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East Greenbush police investigating fatal motorcycle crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:56 GMT

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The East Greenbush Police Department is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that happened around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday on Columbia Turnpike in Worthman Lane. Police say that Charles Scott, 65, of East Greenbush, was pronounced dead at the scene. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! After an investigation, police say they found Scott was driving East on Columbia Turnpike when he lost control of his motorcycle, crashing into a wooded area. A passenger was taken to Albany Medical Center to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Police are asking anyone that may have witnessed the crash to contact the detective's office at (518) 479-2525.

All-vegan street festival announced in Downtown Troy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:56 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- On June 4, the Capital Region Vegan Network is hosting an all-vegan street festival at Monument Square in Downtown Troy. The family-friendly event is free and open to the public and runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Local restaurants and vendors will offer vegan food and products for purchase. In addition to food and drinks, this year there will be a wider variety of goods from vegan-friendly vendors, including apparel, body products, and jewelry.Music will be provided by DJ HollyW8D. For more information and to see participating vendors, click here.

Glove City Loft gets $7M in financing for Affordable Home Project

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:56 GMT

GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Glove City Loft project has received $7M in tax credits and other state funding from New York State. Glove City Lofts will remove a vacant commercial building from the property to build a new $21.2M 75-unit loft-style, affordable housing unit building. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The housing unit building will be at 52 Church Street for mixed-income tenants, including units that will be dedicated to income-eligible artists and a 2,00 square foot art gallery run by the Golev Cities Arts Alliance, according to the City of Gloversville. “This project will be a major breakthrough in our efforts to re-establish a vibrant walkable downtown. It is by far the largest project in terms of monetary investment we have seen in Gloversville in many decades," said Vincent DeSantis, Mayor of Gloversville. "It will not only provide beautiful, state-of-the-art housing but will all but erase the devastat...

Aroma Joe's opens first NY location in Brunswick

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:56 GMT

BRUNSWICK, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Aroma Joe’s, a coffee shop chain with locations mainly in New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, has opened its first shop in New York. The shop opened Monday morning at 666 Hoosick Street in Brunswick. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The new location is owned and operated by The Hurley Group, which includes Brooks Church, Bob Hurley, Larry Jasenski, and Mark Deso. The group has been development agents for Aroma Joe's since 2014 and has facilitated the openings of 13 stores in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.“Larry Jasenski and I were born and raised in the Capital District,” said Deso. “Bob Hurley raised his family in Guilderland, and they have been local since 1989. Brooks Church graduated from University at Albany and lived in the area for over 10 years. Our roots are embedded in the area, and we’re excited to open the first Aroma Joe’s in our own backyard in New Yo...

Cherokee Street shooting: Police release images of suspects

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:56 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Investigators with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department have released a series of photos of two suspects wanted in connection with a weekend shooting on Cherokee Street.According to Evita Caldwell, a police spokeswoman, the shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the 2700 block of Cherokee Street, as the Cinco de Mayo festival was wrapping up for the day.Officers who were working a detail at the festival found the victims near the intersection of Cherokee and Ohio, Caldwell said. Both victims, a man and woman in their mid-20s, had suffered gunshot wounds to their legs.The female victim was taken to a local hospital. The male victim refused treatment at the scene.The victims told police there was a fight involving a large group of men when a woman took out a handgun and waved it around. A second individual, a man, also displayed a handgun. Shots were fired moments later, Caldwell said.Courtesy: St. Louis Metropolitan Police DepartmentCourtesy: St. Louis Met...

Charges filed in downtown St. Louis garage shootings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:56 GMT

ST. LOUIS - One man was arrested and charged last week in connection with a pair of shootings in a downtown St. Louis parking garage.According to Sgt. Charles Wall, a spokesman for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, both crimes occurred in the St. Louis Convention Center Hotel Garage, located in the 400 block of North 9th Street. The first shooting happened on May 3 just after 6 p.m., Wall said. Officers found Latatia Stewart lying on the ground next to her vehicle with gunshot wounds to her chest and side. EMS pronounced Stewart dead at the scene. She was 56. Top Story: Former head of board that oversaw St. Louis police weighs in on possible return of state control The second shooting happened around 6:20 p.m. on May 4. Wall said police were on foot patrol near North 10th and Locust when they heard gunfire coming from the parking garage. The victims, two men in their 30s, flagged the officers down as they were driving themselves to the hospital.The victims told police ...

Dirty Dancing in Concert coming to St. Louis this fall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:56 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A film-to-concert experience has just been announced to stop in St. Louis. The Stifel Theatre will be hosting 'Dirty Dancing in Concert' on Thursday, November 30, at 7:30 p.m.Led by a live band and singers, the production is going to feature some of the fondly-remembered moments from the now 35-year-old film. Trending: 150 years later, Illinois bridge tragedy among nation’s worst Actress Jennifer Grey and actor Patrick Swayze starred in the film back in 1987.

4 killed in Teller County plane crash; victims identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:56 GMT

Four people killed in a small plane crash in Phantom Canyon were adults in their 50s and 60s from Florence and federal authorities are investigating, Teller County officials said Monday morning.The dead were identified as Bruce Claremont, Laurie Aves, Roger Duncan and Katherine Duncan, deputy coroner Jill Schulman said.They died at the scene where the Cessna T-41B crashed Saturday night in steep forest, igniting a fire, and searchers hiked roughly two miles through difficult terrain to reach the wreckage, said Schulman, who worked the scene Sunday.“We know it was Saturday evening ….. The scene was charred, very charred. It is extremely difficult terrain. We had to get helicopters involved to fly over,” she said.“It broke up quite a bit. The fire destroyed a lot. There were parts of the plane, like the wings, hooked in trees.”Federal Aviation Administration officials were planning to investigate.The plane was flying from the Fremont County Airport east of Cañon City...

Man dead after shooting in northeast Denver, homicide investigators appeal to public for help

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:56 GMT

One man is dead after a shooting in northeast Denver, and Denver police homicide investigators on Monday appealed to the public for help identifying a suspect.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Denver teen charged with murder as adult sentenced to 58 years in prison after pleading guilty to two killings Crime and Public Safety | Was Letecia Stauch psychotic or strategic? Jury begins deliberations in killing of 11-year-old Gannon Stauch Crime and Public Safety | Man involved in fatal Edgewater Tesla charging station fight released after questioning Crime and Public Safety | Man in vehicle at La Salle Family Dollar fatally shot by police; investigation launched Crime and Public Safety | 50-year-old man held in “nefarious” RTD Park-N-Ride parking lot killing where victim was fatally shot inside RV The shooting happened shortly before midnight Sunday in the Green Valley Ranch housing devel...

J-PAL Europe named Uzbekistan the country of the month

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:56:56 GMT

In May, the European Bureau of the Global Anti-Poverty Research Center (J-PAL) focused its attention on the Republic of Uzbekistan, where, together with experts from the Center for Economic Research and Reforms (CERR), the effectiveness of the first of the state programs to combat poverty and their potential impact on ensuring the growth of real incomes of the population and reducing the level of poverty is being carried out.May 5, 2023. Tashkent. The European Bureau of the Abdul Latif Jamil Anti-Poverty Action Laboratory (J-PAL Europe) named Uzbekistan the country of the month. J-PAL Europe twitted it on its official Twitter."In May, our attention shifted to Uzbekistan, where J-PAL Europe is exploring the possibilities of using evidence in the policy of combating poverty in Uzbekistan," the European Bureau of J-PAL informed in a statement.Since the beginning of the year, three countries – Italy, Germany and Spain – have been named as countries of the month by the J-PAL European Bur...