central ave

Another supermarket is moving into the Capital Region. This time it's a specialty grocery store. The Farmers India Market will be coming to the Kohl's Plaza off of Central Ave in Colonie and take over the vacant building that housed Office Depot.

Shoutout to Albany's finest here doing the kind of work that people don't often see police officers do.
Rain from the Tuesday afternoon storm was so heavy, it caused massive flooding along Central Avenue in Albany, stranding multiple cars...

Last year, a fire at Wendy's on Central Ave. caused the location to close and did some serious damage to the building.

I pass the Wendy's on Central Avenue every day on my way to and from work. It was the Wendy's that burnt down back in February and nothing had been done to it after the fire. Now that Wendy's is finally coming down.

Route 5 from Albany, through Colonie to Schenectady, where it becomes State Street, is one of the Capital Region's most dangerous roads for pedestrians.
And now, that stretch of road will get brighter with more energy-efficient lighting as part of a research project...

I've been driving by it for a few weeks now patiently waiting for it to open!  And now the brand new Aldi store opened Thursday morning on Central Avenue.
I usually go to the Aldi in Clifton Park, which is great, but this one is so close to my work, so I'm super excited for personal re…