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ERICA MILLER/The Daily GazetteSchenectady City Schools Acting Superintendent Dr. Arron Bochniak is pictured at Mont Pleasant Middle School on April 3.

State budget office: Schools to receive full aid payments this year, including restored reductions

The state Division of Budget released a statement Thursday saying school districts will receive full aid payments this school year, including… Read more »

Hundreds of COVID cases continue to be reported daily across Capital Region

— CAPITAL REGION — There were indications of improvement in some of the statewide COVID-19 numbers released by Gov. Andrew… Read more »

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Thursday

Washington, D.C.

Fauci unleashed: Doc takes ‘liberating’ turn at center stage

—- WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci is back. In truth, the nation’s leading infectious-diseases expert never really went away…. Read more »

Saratoga Springs moves to full design on third fire station

— SARATOGA SPRINGS — The city has taken the next step toward building a new fire/emergency medical service station on the… Read more »

ERICA MILLER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Grant Cottage, atop Mt. McGregor, is where former president Ulysses S. Grant died after writing his memoirs.

Saratoga County

National Park Service approves Grant Cottage as National Historic Landmark

— WILTON — Grant Cottage, the location where former president Ulysses S. Grant completed his final memoirs prior to his… Read more »

Odo Butler of the Schenectady NAACP - File photos

Schenectady school board faces backlash over final stages of superintendent search

— SCHENECTADY — The Schenectady chapter of the NAACP declined an offer to participate in community input meetings with the… Read more »

ERICA MILLER/THE DAILY GAZETTE Clouds cover the sky facing east along the Mohawk River in Amsterdam on Wednesday.

Capital Region’s unusually cloudy season may impact mental health

— CAPITAL REGION — New York winters have a reputation for being drab and dreary, but lately, the clouds have… Read more »

Capital Region

Capital Region COVID-19 Tracker for Thursday, Jan. 21, by county

State COVID-19 Tracker numbers for Capital Region counties as of Thursday afternoon, Jan. 21. Testing data as of midnight Wednesday… Read more »

New York

Remains of troops killed in helicopter crash near Rochester recovered

MENDON, N.Y. (AP) — The remains of three National Guard members killed in a helicopter training accident were recovered and… Read more »

National youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman recites her inaugural poem Wedmesday. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Capital Region

Local students inspired by poet Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Day performance

SCHENECTADY – The words of Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet who performed during Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony, resonated with students like… Read more »