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After 5 years, the Farmers Hardware Restaurant in Saratoga has closed. Owners Julia and Tyler wrote a heartfelt thank you on their Facebook page. The turnkey restaurant is now for sale.

As the winter surge of the Omicron variant continues, it will now be up to New Yorkers who test positive for COVID to self-quarantine and alert those they came in contact with.

He's back! Kyrie Irving apparently has won the staring contest with his team, New York City and the NBA. The Brooklyn Nets are bringing the All-Star guard back as a part-time player for games exclusively played outside of New York City, according to sources as told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. "The unfolding circumstances of Brooklyn's season - including injuries, players lost to health and safety protocols and an inordinate minutes load on their superstar players led the team to this move" according to Wojnarowski.

Last year, all across the Capital Region, families, students, and spectators weren't allowed to be in the building to cheer on their local schools. Well, there are a ton of people at local high schools that are petitioning for that to end for this year's winter sports season.

Another event has been canceled because of COVID. This time it's a time-honored tradition at Buffalo Bills tailgates. One of Bills Mafia's superfans says he is not going to go through with his condiment showers anymore in the parking lot in Orchard Park before the Buffalo Bills home games.

Governor Hochul announced new requirements to safely reopen schools, including vaccination and testing requirements for all school personnel.

In the state of New York more and more businesses are requiring their employees to be vaccinated to work there.

Going to the New York State Fair? You'll need to wear a mask sometimes.

Nascar and Watkins Glenn are bringing back some mask requirements for this weekend's races.

An Albany mainstay for the last 50 years has wrapped up an impressive run.

In a bit of a surprise announcement, the New York Liquor Authority announced that the temporary privilege of alcohol to go ends tonight, June 24th, at midnight.

We took a trip to Long Island this weekend for a baseball tournament that my son was in. We didn't quite know what to expect. Not only at the baseball tournament but in the new "normal" COVID world. What we encountered were a different type of people we met and a whole new way of living and playing.