentice Homes near the Port of Albany, where residents have complained about fumes from crude oil trains. [TU]

ICE raids close restaurant
A second restaurant in the Warren/Washington County area has been forced to close after ICE arrests. [Spectrum]

Albany Second Ward primary
The Albany County Board of Elections commissioners hs ruled that Marc Johnson, who has secured the Working Families Party endorsement in the race for the second ward Common Council seat, did not have enough valid signatures on a petition to get into Democratic Party primary. [TU]

Court will decide on Schenectady primary
Schenectady County Board of Elections has ruled that more than half the signatures submitted by a Democratic challenger in the upcoming Schenectady City Council race are invalid, which could mean the decision on a holding a primary in the race would be made by a court. [Gazette]

Arrest in Albany shooting
Police have arrested a Colonie man in connection with a July 2 shooting that injured two people near Hamilton and Lark Streets in Albany. [WNYT]

Rise in police calls to Northeast Parent & Child
A Schenectady City Council Member is asking questions about why there has been an increase in police calls to Northeast Parent & Child Center over the last two years. [Gazette]

NYS teacher salaries
A new report from the conservative think tank, the Empire Center says teacher salaries are the reason for high education costs in New York State

Judge's death ruled suicide
The New York City medical examiner has ruled that the death of the death of trailblazing New York State Court of Appeals judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam was a suicide. [TU]

Churchill: Put CMOST in movie theater
Chris Churchill suggests that the proposed Bow Tie Cinema in Troy include room to relocate CMOST. [TU+]

Ride sharing at the track
In its first days, ride-sharing has been so popular at the Saratoga Racecourse that NYRA has had to move he dedicated ride-sharing zone for faster pick up and drop off. [Gazette]

Tappan Zee to open in August
Andrew Cuomo announced today that the new Tappan Zee Bridge will open on August 25. [TU]

Honoring a night watchman
New York State will install a plaque to memorialize Samuel Abbott, a civil war veteran and night watchman who was the only person to die in the 1911 Capitol fire. [AP]

Bike Share
The Capital Region bike share project launches today.

$2.5 million donation
A Saratoga Springs family has donated $2.5 million to the Albany Medical Center Cleft Craniofacial Center.[Saratogian]

Stuff going on today

Alive at Five
The Alive at Five series at Jennings Landing on the Albany riverfront has Marian Hill with The Parlor. Thursday 5 pm -- free admission -- Moved to the rain location at the Corning Preserve Boat Launch, Colonie & Water Streets

John Mulaney
Comedian John Mulaney will be at The Palace for two stand-up shows. The first of the night is already sold out, and it looks like the second is also close to a sell out. Thursday 9:30 pm -- $25 and up

The Track
It's the first full week of the new season at the Saratoga Race Course.

Stage

Capital Rep
Today-Sunday: Capital Rep continues its production of Mamma Mia!. Tuesday-Sunday various times -- $20 and up

Park Playhouse
Today-Saturday: This is the last week for the Park Playhouse production of Ragtime at the Washington Park lake house. It's gotten very good reviews. Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm -- free lawn seating is unreserved / reserved seats available starting at $16

WTF
The Williamstown Theatre Festival continues the productions of The Clean House. And it premieres Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow. Tuesday-Sunday various times - various prices

Troy Summer Square
Today-Saturday: The Troy Summer Square public art series continues at Monument Square with nights that include tie dye, hopscotch, improv, poetry, and the the reveal of the 10 public art ideas for Troy.

Baseball

Thursday-Sunday: The ValleyCats open a new home stand at The Joe with a three-game series against Staten Island.

Upbeat on the Roof
Thursday: The Upbeat on the Roof series at The Tang Museum on at Skidmore has Heard. Thursday 7 pm -- free admission

Thursday: Phantogram at The Egg
Back home, in a show moved from the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds. 8 pm -- $35 ahead / $38 day of

Thursday: Zae Biggz at The Low Beat
Album release show, along with a whole string of acts. 8 pm