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Throughout the years, Ticonderoga has become a Star Trek paradise of sorts for legions of "Trekkies" throughout the Capital Region and beyond.  It all started over 25 years ago when James Cawley and his grandfather decided to "rebuild" some of the i…

I must have watched this one minute clip at least a 30 times - and perhaps there's an underworld inferno waiting for more somewhere -  but I cannot stop laughing at this. When I was a kid, our family spent many summers on this very boardwalk, riding rides at this very pier.  In...

Many people in our area have said that the weather has been making them depressed lately and I believe it.

July is National Hot Dog Month, and these are the must have hot dogs in the Capital Region.

A popular deli in Saratoga Springs, well known for their delicious sandwiches and homemade soups, has been whipping up more than meals in their kitchen lately.  But their latest beef isn't on the menu, and they're only serving it to critics.
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The Adirondack Outlaw, the new thrill ride at the Great Escape in Lake George, finally opened and people with very strong stomach's had a chance to go on it over the holiday weekend.
First off, I will tell you that as a kid, I loved these kinds of intense rides.
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At around 6pm Thursday evening, a massive crowd of police officers, firefighters, bikers, cheerleaders, friends, family and complete strangers gathered below the foot bridge at Albany Medical Center to lift the spirits of an 11-year-old girl named Anna LaBella...

In a beautiful moment captured on video, three runners on the Shenendehowa girls track and field team locked arms with a fellow student batting cancer, helping her cross the finish line at a meet on Monday afternoon.  The clip has gone viral and for good reason; it's a touching moment that…

It's been nearly 2 months since the Colonie crash involving K9 Sergeant Joe Iachetta left him fighting for his life.  It was so bad, emergency personnel were forced to extricate him from his crushed SUV.   Believed by many at the time that he had suffered life-threatening injuries, the Capital Regio…

Last week while searching for a parking spot near Washington Park in Albany, I approached a light and it was red.  Naturally, I came to a stop and looked up  while waiting for it for change colors.  In doing so, I noticed a pair of sneakers, tied together by the laces had been flung over the wire.  …

Almost one month to the day that a car unbelievably smashed through the window of Dolce and Biscotti Italian Bakery in Clifton Park, another car slammed into a support structure in front of their building.
The incident happened yesterday afternoon and has the owners and staff of the pastry shop wonde…

If you wanted to head out on Saturday to watch the round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament at your favorite sports bar, for the most part you'll be able to. But not if you're a fan of the Syracuse Orange.
If you wanted to see them at a Capital Region sports bar,  the 9:55PM scheduled start time means you'…