Upstate new York news

Ask any restaurant owner in the Capital Region their thoughts on the Governor's mandate insisting that all bars and restaurants close at 10PM sharp, and you'll be sure to get a serious answer.  Local businesses are seriously in jeopardy of not surviving the pandemic, and bar and restaurant owners are seriously frustrated.  Perhaps even more frustrating, is the somewhat snarky response by Governor

On Wednesday afternoon, the nerves started kicking in.  We were making last minute preparations in anticipation for WGNA's 16th Annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon presented by Dom's Pizza, Subs and Wings.  Full disclosure, I get anxious in the hours leading up to the St. Jude Radiothon because I never know what to expect. What if I can't inspire anyone to become a Partner in Hope?  W

According to sources, State Police say they arrested a Hudson man in Herkimer County on Wednesday afternoon after he was caught with 400 pounds of THC and marijuana edibles.  The quantity alone is astonishing and the street value of such a large amount could be upwards of hundreds of thousands of dollars.   Many of the edibles confiscated were of the "Wonka" variety and the man taken int

Far be it from me to criticize any school district's decision, but I do think that kids are missing something without having the pure joy of the snow day. I remember watching weather on the local news when I was kid whenever we might get snow in hopes that Albany would cancel school the next day.  It's not that I didn't like going to school, it's that I liked "snow days" better.  Anythin

Police officers in Rochester have been suspended after body camera video caught them mishandling a minor while responding to a 'family-trouble' call.   While officers attempted to deescalate the situation,  pepper spray and handcuffs were used on a 9-year-old girl after she apparently refused to comply with their orders.

Brace yourself!  We're getting a big snow storm over the next day or so, but I assure you we'll be okay.  When you live in the Capital Region, it just goes with the territory.  Some call it New York tough, others call it survival of the fittest...

Over the weekend me and my girlfriend Samantha decide to take my son Brody on a little day trip up to Lake George.  We didn't have much of plan, we just needed to get out of the dang house.  So we packed up Brody's sled, grabbed a few snacks for the road, jumped in the Jeep and headed up the Northway to find some snow-covered hills and maybe do a little outlet shopping.  While we were in Lake Geor

Imagine for a second if the person who won tonight's $900 million dollar Mega Millions jackpot was from a place the size of let's say Gilboa, New York. The thought only popped into my head because with a population of roughly 1,200 people, it's comparable in size to Lonaconing, Maryland where the $730 million dollar Powerball jackpot winner on Wednesday was from.

Malnourished and neglected, a young dog was trying to find some warm shelter and perhaps a morsel of food when he was found hiding inside a homeowner's shed on Sunday night in the town of Cairo.  The responsible homeowner called the Greene County Sheriff's who took the animal to a local shelter where the sweet boy seems to be recovering quite well.  While the pup is on the mend, sheriffs are hopin

According to the New York Lottery, there was one single $730 million dollar winning ticket sold in Maryland from Wednesday nights drawing and 12 second prize winners of a million dollars.  The second place winners were scattered all over the country, but none were from New York State. While New Yorkers may not have cashed in on the monster payouts, over a dozen did get a sizeable piece of the acti

Local businesses and Mom-and-Pop's have been some of the hardest hit during the pandemic and it breaks our hearts to see them struggling and in some cases, simply closing.  81-year-old Joan Desadora has owned the Parting Glass in Saratoga Springs for 40 years and it's the kind of place that booms in the Summer, and hold it's own for the remainder of the year.  But the last 10 months have been brut

Christian Klueg from Northville is the District Manager for Howard Hannah Realty and in his "spare time" has been building hockey rinks in backyards for 27 years, and his latest creation has been around for three years.  It's hard work, but the payoff is immeasurable.  And while he admits that he's driven by his obvious love for hockey, he's equally driven by something else: the feeling