On July 19th, the New York Lottery Powerball jackpot was $1.08 billion. Although there was only one winner from California who got the billion, there was an Upstate New Yorker who cashed in too.
There is a music store that has been in Schenectady for more than fifty years and it was announced that they will be playing their final notes and closing forever.
There have been a lot of winners of different New York Lottery games in Upstate NY. Some have been scratch-off tickets, MegaMillion winners, and the latest Powerball winner cashed in a one million dollar ticket. It was sold at a Sunoco in Halfmoon/Clifton Park. There's another Upstate NY winner but we may not know exactly where they are from.
If you bought a Take5 Lottery ticket for the August 16th evening drawing at a Stewart's Shop in Upstate New York, you could be cashing in. You are the winner of $17,816.50!
There are some amazing barbeque restaurants throughout the Capital Region. Here is a ranked list according to Yelp of the top pitmasters in our area. Try and look at this list without getting hungry! Each has outstanding reviews.