Michael Goot

Albany

Digital Content Producer at WNYT-TV (Albany, NY)

Michael Goot is night and weekend editor of The Post-Star

Featured in: Favicon

poststar.com Favicon

govtech.com Favicon

americanmilitarynews.com Favicon

kdhnews.com Favicon

unionleader.com Favicon

dailygazette.com Favicon

police1.com Favicon

news-journal.com Favicon

northwestgeorgianews.com Favicon

auburnpub.com + 63 more

Articles

Capital Imaging Associates offering unique AI program to enhance mammogram screening

2 days ago | wnyt.com | Michael Goot

Capital Imaging Associates launches SecondReadAI mammogram program to help better detect abnormalities. Capital Imaging Associates is introducing a first-of-its-kind AI program to our region. It’s called “SecondReadAI” – powered by Lunit. SecondReadAI aims to create a detailed analysis of a patient’s annual mammogram screening to help find abnormalities that would normally be too small for the human eye to detect.
Saratoga County launches new health dashboard for new parents

2 days ago | wnyt.com | Michael Goot

Saratoga County Department of Health launches public dashboard to help new parents. The Saratoga County Department of Health has launched a new public dashboard designed to help new parents. This initiative keeps track of birth rates and birth outcomes in the county, and offers insights into maternal and baby health outcomes. The data in the dashboard includes birth rates, preterm births, the weight of the babies, and more.
Coeymans man, 77, accused of striking neighbor with sharp farm tool

2 days ago | wnyt.com | Michael Goot

Coeymans man, 77, accused of striking neighbor with sharp farm tool By WNYT A 77-year-old Coeymans man is accused of hitting his neighbor with a bladed farm tool. Coeymans Police said Lloyd Young was arguing with the neighbor. He then allegedly picked up a farm implement with a pointed blade and struck the victim several times. The victim was injured and treated at the hospital. Young was charged with second-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon....
Trump signs executive order setting 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower prescription drug costs

2 days ago | wnyt.com | Michael Goot

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. or face new limits down the road over what the government will pay. The order calls on the health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to broker new price tags for drugs over the next month.
Crash injures two in Corinth; Minor charged with DWI

2 days ago | wnyt.com | Michael Goot

Two youths were hurt and a minor charged with drunk driving after a crash in Saratoga County on Sunday. It happened just before 7 a.m. on County Route 24 in the town of Corinth. The driver was traveling east on Fuller Road, when it passed a stop sign and crossed County Route 24 before ending up in an embankment. The driver had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.10%, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office said. The legal limit is 0.08%. Three passengers were in the vehicle.
Contest invites artists to decorate Nipper the Dog replica

2 days ago | wnyt.com | Michael Goot

The Downtown Albany Business Improvement District is bringing its "Downtown is Pawsome" initiative back to Albany. This will be the third year of the event. It gives artists, education institutions and community groups the chance to decorate a 3-foot replica of Nipper the Dog. The Downtown Albany Business Improvement District is bringing its “Downtown is Pawsome” initiative back to Albany. This will be the third year of the event.
Police: Troy man had stolen gun, cocaine

2 days ago | wnyt.com | Michael Goot

Police have arrested a Troy man for allegedly having cocaine and a stolen handgun. Troy Police searched a home in South Troy on May 7 around 6:30 p.m. Police said they found an illegal gun that had been reported stolen from Georgia, as well cocaine and more than $3,500 cash. Troy L.
Albany man accused of having ghost gun, crack cocaine

3 days ago | wnyt.com | Michael Goot

A 30-year-old Albany man is accused of possessing a ghost gun and crack cocaine. Albany Police found crack cocaine, a digital scale and paraphernalia consistent with drug distribution during a search on April 22 of a First Street home. Russell Gibson also allegedly had a 9 mm ghost gun with a high-capacity magazine loaded with 22 rounds. Gibson was indicted on charges of criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Empire State Youth Orchestra gets $3M for youth music center

3 days ago | wnyt.com | Michael Goot

Empire State Youth Orchestra getting $3M for upgrades to its center including new classrooms, rehearsal spaces and community areas. The Empire State Youth Orchestra is getting toward its new youth music center in Scotia. Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara, D – Rotterdam, secured $3 million in state funding to help fund the project. ESYO is redeveloping an old school building. The new center will house acoustically designed rehearsal spaces, classrooms and community gathering areas.
Two local orchestras lose funding due to federal cuts

3 days ago | wnyt.com | Michael Goot

Two local music organizations are among those affected by cuts by President Donald Trump. The Albany Symphony is losing a $35,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant for its annual American Music Festival next month, the Times Union reported. A $10,000 grant to the Empire State Youth Orchestra has also been withdrawn. Two local music organizations are among those affected by cuts by President Donald Trump.