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• Judge orders Schenectady to pay the city's former top lawyer for sick time accruals

  14-05-2024 12:00 via timesunion.com
  Schenectady's former top lawyer has won a court battle over $20,550 in accumulated sick time that the city had claimed he wasn't owed. All told, Andrew Koldin will receive a $31,040 payout. 
  
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• Firebirds set upcoming games amid report of league changing commissioner

  14-05-2024 16:08 via timesunion.com
  The Albany Firebirds have new opponents for Week 4 and 5, and the AFL might be seeking a new leader.
  
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• SEEN: Siena College's 2024 undergraduate commencement ceremony

  14-05-2024 16:00 via timesunion.com
  Were You Seen at Siena College's undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 12, 2024, at MVP Arena in Albany?
  
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• Albany County Farmers Market returns as a weekly event this July

  14-05-2024 16:00 via timesunion.com
  Albany County Farmers Market will return outside the MVP Arena for the second time this July, now on a weekly basis instead of monthly.
  
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• Ulster County announces workforce innovation center at iPark 87

  14-05-2024 15:30 via timesunion.com
  The county, Ulster BOCES, and two local colleges signed leases at the former TechCity site to create a hub for workforce development, job training and skill-building.
  
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• Q&A: Sculptor Gracelee Lawrence on ‘24-Hour Drone’ and plants

  14-05-2024 15:30 via timesunion.com
   Q&A: Artist and UAlbany professor Gracelee Lawrence discusses the “24-Hour Drone” festival at Basilica Hudson, plants and 3D biodegradable plastic made from cornstarch.
  
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• Barrett: Celebrating moms, grocery shopping, wonder of food

  14-05-2024 15:30 via timesunion.com
  Columnist Caroline Barrett reflects on how grocery shopping with family is more than a chore, plus recipes for roasted chickpea salad, rhubarb bars, Spanakorizo
  
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• SEEN: 2024 Russell Sage commencement

  14-05-2024 15:00 via timesunion.com
  Were you Seen at the 2024 Russell Sage commencement May, 11, 2024, at the MVP Arena in Albany, N.Y.?
  
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• Construction begins for Mohawk Harbor ice arena

  14-05-2024 15:00 via timesunion.com
  The $50 million ice arena will seat 2,200 and host Union College hockey games.
  
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• Star TikTok cook opening own diner in Voorheesville

  14-05-2024 14:07 via timesunion.com
  Dylan Longton, a longtime cook at the Windowbox Cafe in Slingerlands and star of the “Pretty Alright” TikTok videos, is taking over former Gracie’s Kitchen in Voorheesville.
  
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• Churchill: And what about the bus station?

  14-05-2024 13:00 via timesunion.com
  The soccer stadium project proposed for downtown Albany needs to make room for the region's bus riders.
  
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• Vanessa Carlton, KRS-One, Dokken to play Alive at Five

  14-05-2024 12:00 via timesunion.com
  Performances at Jennings Landing start on June 6 with a Taylor Swift sing-a-long.
  
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• SEEN: University at Albany’s 2024 undergraduate commencement

  14-05-2024 12:00 via timesunion.com
  University at Albany’s 2024 undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 11, 2024.
  
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• N.Y. makes it harder to get out of tickets for passing a school bus

  14-05-2024 12:00 via timesunion.com
  For those trying to get out of an automated ticket for passing a school bus, it just got a lot harder.
  
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• Hospital staffing laws still not being enforced, nurses say

  14-05-2024 12:00 via timesunion.com
  Thousands of complaints have been filed with the agency since hospitals were supposed to begin enforcing their staffing plans.
  
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• Albany County to spend $180 million on sewage treatment plants

  14-05-2024 12:00 via timesunion.com
   Albany County is planning to undertake upgrades to both of its sewage treatment plants over the next few years. 
  
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• N.Y. bill could transfer enforcement of wage theft claims to workers

  14-05-2024 11:37 via timesunion.com
  The legislation proposes a major expansion of New York's labor law by arming private actors with some of the state's enforcement powers.
  
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• Can You Lose Your Native Tongue?

  14-05-2024 11:06 via nytimes.com
  
  After moving abroad, I found my English slowly eroding. It turns out our first languages aren’t as embedded as we think.
  
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• Will History Remember Michael Cohen?

  14-05-2024 11:02 via nytimes.com
  
  The testimony this week by Donald Trump’s former fixer could be a footnote or something more, historians said.
  
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• Pursuit Makes the Case for Their Innovative Job Training Program

  14-05-2024 09:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Pursuit, a nonprofit that trains low-income workers to become software engineers, is urging New York legislators to pass a new regulatory model for jobs programs.
  
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• Cohen Faces Tough Cross-Examination as Trump Trial Testimony Resumes

  14-05-2024 09:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Donald J. Trump’s lawyers are likely to attack the credibility and composure of his former fixer, whose testimony will continue Tuesday.
  
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• 49ers to host Jets in 2024 Monday Night Football opener

  14-05-2024 08:45 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Aaron Rodgers and the Jets will open the 2024 NFL season under the primetime lights against the 49ers on Monday Night Football.
  
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• Democrats’ Split Over Israel Takes Center Stage in Tense Primary Debate

  14-05-2024 03:38 via nytimes.com
  
  A rancorous clash between Representative Jamaal Bowman and his Democratic opponent, George Latimer, exposed sharp divisions in their party.
  
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• Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake snags No. 1 seed for Class AA Tournament

  14-05-2024 02:43 via timesunion.com
  Spartans think they can get the job done from the top spot this season in playoffs.
  
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• Another AFL team folds, Firebirds' Week 4 opponent still TBD

  14-05-2024 01:40 via timesunion.com
  Another Arena League Football team, the Minnesota Myth, appears to be folding. Meanwhile, the Albany Firebirds still have not announced a Week 4 opponent.
  
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• Woman injured in afternoon shooting on South Pearl Street

  14-05-2024 01:39 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — A woman was hit in the arm during a shooting Monday afternoon on South Pearl Street.Albany police said officers were called to a shooting at 4:05 p.m. between Schuyler Street and Third Avenue. A 48-year-old woman was found with a wound to her forearm.Her injuries appear non-life-threatening, police said.Anyone who has information is asked to call the Albany Police Detective Division at 518-462-8039.
  
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• Best of the Week in Section II for May 6-12

  14-05-2024 01:22 via timesunion.com
  Take a look at some of the biggest outings for area athletes over the past week.
  
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• Michael Cohen Begins Testimony in Trump’s Hush-Money Trial: 5 Takeaways

  14-05-2024 00:07 via nytimes.com
  
  In hotly anticipated testimony, Donald J. Trump’s former fixer discussed how he buried stories his boss didn’t want anyone to read.
  
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• Nonstop flights between Albany and Las Vegas are back

  13-05-2024 22:40 via timesunion.com
  Southwest has given — and taken away — direct flights between Albany and Las Vegas before. Now they're back Aug. 5.
  
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• Museum of Natural History curator detained in Turkey on claims he smuggled spiders, scorpions

  13-05-2024 22:22 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Turkish media say a curator at the American Museum of Natural History has been detained in Istanbul while allegedly attempting to smuggle spider and scorpion samples. Lorenzo Prendini, an expert on arachnids at the New York-based museum, says he has permits from the government to conduct his research. He was held by police at Istanbul Airport on Monday while allegedly trying to take about 1,500 samples out of the country. Video carried by Demiroren News Agency showed officers searching hand lugg
  
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