Rom Shop Celebrates their first Anniversary

Twin-owned Albany boutique promotes 'slow fashion,' sustainability

Melissa Manno

“It’s not always easy being in business with family but as twins, we have a natural partnership. We’ve been best friends our whole lives," Allyson Smith says

Rom Shop, a sustainable fashion and lifestyle boutique that opened in downtown Albany last year. Twin-owned Albany boutique promotes 'slow fashion,' sustainability.

“It’s not always easy being in business with family but as twins, we have a natural partnership. We’ve been best friends our whole lives," Allyson Smith says.

Twins Allyson and Whitney Smith are identical in appearance, but their distinct personalities contrast in more ways than one. Whitney is a passionate shopper, and Allyson prefers spreadsheets. But what they do share is a passion for environmentalism.

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Albany County closing in on 300 deaths due to COVID

Albany County closing in on 300 deaths due to COVID since the pandemic began
by WRGB STAFFTuesday, January 26th 2021

ALBANY, NY (WRGB) Albany County Executive Dan McCoy with the latest numbers says that the daily average of positive COVID cases in the county has decreased.

The five-day average for new daily positives has decreased to 199.6 from 225.4, according to officials. Read more...

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USS Slater reopens for public tours again

The USS Slater will once again open to the public at the Port of Albany.

The Slater returned to the port after undergoing repairs over the summer in dry dock at Staten Island. NewsChannel 13 visited the Slater twice, and was aboard as it made its way up the Hudson River back to Albany.

Admission is $9 for adults and $7 for children.

The Slater is the only remaining World War II Destroyer Escort still afloat in the U.S. This is the Slater’s 23rd season in Albany.

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Pass the ziti

Cuomo insiders charged in federal corruption case
By Chris Bragg and Matthew Hamilton Thursday, September 22, 2016

Federal prosecutors brought corruption charges against top state government insiders and business development executives Thursday, scorching Gov. Andrew Cuomo's hallmark upstate economic initiatives.

The investigation is the most serious corruption crisis to face Cuomo's administration, which since its inception in 2011 has pointed to the words printed on a custom-made pin given to all staffers: performance, integrity and pride. Not only is Percoco, who left the administration in 2015 to take a job as senior vice president for the Madison Square Garden Co., a longtime friend of Cuomo — once described by the governor as "my father's third son" — the case touches on two of his hallmark upstate initiatives: the Buffalo Billion and nanotechnology-driven development.

The complaint alleges that Howe arranged for more than $315,000 in bribe payments to go to Percoco and his wife, Lisa Toscano-Percoco, who is not named in the complaint. Howe and Percoco repeatedly referred to the alleged bribe money as "ziti," the complaint says — a code word for money apparently lifted from an episode of HBO's mafia drama "The Sopranos," Bharara said. 

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Stay...Good Dog

The 28-foot high statue of the dog has been on top of the building for almost 60 years and is visible from 5 miles away. Arnoff Moving & Storage has occupied the building in 1997, after RCA left town.

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Washington Avenue Armory says Bernie Sanders holding rally

AP Photo/Evan Vucc

Web staff Published: April 8, 2016, 6:48 pm  Updated: April 9, 2016, 6:38 am

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Presidential candidate and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders is scheduled to bring his campaign to Albany.

So long Metroland

It has, indeed, been good to know you.

Albany's alternative weekly Metroland nostalgic, bittersweet final issue

Paul Grondahl Published 7:19 pm, Tuesday, January 5, 2016

The guerrilla final edition

Albany

Metroland staffers put out a guerrilla final issue online on New Year's Eve, "The Last Stand," and went out on their own terms: a clenched fist of protest, a lump in the throat over fun times gone by and a middle finger raised at The Establishment.

Nobody got paid.

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Sheldon Silver, Ex-NYS Assembly Speaker: Guilty on All Counts

By BENJAMIN WEISER and SUSANNE CRAIG NOV. 30, 2015

After a five-week trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan, the end came rather quickly and unceremoniously for Mr. Silver, 71, a Democrat who served more than two decades as Assembly speaker before he was forced to resign from the post after his arrest in January.

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10/23 Rocky Horror Picture Show with live shadow actors

10/23 Trunk or Treat

10/25 Rocky Horror Picture Show Valatie Community Theatre10/30 Session Brothers at the Lionheart Pub

11/1 Cole's Rock & Funk Pizza Party

65th Annual Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade

When: Sat, Mar 14, 2:00 PM
Where: Albany
Cost: FREE ADMISSION
Celebrate St. Paddy's day with the 65th Annual Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade! The parade steps off at 2pm and travels through the Capital City! Learn more HERE!
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Murder!

Updated: Friday, February 6 2015, 10:26 PM EST 

Tiffany Van Alstyne indicted for murder of Kenneth White ALBANY -- Albany District Attorney David Soares announced on Friday that Tiffany Van Alstyne, 20, had been indicted for the murder of 5-year-old Kenneth White. Van Alstyne was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of second degree murder and one count of first degree manslaughter. She's accused of killing her cousin Kenneth on December 18th near the home on Thacher Park Road in Knox where the boy was living with his aunt, Van Alstyne's mother. Van Alstyne is expected to be arraigned in county court sometime next week.

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High Traffic areas chosen for red light cameras

Updated: Friday, February 6 2015, 05:54 PM EST

ALBANY -- After months of debate and review, Albany has selected the locations where 20 red light cameras will be installed. The intersections were announced at a meeting with the Albany Police Department on Friday. 

According to authorities, the locations selected are: 

Second Avenue and Frisbee Avenue 

Central Avenue and Colvin Avenue 

Central Avenue and Henry Johnson Blvd. 

Central Avenue and King Street 

Central Avenue and Quail Street 

Delaware Avenue and Holland Avenue 

Everett Road and Watervliet Avenue Extension 

Henry Johnson and Clinton Avenue 

Lark Street and Madison Avenue 

Madison Avenue and North Main Avenue 

Madison Avenue and New Scotland Avenue 

Madison Avenue and Quail Street 

Madison Avenue and South Pearl Street 

New Scotland Avenue and Ontario Street 

New Scotland Avenue and Manning Blvd.

 Northern Blvd. and Shaker Road 

Russell Road and Western Avenue 

Washington Avenue and North Main Avenue 

Washington Avenue and Quail Street 

Western Avenue and Brevator Street

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Money and influence shape public policy for the benefit of private agendas

The speaker of the New York State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, was arrested on federal corruption charges on Thursday and accused of using the power of his office for more than a decade to secure millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks and then covering up his schemes, according to court documents.

Albany Medical Center receives $130,000 donation

Updated: 01/20/2015 8:34 PM  Created: 01/20/2015 6:53 PM WNYT.com  By: WNYT Staff

ALBANY - The Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center received a big show of support on Tuesday.

The family of Tyler DeMarco presented a check for $130,000 to hospital staff.

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NYT: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver under investigation

Updated: 12/30/2014 8:30 PM
Created: 12/30/2014 9:22 AM WNYT.com
By: WNYT Staff

ALBANY - To many people, it sounds redundant -- an ethics investigation at the state Capitol.

This time, the subject of the apparent probe couldn't be much bigger.

The official comment from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office is: there is no comment.

According to the New York Times, federal authorities are now looking into the possibility that questionable payments were made to Speaker Silver, and if they were, they weren't disclosed on his financial disclosure reports.

If the New York Times report is true, then Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver may have received "substantial" payments from a law firm that specializes in seeking tax reductions for its clients -- and that income may not have been properly disclosed by Silver.

"I think once the feds show up and begin investigating, they don't do that lightly," said Republican Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin, from Melrose

McLaughlin -- a long time Silver critic -- says he's long past the point of calling for the speaker to resign, hoping others at the Capitol feel the same way.

"If they do the right thing next week and turn around send a message a not re-elect this man, that would be the end of Sheldon Silver in Albany and I think that would be a bright day for the state of New York if he goes," McLaughlin proclaimed.

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