Good morning, Albany.

The Rotterdam Community Center has launched a mobile food pantry program that will provide food for Mohonasen families every third Wednesday of the month.

At a North Albany block party sponsored by the North Albany Neighborhood Association, four police officers and Jason Zakrzewski of Davco Masonry were honored for responding after copper pipes were stolen from Sacred Heart of Jesus church on Walter Street.

The event celebrated local cooperation + community support.

Teens at the Boys & Girls Club received a $20K makeover at the Albany Clubhouse Tuesday as Aaron's installed new furniture, TVs, arcade games (including a 'The Fast and the Furious' machine) and consoles to boost membership while also presenting a $10K support check for future teen programming.

Drivers flocked to BJ’s Wholesale Club in Rotterdam today+ for a gas sale that offered significant savings+ amid rising gas prices, drawing local motorists eager to save on fuel costs.

UAlbany's College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity named Elyse Zavar as director of its Information Science PhD Program this fall; she will also lead research in the Disaster Studies Lab on how communities recover from disasters (focusing on buyout programs and land use strategies).

United Tenants of Albany received $40,000 in funding to help tenants displaced after nearly 300 housing units were declared unsafe in 2025.

Assemblymember Romero and County Executive McCoy announced the grant and hope county funding will continue to support needed repairs.

Troy Police Department welcomes two new K-9s Mo and Burke who will join patrol duties following training and state certification at the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.

They will form explosive detection and narcotics teams honoring officers killed in the line of duty.

East Greenbush residents raised privacy concerns about the town’s five Flock cameras at a Tuesday night public hearing (they request clear safeguards and documentation on data protection).

Town officials are accepting feedback by email and mail.

Olivia Mannion, a Saratoga Springs cancer survivor, is in Washington at an ACS event and urging lawmakers to boost clinical trial access and research funding.

She will host a Spook out Cancer 5K at Saratoga Spa State Park on Sunday, Oct. 4 to raise funds for cancer advocacy.

Former public housing is being redeveloped into Steamboat Square to add 343 affordable units (28 of which will be market rate) to help address a local housing crisis.

Phase one of the $201 million project will finish by year-end, and families can move into the renovated high-rise by December 2027.