Where are court officer’s handguns?
Today’s column: Colleen Casey went to work expecting a normal day. It was anything but. Casey, a court officer who works for the state, says her superiors escorted her from a Troy courthouse four years...
View ArticleCoydogs roaming at The Crossings of Colonie?
Some residents believe there’s a coydog population at The Crossings of Colonie, and a few say they’ve seen the coyote-dog mixes there. Is this suburban legend? Or reality? Alisia Osur, head of...
View ArticleESPN site weighs in on Holloway saga
I know many of you are tired of hearing about Brian Holloway, but thought I’d direct your attention to an article posted yesterday on Grantland, which is ESPN’s site for long-form journalism. The story...
View ArticleTwo scams targeting the elderly
In recent days I’ve received two emails detailing scams that — like so many ripoffs — appear to target the elderly. The first email came from an Albany nun. She wrote: I have received a telephone offer...
View ArticleWhen low voter turnout is not a surprise
Here’s the start of my column from Sunday’s newspaper, which is about the Guilderland school district’s outrageous decision to schedule a spending referendum just nine days after the general election:...
View ArticleNeighbor concerns don’t stop ‘The Beer Belly’
Last month, I wrote about concerns among some — but obviously not all — residents along New Scotland Avenue over plans for another alcohol-serving restaurant/tavern in the neighborhood. That...
View ArticleFamily clears police in Greenport death
The brother of Ronald Wood, who died last month during a confrontation with police, says he believes officers at the scene did nothing wrong. Ernest Wood Jr. says a toxicology report shows that his...
View ArticleFund set up for girl with pulled teeth
The allegations were heinous and shocking: Police said a young girl’s legal guardian used pliers to pull three of her front teeth. The mentally disabled girl from Gallupville complained of pain while...
View ArticleTroy targets Hoosick Street snow scofflaws
For my column on Thursday, I wrote about the deplorable failure of many Hoosick Street businesses — and homeowners — to shovel sidewalks, as Troy law requires. Impassable sidewalks were forcing many...
View ArticleTroy and its (mostly self-inflicted) storms
In Sunday’s column — read it here! — I said that many of the good things happening in Troy are drowning under an avalanche of bad publicity. To elaborate, here’s a rundown of just a few recent...
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