Page 7 - Troy Record News Today

Community activist Jessica Brennan one of five running for vacated Niskayuna Town Board seat | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS A community activist on Sunday announced her candidacy in the November election for a recently vacated Town Board seat. Jessica Brennan, founder of Nisky NOW, which stands for Nutrition on Weekends, and The Nisky Attic, is one of five candidates to be interviewed Monday by the Niskayuna Democratic Committee for the party’s endorsement. The other candidates are Nicholas B...

Ballston Spa Finds Unique Way to Highlight Missing Persons The pandemic has put many events on hold but it wont stop the awareness of those who are missing in the Capital Region and New York State. Specifically in Ballston Spa where they have gotten creative to make the community aware of the missing persons that they continue to look for. The hope is that these families reunite with their missing loved ones. According to the Troy Record, the 20th annual gathering to honor New York State Missin...

MALTA, N.Y. — The winner of the "Big Event" contest through the Saratogian and the Troy Record recently received her prize, a $300 Visa gift card.

FacebookTwitterEmail 32 1of32Buy PhotoA table is set up for health screen forms at the Albany International Airport on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 in Colonie, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of32Buy PhotoAirport custodian Magdalene Dennick enters information into a database app from GE Aviation after disinfecting a Southwest Airlines ticket counter at Albany International Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Colonie, N.Y. GE Aviation...

Coronavirus live updates: Troy mayor has virus, lawmakers tackle evictions How the coronavirus has transformed schools News staff FacebookTwitterEmail 27 1of27Buy PhotoAlbany County Executive Dan McCoy delivers the latest Albany County coronavirus figures during a briefing on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, at the county offices in Albany, N.Y. Albany County recorded 269 new COVID-19 infections, its largest one-day increase to date. Four new COVID-related deaths were reported. (Will Waldr...

Troy Mayor Patrick Madden tests positive for COVID-19 FacebookTwitterEmail Mayor Patrick Madden announces completion of the Franklin Alley revitalization project on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, during a ribbon cutting in Troy, N.Y. The $330,000 transformation features new lighting, sidewalks, public art inspired by Troy?•s history and people and the absence of commercial garbage dumpsters. It was brought about by the Arts Center, city agencies and local business and property owners. (Will Waldron/...

Don Rittner Twas The Night Before Christmas Began in Troy By Don Rittner on December 11, 2010 at 12:51 AM Twas The Night Before Christmas Began in Troy Perhaps the most famous holiday poem ever is “Twas The Night Before Christmas” or as the author Clement Moore penned it,  “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Many do not realize that there is a local connection to this poem. Original publication of poem in Troy Sentinel, Dec. 23, 1823. Clement C. Moore, (1779-1863) was the so...