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Things to do in the Capital Region this weekend: September 15-17

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:19 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The weekend is almost here! From festivals to Oktoberfest events to the Capital District Reptile Expo, there are quite a few things happening on September 15, 16, and 17. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Here are some of the events going on around the Capital Region this weekend.Friday, September 15Outlaw Music Festival, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 5 p.m. You can still buy tickets on the Live Nation website.Cage Wars 61, Rivers Casino in Schenectady, 7 p.m. You can buy tickets on the Cage Wars website.Apple Festival, Warrensburgh Riverfront Farmers' Market on River Street in Warrensburg, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.St. Johnsville September Fest, Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Baseball Park, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Nightclub takes over former Bradley bar spot in Troy Saturday, September 16Hispanic Heritage Celebration, Empire State Plaza in Albany, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.PearlPalooza, North Pearl Street in Albany, 11 a.m....

Pay Transparency Law to take effect on September 17

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:19 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A law signed by Governor Kathy Hochul in December 2022 will take effect beginning on Sunday. Moving forward, employment agencies and all employers with at least four employees must include a salary or salary range for all advertised jobs and promotions. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! According to Governor Hochul, the law is a critical tool to help end pay gaps for women and people of color. "In order for New York to continue being the best place to work, we must create the best protection for our workers - and this legislation will help do exactly that. This historic measure will usher in a new era of fairness and transparency for New York's workforce."The range should show the job postings' minimum and maximum annual salary or hourly compensation range. All employers must also disclose the job description and keep records of the compensation ranges.

Capital Apple and Wine Festival returns to Altamont

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:19 GMT

ALTAMONT, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The 29th annual Capital Apple and Wine Festival will be returning to the Altamont Fairgrounds this weekend. The event will be held on September 16 and September 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The festival will offer a wide array of local vendors, including spirits, specialty foods, crafts and a plethora of apple products. The event will feature a haunted house, a car show on Saturday, and live music performances by Hair of the Dog and Tom Petty tribute band The BrokenHearted. The venue will provide free parking, and children under 17-years-old can attend for free. Pets are not allowed on the fairgrounds for this event. Castle of Terror coming to Schenectady Armory The Altamont Fairgrounds is located at NY Route 146 at Arlington Street, and the festival will be held rain or shine. You can buy Capital Apple and Wine Festival tickets through the Eventbrite website.

'Just keep scrolling,' Missouri DHSS tells vaccine critics in tweet

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:19 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri public health officials recently announced that new vaccines would soon be available statewide, but their initial message raised some eyebrows. The new vaccines are meant to combat a COVID-19 omicron subvariant (EG.5) rising in the St. Louis area and nationwide. A tweet Wednesday from the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services reads: "COVID vaccines will be available in Missouri soon, if you're in to that sort of thing. If not, just keep scrolling!" Girl’s path to school: speeding cars, sex offenders, dangerous crosswalk The tweet has more than 115,000 views and dozens of responses. Some consider it passive-aggressive toward those against vaccines. Others suggest the "Just keep scrolling" remark takes away from the department's goal of encouraging people to get vaccines. Vaccines continue to be a controversial decision for some, even as the US phased out of a "pandemic" stage earlier this year. The University of Oxford estimates that ar...

Keeler: Talking trash about CU Buffs coach Deion Sanders? CSU Rams coach Jay Norvell, you just fired up the wrong football team

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:19 GMT

Jay Norvell just stepped in his own bear trap.Cripes, do you want them to hang 70 on you, coach? This is not the grizzly you poke. This is a teddy you sneak up on while he’s napping. Tip-toe into that cave and grab all the goodies you can before the big guy wakes up.Norvell, CSU’s second-year football boss, just ran in there with two trash can lids and started banging ’em together like it was an Independence Day parade.“When I sat down with ESPN today, and I don’t care if they hear it in Boulder,” Norvell said Wednesday during his weekly coaches’ radio show, “I told (ESPN) — I took my hat off and I took my glasses off and I said, ‘When I talk to grown-ups, I take my hat and my glasses off. That’s what my mother taught me.'”CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!“Forget what they think or say about u,” Coach Prime posted on his Twitter feed early Thursday morning, “because the only thing that matters is what u thi...

As Colorado River shrinks, California farmers urge ‘one-dam solution’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:19 GMT

Ian James | (TNS) Los Angeles TimesFor years, environmentalists have argued that the Colorado River should be allowed to flow freely across the Utah-Arizona border, saying that letting water pass around Glen Canyon Dam — and draining the giant Lake Powell reservoir — would improve the shrinking river’s health.Now, as climate change increases the strains on the river, this controversial proposal is receiving support from some surprising new allies: influential farmers in California’s Imperial Valley.In a letter to the federal Bureau of Reclamation, growers Mike and James Abatti, who run some of the biggest farming operations in the Imperial Valley, urged the government to consider sacrificing the Colorado’s second-largest reservoir and storing the water farther downstream in Lake Mead — the river’s largest reservoir.“Past proposals by environmental groups to decommission Glen Canyon Dam or to operate the reservoir without power production as a primary goal can no longer be ignored an...

Adams County sheriff deputy identified as driver in crash that killed pedestrian

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:19 GMT

An Adams County car crash this week that left one pedestrian dead involved a deputy, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office disclosed on Thursday. The deputy’s name has not been publicly released.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Motorcyclist killed in crash with pickup truck in Denver Crime and Public Safety | Colorado family of five injured in horrific wrong-way crash in Seattle Crime and Public Safety | Longmont police officer helps pull man out of burning car Crime and Public Safety | Aurora man dies after Labor Day weekend crash involving speeding, intoxication Crime and Public Safety | Colorado trucking company in I-25 crash that killed 5 family members tried to buy insurance hours after wreck The crash occurred at 2:57 a.m. Wednesday on North Federal Boulevard near Interstate 76. The deputy was conducting routine patrol work and was driving northbound on Federal Boulevard, the sheri...

Most states have yet to permanently fund 988. Call centers want certainty.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:19 GMT

Since the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline transitioned a year ago to the three-digit crisis phone number 988, there has been a 33% increase in the number of calls, chats, and texts to the hotline.But even with that early sign of success, the program’s financial future is shaky.Over the past two years, the federal government has provided about $1 billion from the American Rescue Plan and Bipartisan Safer Communities acts to launch the number, designed as an alternative to 911 for those experiencing a mental health crisis. After that infusion runs out, it’s up to states to foot the bill for their call centers.“We don’t know what Congress will allocate in the future,” said Danielle Bennett, a spokesperson for the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which oversees 988. “But the hope is that there will be continued strong bipartisan support for funding 988 at the level it needs to be funded at and that states will also create funding mechanisms that ma...

New ride-share feature to match women, nonbinary drivers and riders

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:19 GMT

Sarah Freishtat | Chicago Tribune (TNS)Some ride-share passengers who are women or who do not identify strictly as male or female will soon be able to prioritize rides with female or nonbinary drivers.Lyft will begin rolling out the feature, which also allows women and nonbinary drivers to select the same preference, in five test markets Wednesday, including Chicago.The goal is to provide more control over the driving experience, and encourage women and nonbinary people to drive, Lyft executives said. That has the potential for widespread benefits, as more drivers can bring more riders, which in turn will mean more potential for all drivers to earn money, said Lyft Head of Design Audrey Liu.“We wanted to empower women to have access to those economic opportunities by removing one of the barriers to entry by giving them this preference, which increases their sense of control over this driving experience,” Liu said. “And increasing their sense of control gives them more confidence to ...

Third anniversary of the Abraham Accords celebrated in Brussels

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:19 GMT

The ceremony brought together the ambassadors of the signatory states: Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and the United States. Picture from Moshe Jonatan Joods Actueel.The third anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords was celebrated on Thursday (14 September) in Brussels. The celebration took place at the embassy of Hungary,  the only EU member state represented at the Abraham Accords signing ceremony in Washington in 2020. “This celebration marks an important milestone in the ongoing efforts to promote peace and cooperation in the Middle East and to raise awareness of the importance of the Abraham Accords in the European Union,” said Belgia, MP Michael Freilich, who organized the event, writes Yossi Lempkowicz.The historic Abraham Accords, signed on the White House lawn in September 2020, for the first time normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and two Arab states, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, with Morocco and Sudan following suit. The ...