The Schenectady City Council passed a 2024 budget by a slim 4-3 margin during a special budget meeting on Monday night. The $109 million spending plan got over the finish line 19 days after the city’s Nov. 1 budget deadline. The approved budget funds the police and fire department overtime lines by $662,873 less than
SCHENECTADY - Sean Wyse and the Rivers Gives team aim to collaborate with local non-profit organizations, seeking opportunities for Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady to support them through various channels within the community. “The holidays are always the hardest for so many folks,” said Wyse, who serves as the community relations manager at Rivers Casino.
SCHENECTADY - Two men have been arrested recently on accusations of business burglaries in separate cases, police said. In the first case, Scott A. Vanbergen, 39, of Saratoga County, was arrested Friday and charged with third-degree attempted robbery, along with other charges, including driving while ability impaired. He was arrested after he fled a traffic
SCHENECTADY — The Schenectady City Council's prolonged budget discussions culminated on Monday evening with the passage of a $109 million budget for 2024, but not before a new, yet familiar, character entered the budget fracas — former Schenectady Mayor Al Jurczynski. While current Mayor Gary McCarthy said on Tuesday that he is still weighing whether to
SALT LAKE CITY — What may be Utah's final pitch for the 2030 or 2034 Winter Games focused on how hosting another Olympics in the state could help an increasingly troubled world, Gov. Spencer Cox said. "Utah is a place where they can have confidence that not only can we pull off a Games, but
ASTEROID BELT — An innovative experiment flying aboard NASA's Psyche mission just hit its first major milestone by successfully carrying out the most distant demonstration of laser communications. The tech demo could one day help NASA missions probe deeper into space and uncover more discoveries about the origin of the universe. Launched in mid-October, Psyche
SCHENECTADY - Joseph Gentiluomo, a 101-year-old Schenectady resident and World War II veteran credited with patenting the modern bowling ball, has been inducted into the New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame. State Sen. Jim Tedisco, R-Saratoga Springs, presented Gentiluomo with the Liberty Medal this week, the highest distinction conferred by the Senate, in recognition
LONDON — Tens of thousands of people including former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson gathered in London on Sunday for a march against antisemitism, a day after large crowds turned out for a pro-Palestinian rally. Johnson was joined by U.K. Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and other senior government officials at the march to express solidarity
CAPITAL REGION - Black Friday has long been the official kick-off to the holiday shopping season, and stories of crowds camping outside of malls to get to blockbuster deals have become part of the collective memory for many of us who wonder whether we should head out on the Friday following Thanksgiving to start our
BALLARD, Uintah County — On recent episodes of the History Channel's "The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch," Cameron Fugal can be seen flying a helicopter while conducting experiments over the eastern Utah paranormal hotspot. His flight instruments aren't reading accurately, while his craft is being buffeted by winds that don't truly exist. Fans of the show
