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Albany, New York is located in Albany County. Zip codes in Albany, NY include 12202, 12255, and 12228. The median home price in Albany is $175,000 which is roughly $92/per square foot. More Albany information.

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2 hrs ago | WKRC-TV Cincinnati

Mom Arrested For Stripping During School Assembly

ALBANY, N.Y. - Police say Aydrea Meaders, a mother who allegedly got on stage and started to strip during a school assembly, is facing child endangerment and lewdness charges.

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6 hrs ago | Business Journal

The Monroe apartments fill quickly in downtown Albany

Marc Paquin, president of Cass Hill Development Cos. outside The Monroe, a 44-unit apartment building that straddles Sheridan Avenue and Monroe Street downtown.

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6 hrs ago | WTEN-TV Albany

Crews respond to smoking manhole in Albany

The incident happened around 11:15 a.m. around 12 Sheridan Avenue, the same area where manhole fires/explosions happened in the past.

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7 hrs ago | Business Journal

Albany mayoral front runners Corey Ellis and Kathy Sheehan have...

May 23, 2013 -- Albany, NY mayor candidates Corey Ellis and Kathy Sheehan share their message for the local business community.

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8 hrs ago | Albany Times Union

Man arrested in Kentucky for Albany murder

A man authorities believe was involved in the shooting death of a 26-year-old city man on Central Avenue last month was arrested Tuesday night by U.S. marshals in Kentucky.

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8 hrs ago | WNYT NewsChannel 13

Smoking grate in Albany cause by shorted circuit

Albany firefighters and National Grid were called to check out a smoking grate above electrical vault on Sheridan Avenue near Chapel Street, right near Victory Cafe.

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8 hrs ago | Nippertown!

ArtBeat: What To See

Pick a Point in a Picture: New Mind Model Works @ Uncommon Grounds , Albany. Thirty digital collages by George Guarino that are meant to serve as focal points for meditation, self-growth and insight.

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12 hrs ago | Albany Times Union

A.M. Roundup: Odds for Saratoga casino are improving

Good morning! It's warm, gray and stormy in Albany. Gov. Andrew Cuomo will continue his road show with an appearance at SUNY New Paltz.

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16 hrs ago | NBC Connecticut

False Weather Report Leads to Tornado Warning

Stephen Dirienzo is a meteorologist at the Albany, NY National Weather Service. Shortly before 5:00 on Tuesday Dirienzo was about to issue a severe thunderstorm warning for Columbia County in New York when the office received a phone call saying a tornado was on the ground in the village of Copake.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Albany Times Union

Silver's as tainted as Lopez

The resignation of our former colleague, Assemblyman Vito Lopez , may provide some measure of relief for those who believe the propensity of sexual harassment of staff members is an isolated incident.

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Times Herald-Record

Report of twister in upstate NY being checked out

The National Weather Service is looking into whether a tornado touched down in a rural eastern New York county during a series of severe thunderstorms that rumbled across the upstate region.

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Business Journal

Oneonta lender eying Albany market

Mark Kleszczewski , owner of KickStart, said he was drawn to the Capital Region by such activity as the GlobalFoundries chip fabrication plant in Malta and the growth of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, and the supply-chain businesses that are springing up around those projects.

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Law.com

Court System, Counties Agree on 3 Court Facility Upgrades

The Office of Court Administration and local authorities have come to terms on three major capital projects that will result in new Family Court facilities in Nassau and Westchester counties, and the restoration of court space in the Orange County Government Center that was lost to the judiciary after a pair of storms in 2011.

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Business Journal

Hilton Albany unveils $14 million renovation

Celebrating the completion of the renovations at the Hilton Albany are Chris Shaffer, food and beverage director; Miten Negandhi, conference services director; and Michael Melnick, manager of Charter restaurant The 385-room hotel, the largest in the Albany, NY, region, features remodeled guest rooms, main entrance, lobby, indoor poor, fitness ... (more)

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WTEN-TV Albany

Johnstown man accused of forcibly touching young girls

The Johnstown Police Department has arrested a man for allegedly forcibly touching three young girls under the age of 10.

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The Hartford Courant

Reader Submitted: Group From Albany, New York Performing In Rockville On Friday, June 7

Jacob's Well Coffeehouse, downtown Rockville 's monthly Christian nightclub, will feature 4ever1, a six-person group from Albany, New York.

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FOX23

Cuomo : Create tax-free zones around SUNY campuses

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to create tax-free entrepreneurial zones tied to State University of New York campuses.

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Albany Times Union

Assembly GOP corruption proposal includes term limits

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, has released a bill that he's touting as a response to recent public corruption arrests that would limit legislative leaders to eight-year terms.

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WTEN-TV Albany

Whitehall woman waits to hear from family in Oklahoma

WHITEHALL, NY. It's been 24 hours since the deadly tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma and Jessica Crosier tells us she still hasn't heard from her grandparents.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Press & Sun-Bulletin

"Do not comply!": Latest Albany gun rally attracts a few hundred

As the crowd began filed toward the Capitol to meet with legislators, emcee Melody Burns repeated what was the main theme of Albany's latest pro-gun rally: "Do not comply!" She was asking rally-goers, of course, not to comply with the state's January gun laws, which included a stricter limit on the number of rounds in a magazine and a requirement ... (more)

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Flash Flood Watch for Albany County was issued at May 23 at 3:53PM EDT