All Over Albany

Body found at Thacher State Park, Albany and Poor People's Campaign dispute over police bill, appreciating Central Ave

Body found at Thacher State Park
The Indian Ladder Trail re-opened at Thacher State Park this past weekend -- a hiker came across a body off the path. Officials say the items with the body point to it being a 71-year-old Guilderland man missing since February, and who was the subject of a search earlier this year. [TU] [News10]

Alain Kaloyeros
Surveying the legacy of Alain Kaloyeros and SUNY Poly as his trial is set to start this month. [TU]

Central Ave
Chris Churchill on Central Ave in Albany: "It is uniquely Albany. It is underappreciated." [TU]

Schenectady shooting
Schenectady police say they're investigating the shooting of a man near State Street and Hulett Street Saturday afternoon. SPD said the injuries were not life-threatening. [Daily Gazette] [WNYT]

Chase and crash on I-890
It looks like law enforcement pursued a vehicle along I-890 Sunday before the chase ended with a one-car crash. [Daily Gazette]

Delmar drug raid
Bethlehem police say they raided a home on Delaware Ave in Delmar and found more than five pounds of pot along with opioids. [TU]

Troy police detective indicted
Troy police detective Aaron Collington was indicted Friday on a grand larceny charge for allegedly stealing money from the Troy Police Benevolent Association while he served as the union's president. [TU]

Russian mob connection in Schoharie County
A woman who was working as a home health aide in Schoharie County pleaded guilty earlier this year to a racketeering charge related to activities with the Russian mob based out of Brooklyn -- prosecutors say she also stole from the person she was caring for in Gilboa. [TU]

Albany police bill Poor People's Campaign
The Albany Police Department has billed the organizers of the local series of Poor People's Campaign rallies for the police detail at a protest in May that blocked Washington Ave -- the city says campaign didn't file for a city permit and the protest disrupted transit. An attorney for the campaign says the bill is an "an effort to chill, intimidate, or bully people from continuing to engage." [Spectrum] [The Alt] [TU]

Gubernatorial election
Opponents and critics of Andrew Cuomo have repeatedly called him a bully -- which, so far, doesn't seem to have affected him politically. [Politico NY]

Elise Stefanik
A profile of Elise Stefanik in her role as a recruiter of women to be Republican Congressional candidates. [TU]

NY-19 election
Democratic challenger profiles: Brian Flynn and Pat Ryan. [TU x2]

Marijuana for pain management
Looking at how marijuana might be used as a treatment for pain instead of opioids. [TU]

School start times
Sara Foss argues the case for later high school start times. [Daily Gazette]

Hamilton Hill mixed-use project
Community Builders -- the non-profit developer backing a large mixed-use project in Hamilton Hill -- has applied for the project to be part of the state DEC's brownfield cleanup program. [Daily Gazette]

Trojan Hotel
O'Brien's Pub at the Trojan Hotel building in Troy has closed, and the owners of the building have said they have plans to renovate the building into a boutique hotel. [The Alt] [TU]

Gatherer's Granola
Gatherer's Granola is moving to Rotterdam and it's grown to employ 14 people in 8.5 full-time equivalent positions and is looking to double that over the next two years. [Daily Gazette]

Stuff going on today

Music: Vance Joy at The Palace
Folk pop singer/songwriter. With: Mondo Cozmo. 7:30 pm -- $19.50 and up

Music: Dead & Company at SPAC
Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, John Mayer, Bob Weir with Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti. 7 pm -- $45 and up