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It looks like plans are underway to bring a new grocery store to the Halfmoon Clifton Park area. Although we may not know which one, there's a good chance it could be Trader Joe's.

I have two very good friends with elderly parents and wisely, these folks are not spending much time outside of their house during the pandemic.  They're a close, wonderful, Greek family, but this COVID-19 stuff hasn't been easy on them.  One of the sons lives in Boston and the other lives in L.A.  A few weeks ago, I messaged them and said that if their parents needed me to get anything at the sto

A family Zoom conference on Sunday led to an incredible discovery about my Zayde (Yiddish for grandfather) that I never knew. Turns out I have heroes blood piping through these veins.  In 1964, he jumped out of his car and saved 2 young children trapped a Schenectady fire.

My cousin Mike, or as many in the North Colonie community know him as Coach Cavotta has retired from Shaker after teaching and coaching there for the past thirty years. He is not only going to be remembered for the thousands of students he has impacted but he also created his own sport called Cavotta Ball.

A current NY Giants running back, and former Super Bowl Champion with the New England Patriots, clearly hasn't forgotten his roots which are deeply seeded in the Capital Region.

The Colonie Police Department issued a press release on Wednesday afternoon asking for the public's help locating a man who assaulted a police officer on a CDTA bus near Colonie Center back in February.  Colonie police are currently on the hunt for 43-year-old Jerson Vargas after they were issued a warrant for his arrest, but he's nowhere to be found according to News Channel 13...

The National Weather Service issues what they call a 'Hazardous Weather Outlook' several days before a storms arrival. They do it so that residents can be mindful of the dangerous conditions that could impact within the next seven days.  The latest outlook from the NWS indicates that a storm system that is making its way to the Capital Region may affect travel conditions on Thursday into Friday, w

With all the snow that amassed throughout the Capital Region and well into neighboring states like Massachusetts and Vermont, there was a lot of money to be made by owning a plow, snowblower or shovel and a little bit of free time.   Certainly, kids looking to make a quick buck or two would have tremendous success if they got out there and hustled a bit.  Well, one 14-year-old in the Town of Powna

A local man went for a drive on Friday night, perhaps to admire the beauty of the pristine white snow in the Saratoga State Park.  What happened after that was something out of the Travel Channel's "Stories of Survival."   While it's a bit of head-scratcher trying to piece together  exactly what happened on Friday night, what is known is that the man's vehicle got stuck in snow, and then

Derek Becker was a standout baseball player for Cohoes High School just a few short years ago.  He was honored with multiple postseason awards handed out by local media, and even earned a scholarship to play baseball at Iona College before transferring to Keiser University in Florida.  Tragically, this young man's life was taken from him after he was shot and killed Saturday night in Florida. Read

What I'm about to write comes from the sports fan and the dad in me:  I can't remember a time when a local athlete made me more proud.  I don't know Braves pitcher Ian Anderson or his father Bob or anyone in their family.  But as a father and a man who has always had a deep rooted love for sports (especially baseball) I got chills watching this kid take the mound, with a chance to pitch his team i

It's easy to see how a relatively small animal could get trapped under a vehicle and barricaded by snow during the massive storm we got this week.  But what's hard to comprehend, is how a 2-year-old kitty could survive such an ordeal in the harsh, cold conditions while trapped, scared and covered in snow. Meet "Jack Frost", the newly named furball who was brought into the Saratoga County