summer

We’re in the middle of the dog days of summer. It keeps getting hotter, and the kids on your block keep getting louder.  The looming family vacation is putting you on edge, but there are ways to keep it interesting.

Grilling outdoors might seem simple since it’s the way that sub-average intelligent cavemen cooked food for themselves for years, but they’re all dead now — probably because they didn’t know that undercooked meat can cause food poisoning.

Tim McGraw will be appearing Brothers of the Sun Tour show in Boston, MA and you could join him! Like us on Facebook and enter to win tickets to see Tim McCraw.

As many people prepare to head to the Empire State Plaza to join WGNA for one of the Northeast's biggest fireworks displays, we wanted you to be aware of some other great fireworks offered on the Fourth of July in the Albany Area for 2012.

My mother still calls Great Escape “Storytown” even though it hasn’t been called that since 1983. Originally called Storytown USA, The Great Escape opened in 1954 as an amusement park with a Mother Goose and fairytale theme. The park has been through many evolutions and still operates today.

Almost everyone likes ice cream, wether it’s soft serve like Kurver Kreme in Colonie, or hard ice cream like almost any Albany area Stewarts shop. Guptill’s Coney Express in Latham has both.

Everyone loves giveaway days at Saratoga Race Course. I know some people who have collected the hats every year. I do love them as well, I know I'm a fan of the blankets.

It’s summertime, and that means most of the kids are on summer vacation from school.

Today (6/21) is the first full day of summer and it's a hot one indeed. Much like yesterday, Highs will be up to 95 with the heat index making it feel even hotter.

The Albany area is seeing a hot sweaty start to Summer 2012. If you're looking for the perfect song to play on a hot summer day, we've got this great memory from Mark Chesnutt.

When it's freezing in January, I always think about those hot summer days.  When I'm roasting in July, I always think about the cold winter snow.  If you had your choice, would you rather be too hot or too cold?

Summer 2012 starts on June 20. It's also known as the Summer Solstice.