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1 month ago | 
timesunion.com | David Johnson |Daniel Roberts
From impactful members of the restaurant scene to a beloved baseball coach, and a political advocate for Albany's Black residents — the Capital Region has lost notable members of its community in 2025. Article continues below this adWe honor their lives by telling their stories. These are some of the most significant obituaries the Times Union published in 2024.
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2 months ago | 
star-telegram.com | Daniel Roberts
Forty-five years ago this week, the Winter Olympics came to the small upstate village of Lake Placid for the second time in the town's history. The Olympics were first held in Lake Placid in 1932 and again in 1980. Those old enough will remember the underdog U.S. hockey team besting the powerful Soviet team and eventually winning the gold after beating Finland.
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2 months ago | 
timesunion.com | Daniel Roberts
Forty-five years ago this week, the Winter Olympics came to the small upstate village of Lake Placid for the second time in the town's history. The Olympics were first held in Lake Placid in 1932 and again in 1980. Those old enough will remember the underdog U.S. hockey team besting the powerful Soviet team and eventually winning the gold after beating Finland.
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2 months ago | 
timesunion.com | Mike Goodwin |Daniel Roberts
New York's Commission on Judicial Conduct investigates judges accused of misbehavior, malfeasance and occasional criminal conduct. The commission can impose a variety of punishments including private admonishment, public censure and removal from the bench. From a judge who said black teens should be shot to another who used her secretary to plan her daughter's bat mitzvah, the commission has no shortage of work over the past several years. Article continues below this adRichard T.
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2 months ago | 
timesunion.com | Daniel Roberts
The road to the big football game this weekend will go through Lake George and a fearsomely speedy player with four legs, a cold nose and a storied family history. That player is 7-month-old chihuahua-terrier mix Willow who has been selected to play in Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl XXI” at 2 p.m. Feb. 9.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
timesunion.com | Daniel Roberts
A long-anticipated ban on using TikTok in the U.S. could come to pass beginning Sunday (Jan. 19) unless the Supreme Court makes a ruling against the ban. Based on last week's oral arguments in the court, that seems unlikely. U.S. lawmakers have long accused TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, of being linked to the Chinese government. They have demanded that TikTok and ByteDance divest in the U.S. or face a ban. TikTok has more than 170 million users in the U.S., according to The Associated Press.
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Dec 28, 2024 | 
timesunion.com | Daniel Roberts
The Capital Region got quite a show in 2024, thanks to a melange of natural forces and phenomena. It was a year that lit up the skies and shook the earth. The star of the celestial show was the total solar eclipse on April 8. The path of totality — where the moon completely covers the sun — slowly traced its way across the U.S. from Texas to Maine.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
timesunion.com | Daniel Roberts
Were you Seen at The Northeast Ballet Company Annual Nutcracker Gala on Dec.13, 2024, at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady? The company held its annual event on stage where Northeast Ballet Company Director Darlene Myers welcomed special guests Liz Bishop, visiting guest artists and members of The Northeast Ballet Company production of The Nutcracker, and honored Michael Blau, president of Adirondack Studios, which has generously donated to Northeast Ballet Company set design.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | Daniel Roberts
It was a wild year for wildlife in upstate New York - or maybe we were the wild ones (sorry Peanut). The year began with one man's project to paint wild squirrels and ends with the state DEC being excoriated for the death of a domesticated squirrel. The year 2024 has been a nutty one. Here are some of the standout incidents throughout the year in no particular order. Man arrested for series of squirrel-painting incidentsSeldom is the phrase "caught red-handed" meant literally.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
timesunion.com | Daniel Roberts
It was a wild year for wildlife in upstate New York — or maybe we were the wild ones (sorry Peanut). The year began with one man's project to paint wild squirrels and ends with the state DEC being excoriated for the death of a domesticated squirrel. The year 2024 has been a nutty one. Here are some of the standout incidents throughout the year in no particular order. Man arrested for series of squirrel-painting incidentsSeldom is the phrase “caught red-handed” meant literally.
