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Apr 16, 2021 Photo: News 10 ABC After being dark for over a year, the stage at Proctors Theater will be lighting up again this December. Thursday, new dates were announced for several Broadway shows that were scheduled to happen before the theatre shut down due to COVID-19. The first performance will be "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" from December 7th through 12th followed by "Come Far Away," "The Prom" and "Dear Evan Hansen" among others. Information on when tickets can be purchased will ...

Apr 16, 2021 Photo: News 10 ABC Over $ 28 billion included in the Restaurant Revitalization Act will start to go out to restaurants around the country at the end of this month, giving much needed relief to an industry hit hard by the pandemic. But in the meantime, two Capital Region chefs are receiving some national recognition. The chef of McGeary’s Pub, Shaila Abasse and Allie Williams of Allie B’s Cozy Kitchen will both be featured on The Food Network’s Chef Bootcamp this season. The ...

Troy University trustee Lamar Higgins has died.

Apr 16, 2021 A guy in New York City was trying to get through customs, with illegal birds. He had 29 little finches, concealed inside hair curlers. Well, customs officials found them, and turned them over to the agriculture department. The guy was given a $300 fine and sent home. And by the way, this isnt the first time this has happened... Back in 2018 another guy did the same thing, but he had 70 live finches in curlers in his suitcase. Didnt they hear them? U.S. Customs and Border Protect...

By Bill Galluccio Apr 16, 2021 Busch is looking to hire to new CTO to help improve one of its latest concoctions. The new chief tasting officer will be paid $20,000, but the job isnt for you, its for your dog. Busch is looking to improve its Dog Brew, which sold out within 24-hours when the alcohol-free bone broth launched last year. The beer maker said the position is serious, and the lucky dog will have "important responsibilities" that include taste-testing and creating viral content on so...

To help scientists better understand the variants, the CDC and state health departments will receive $1 billion to improve their ability to identify new variants and track their prevalence in local communities. The government will also spend $400 million to create partnerships with six universities to "fuel cutting-edge research into genomic epidemiology." The final $300 million will go towards building "a unified system for sharing and analyzing sequence data," allowing scientists and resear...

FireWolves games are expected to begin in December.

By Bill Galluccio Apr 16, 2021 A team of researchers from the United States and China has made a breakthrough that has some ethicists concerned. The scientists successfully created embryos that are a mix of human and monkey cells. They hope the mixed-species embryos, which are known as chimeras, can be used to grow organs for people who need a transplant. "These chimeric approaches could be really very useful for advancing biomedical research not just at the very earliest stage of life, but al...

Writers Institute launching virtual and in-person film festival FacebookTwitterEmail 1of14 The poster for the inaugural Albany Film Festival, sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute and being held in person and online from April 24 through May 3. (Provided photo.)Provided photoShow MoreShow Less 2of14Arriving in style at the "Ironweed" premiere on Dec. 17, 1987. (Times Union archive) Show MoreShow Less 3of14 4of14Buy PhotoJack Nicolson in scene from "Ironweed". February 1987 (Skip Di...

| Updated: 10:25 p.m. One man is dead and another is in custody after what Roy police say was a homicide. According to Roy police, the victim — Steve Bailey, 38 — was killed sometime on Saturday at a mobile home near 3800 S. Midland Drive. On Tuesday, police in Ogden were alerted when a passerby found Bailey’s body in a parking lot. The call came in as a “cardiac arrest,” but police believed the position of the body was suspicious. The medical examiner said the death was likely a hom...