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Registration is open for 'Stockade-A-Thon' in Schenectady. Now, what's 'Stockade-A-Thon'?

There's some big news in Schenectady's Little Italy. It looks like the shuttered Cornell's Italian Restaurant has a buyer and they plan on keeping it as an Italian restaurant. The family who is buying has been in Schenectady's Little Italy neighborhood for one hundred and seven years and are the perfect ones to do it.

The Schenectady Greenmarket has been open during the pandemic and they have been essential in providing fresh food to the local community. Now they are making it free and easy to get the Greenmarket each week.

For over one hundred years, The Costumer has been outfitting ghouls, goblins, vaudeville shows, and high school theater performances, and now they are gathering their threads and moving to a larger location.

Maria Papa who is the third-generation owner of Perreca's Bakery and More Perecca's stopped by to talk with Brian and Chrissy about the accolade but she also let us in on the secret to why their Tomato Pie is so delicious and unique.

9 year old Rochester child dies, Now Schenectady joins Albany for a united effort to eradicate these careless criminals and keep our families safe.

I can't tell you the last time I have been to a movie theatre. I know we are all itching to do some of the normal things like catching a blockbuster movie in an actual theater but there is one theater that, even if they were allowed to show movies, has taken down their signs.

I used to love science class because it was always hands-on or we would do some really cool in-person experiments. MiSci is holding winter break sessions that are aimed at keeping kids interested in science with a little bit of each kind of learning. They are even setting up at-home kits for the kids.

The movie theater industry had been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Theaters have been closed for a long period of time and now a couple of local Bowtie Theaters are planning to reopen this week. Here are the details and safety protocols that will be in place

Just last week the Schenectady MiSci museum announced that they would have a model train exhibit and this week they said they would have to close their doors.

The year was 1981.  Gas prices were $1.30, a man's knit suit was $80, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was new in theatres, a 19" color TV was $400, kids played with Monchichi Dolls, and the Skedoodle.  But when it was time to have "family time" there was no greater thing to do than gather round the table and play the board game that lit up the Electric City: All About Schenectad

There is a pretty cool exhibition happening at MiSci in Schenectady. It's a model train show that is fun for the entire family. Here are the details.