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TROY, NY – Troy Mayor Patrick Madden announced recently the South Troy Swimming Pool will open to the public on Tuesday, July 6, at noon. The pool – located on

A $1 million rebuilding project for Bethlehems Elm Avenue Park pool complex was...

TROY, N.Y. — Friday morning marked a historic first for the Collar City. For the first time in what is hoped to become an annual event, a Pride Progress flag

TROY, N.Y. — Longtime Unity House Chief Executive Officer Chris Burke has announced that he will retire from the role in mid-2022. Only the second CEO in the organization’s 50-year history, he has led the organization for more than 30 years. “Unity House is in a very strong position today, with a dynamic and extremely talented leadership team in place, and I feel it’s time for me to prepare to step down next year,” Burke said. “Announcing my intent now will give...

TROY, N.Y. — Two Vietnam veterans who are also both recipients of the Purple Heart were named as this years recipients of the Golden Stickball Award. The award is given

Mayors from 11 New York cities have called on leadership in the state legislature to enact a stricter gun law in the state. The letter, addressed to State Senate leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, urges the leaders to take action and pass a law that would hold “bad actors” in the gun industry accountable. The letter states New York neighborhoods suffer greatly as a result of gun violence with an average of 3,400 people shot and killed or wounded by gunfire each...

This will be the first summer that the ban will be in effect in Albany County. Sales are permitted in Saratoga County, which was among the first to authorize sales in 2015, as well as Rensselaer County, which approved their sale the same year. (However, chronic complaints last summer prompted city of Troy Mayor Patrick Madden to ask residents to reconsider using the legal devices.) Setting off fireworks is a violation-level offense in the city of Schenectady and offenders risk a $250 fine. But ...

Help New Yorkers save FacebookTwitterEmail As workers across America well know, employer-funded pension plans are increasingly becoming relics of the past, with defined benefit programs giving way to 401(k)s — if the employer offers a retirement program of any kind. According to the Federal Reserve, more than 1 in 4 working Americans lacks any kind of savings for retirement. New York has long talked about a state-run program that private sector workers can participate in, and such a plan may ...

Patrick Madden and Stephanie Grace co-hosted Friday’s Louisiana Considered.

TROY, N.Y. — Mayor Patrick Madden recently announced the City of Troy will be planting approximately 80 trees to offset Ash trees removed last year due to invasive species infection.