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Wednesday, May 25, 2022 When credibility matters
John Sykes speaks after being awarded the Key to the City by Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy on Friday.
Schenectady

MTV co-founder John Sykes awarded key to the Electric City

On Friday, MTV co-founder and iHeartMedia executive John Sykes was handed the key to the city that inspired it all…. Read more »

The once bustling World Team Tennis Stadium in Schenectady’s Central Park is now overgrown and deserted, as seen on Thursday, July 15, 2021.
Schenectady

Schenectady’s Central Park tennis stadium once drew big crowds; Now nature is taking the match

SCHENECTADY – Anita Russo said she’d love for big-name tennis pros to return to the city for competition in the city’s… Read more »

The city of Schenectady plans to relocate 21 homes in the Stockade neighborhood outside of the 500-year flood plain and onto higher ground at a city-owned park where a Union College boathouse is located.
Schenectady

HIGHER GROUND: City clears hurdle in bid to move flood-prone homes to safer area

SCHENECTADY — Ingersoll Avenue resident Peter Nicodemi opened his arms wide and crouched as if he were picking up his two-family… Read more »

Pete Pasternak shows an area of the Binnekill off the Mohawk River in the Stockade littered with trash and debris on Friday
Schenectady

Foss: Exploring the Binnekill off Schenectady’s Stockade

Peter Pasternak discovered the Binnekill while kayaking.  The small inlet was once a major waterway, where goods such as fur… Read more »

Guy Delauniere of Niskayuna rides his trail bike on Fehr Avenue in Schenectady on Wednesday
Schenectady

Making Schenectady more bicycle-friendly could require talks that make people uncomfortable, official says

SCHENECTADY — City engineer Chris Wallin suggested that Schenectady officials would need to have deeper discussions about some of the more costly,… Read more »

Ingersoll Avenue in Schenectady in August 2011, after Tropical Storm Irene
Schenectady

Schenectady wants to move Stockade homes out of floodplain

SCHENECTADY — The city continued with its traction toward moving homes on Ingersoll Avenue in the historic Stockade neighborhood out of… Read more »

Dentists Barry Loffredo, DDS, of Saratoga Springs, left, and Don DeLuke, DDS, of Niskayuna, last week. (inset) Ellis Hospital (Background)
Schenectady County

Foss: Ellis Dental Clinic in Schenectady slated for closure

Jon Derry’s teeth were in bad shape when he arrived at Ellis Dental Care.  He’d always had “really weak, soft… Read more »

Stan Hickock, a steadfast volunteer with ReTree Schenectady, died recently from complications due to COVID-19. Provided
Schenectady

Friends remember Stan Hickok, longtime ReTree Schenectady volunteer, following COVID-related death

When he wasn’t preparing tree deliveries with city workers throughout Schenectady, tracking how many trees ReTree Schenectady planted into his… Read more »

Re'Shawn Rogers, of Albany, stands outside on N Pearl Street, in Albany on Thursday.
Schenectady

Former Brooklyn educator eyes charter school in Schenectady

Growing up in Detroit, Re’Shawn Rogers struggled mightily with school, not learning to read until high school, he said. But… Read more »

Erie Boulevard in Schenectady in December

Foss: A welcome campaign for safer Schenectady streets

We’ve all experienced it.  Cars zipping recklessly through intersections. Sidewalks in bad repair. Poorly designed intersections that make crossing the… Read more »

File (background) and Provided (inset)
Schenectady

As new year begins, questions for Schenectady’s $10M Downtown Revitalization Initiative remain unanswered

SCHENECTADY — The year has been rough for downtown Schenectady, where restaurants and bars have been battered by stop-and-go restrictions… Read more »

Betsy Henry, center right, plants a tree in front of a home on Schuyler Street in Mont Pleasant in this 2014 file photo.
Capital Region

Capital Region communities land urban tree grants

CAPITAL REGION — Five Capital Region communities have received grants from the state Department of Environmental Conservation to inventory and develop… Read more »

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