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My Grandmother has lived almost all of her 85-years here in the Capital Region. Throughout the Growing Up 518 video series, she has told us so many stories of going to school, meeting my Grandfather, getting married, their first apartment, house, the birth of their kids and raising a family.

I've lived in the Capital Region my whole life. I'm only 28 so even though I've noticed some changes to the city of Albany in that time, I love what the Albany Institute is doing to bring us back into history to see what Albany looked like 170 years ago.

Imagine Clifton Park with farms and woods; no traffic, no mall or stores, no restaurants, just families and trees. It's so hard to envision. I can remember little bits in the 1980's but even then it was nothing compared to when my grandmother was raising her family in the 50s/60s/70s. Nana was born in South Troy and almost all of her life has been spent right here in the Capital Region. In this ep

It seems like everyone hates New York, these are a few things you should love about the state that you hate.

I've been told you have to be open to the unknown for you to experience any paranormal activity. But based on stories that have come from the Canfield Casino in Saratoga Springs, whether you believe or not, things happen. That's what brought SyFy's "Ghost Hunters" to the Capital Region in 2010 for the sixth season of their creepy show.

A week ago, I was home and technically on "vacation." The downfall was, I was still super sick with bronchitis and really couldn't do a whole heck of a lot. That's when I got myself back in bed, turned on AMC and "Titanic" came on. I'm a sucker for Leo. I always have been. If I wasn't so sick I 1) wouldn't have even put the tv on to start with but 2) I definitely wouldn't have

In Growing Up 518, we've been following the story of my 84-year old Nana. She's spent almost all of her life right here in the Capital Region and in this series she's been sharing her stories of how it once was locally.

In Growing Up 518, we've been following the story of my 84-year old Nana. She's spent almost all of her life right here in the Capital Region and in this series she's been sharing her stories of how it once was locally. In episode 7, after marrying my Grandfather, they moved onto the army base

I think this is just so cool and I needed to share it with my fellow history and upstate New York lovers out there. I saw on the Saratogian website that a local landmark, Grant Cottage is going to be featured on the Travel Channel this Thursday at 7 pm...

They'll help take you back to a simpler time in downtown, Albany. A time where worries were few, life wasn't so busy and technology hadn't taken over.

We all know that the Capital Region is haunted. Here's further evidence.

We all know the story of Atlantis, right? Well, New York may just have its own little version.