Jim Franco
Staff Photographer at Times Union (Albany)
Staff photographer at the Times Union in Albany. https://t.co/hEfVVt6vf4
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2 weeks ago |
timesunion.com | Jim Franco
Alive at Five shut down a stretch of Broadway in Albany with a concert by Neal Francis and special guest TV Doctors on June 12. In May, Mayor Kathy Sheehan announced that the popular free music series would move from the amphitheater at Jenning’s Landing to Tricentennial Park, where Alive at Five debuted in 1990, to reinvigorate downtown. The park underwent a $1.25 million renovation, though the Neal Francis concert was held on the bordering Broadway.
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2 weeks ago |
timesunion.com | Jim Franco
Sarah Felix loads a slide with water from Iroquois Lake in Central Park so Rhea Scott can look at it through a microscope at the Schoharie River Center booth during the Kids Arts Festival on Saturday in Schenectady. Taryn Williams, right, and her sister Melani Johnson paint plastic pots at the Schenectady Green Market booth during the Kids Arts Festival on Saturday in Schenectady. Members of the Narthanalaya School of Arts perform during the Kids Arts Festival on Saturday in Schenectady.
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timesunion.com | Jim Franco
ALBANY — The new pool, slide and splash pad in Albany’s Lincoln Park is still on track to open on the Fourth of July. City officials showed off progress on the new facility at a news conference Friday. Officials, including from Jersen Construction and the Northeast Construction Trades Workforce Coalition, also highlighted the difficulty companies are having recruiting and retaining workers in the trade professions.
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timesunion.com | Jim Franco
TROY — Residents paid their respects to late family members, friends and local servicemembers in Troy this week at the Wall that Heals, a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.The wall, unveiled in the Collar City on Thursday, includes the names of 58,281 people who died in the war. It will be on display at LaSalle Institute 24 hours a day through Sunday afternoon.
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3 weeks ago |
timesunion.com | Jim Franco
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Belmont on Broadway concert was held on Broadway in Saratoga Springs on June 4, 2025. The free concert began at 7 p.m. and featured performances by Gin Blossoms and Uprooted, with thousands of attendees filling downtown Saratoga Springs. Article continues below this adThe event serves as the kickoff for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival.
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