Lauren Stanforth
Deputy City Editor and Writer at Times Union (Albany)
I am a news editor and writer at the Albany Times Union. Mom. Buckeye state native, but upstate NY resident for last three decades.
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1 day ago |
timesunion.com | Lauren Stanforth
BETHLEHEM — Guests at the Quality Inn off Route 9W were evacuated for about five hours early Tuesday morning after a man there barricaded himself in a room and threatened to hurt people. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said police were called around 4 a.m. for an emotionally disturbed person on the hotel's third floor who was making threats against people in the hotel, police officers and patrons next door at Stewart's Shops.
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3 weeks ago |
timesunion.com | Lauren Stanforth
ALBANY — The former Amo La Bella restaurant, a frequent haunt for attorneys and elected officials and a piece of Albany’s Italian history, was demolished over the weekend. The county, which took over ownership of the building at 89 Beaver St. last fall, leveled the 19th-century building to make way for parking for MVP Arena trucks, according to a previous communication sent to Albany County Legislature Chairwoman Joanne Cunningham from County Executive Dan McCoy.
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1 month ago |
star-telegram.com | Lauren Stanforth
WOODBURY - A large Scouting camping event held at a West Point lake ended early Saturday, with several attendees being treated for cold-related injuries after snow swamped their tents. Orange County Emergency Services posted on Facebook that it provided mutual aid to West Point for a Boy Scout camping event at Lake Frederick after a snowstorm. "As a precaution, some scouts were transported off premises to prevent or treat minor cold weather injuries," Orange County said in a statement Saturday.
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1 month ago |
timesunion.com | Lauren Stanforth
WOODBURY — A large Scouting camping event held at a West Point lake ended early Saturday, with several attendees being treated for cold-related injuries after snow swamped their tents. Orange County Emergency Services posted on Facebook that it provided mutual aid to West Point for a Boy Scout camping event at Lake Frederick after a snowstorm. “As a precaution, some scouts were transported off premises to prevent or treat minor cold weather injuries,” Orange County said in a statement Saturday.
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1 month ago |
star-telegram.com | Lauren Stanforth
SCHENECTADY - A person was stabbed outside VibeZ Bar and Lounge on State Street early Sunday morning - at least the third violent incident surrounding the club since February 2020. Police said officers were called to the area of State Street and Fehr Avenue around 2:57 a.m., and shortly after, a stabbing victim arrived at Ellis Hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.
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Amo La Bella hosted Albany financiers, attorneys and elected officials for 40 years. It never reopened after the pandemic and it was torn down last weekend https://t.co/7hf0kubTAh via @TimesUnion
More college changes in Albany following the closure of College of Saint Rose. from @ByKathleenMoore Albany College of Pharmacy plans to merge with Russell Sage College https://t.co/2TltHajqFV via @TimesUnion
Physician couple, two children and their partners killed in Copake plane crash https://t.co/lHkwrRsOH9 via @TimesUnion
