convenience store

Since 1977, Grandma's Pies and Restaurant served thousands of pies, especially around the holidays. In August 2020 the legendary restaurant closed for good. Final approval has been given to build a new store in its place.

There has been a lot of construction being done on the New York State Thruway Rest Areas and finally, we are starting to see some of the rest stops being completed. Although the first rest area is open, this is one of the smaller versions of what the other ones will look like. The Indian Castle rest area just 90 minutes west of Albany is beautiful with a Popeye's and Starbucks inside. It boasts a Starbucks drive-thru and a convenience store featuring a variety of New York state products.

Like most cities, the city of Schenectady has many convenience stores. For the most part, they are convenient, especially when you need to get something in a hurry.

There was an armed robbery at the Sunoco A+ Mini Mart at the corner of Exchange Street and Everett Road in Colonie, early Tuesday morning.

There’s an accusation that some Stewarts Shops employees didn’t get compensated for some of the hours that they worked.

Updated - Dec. 5 at 6:00 a.m. - One man has been arrested for at least one of the two robberies.

Amsterdam Police have been kept busy this week, after a couple of robberies took place on Monday and Tuesday.

An Albany area building which houses two businesses, and was considered a landmark was destroyed by fire. I saw a posting on Face Book that stated “Goodbye Handy Andy”. That raised my curiosity.

Two people went into the Mobil Mart at 166 Main Street, in the Rensselaer County village of Schaghticoke and helped themselves to a few things like

On Saturday November 3, 2012, the A+ Mini Mart on Exchange Street and Everett Road in Colonie was robbed.