Say no to Dauchy is the rallying cry
As the City Council prepares to approve borrowing $2.2 million to transform the Dauchy Building into the next city hall, a group of business owners will hold a press conference at Monument Square...
View ArticleTroy library budget decision due
The Troy Public Library meets Tuesday afternoon to decide what to do about the September defeat of the library’s 2012 budget. Voters rejected the spending plan by 20 votes. That narrow margin could...
View ArticleRosamilia prepares with 45 days to go
Mayor-elect Lou Rosamilia announced his transition team this afternoon. It’s list of names that many city residents will easily recognize. So will many folks outside the Collar City. They have a...
View ArticleTroy gets $4.7 million in state grants
The Collar City is getting a piece of the $785 million that the state is handing out through the regional councils. My colleague Jimmy Vielkind reports this on Troy under the heading of Community...
View ArticleTroy hears a new beat
Troy’s nightlife picks up a business with a beat to it — RBC Jazz. The club gets the mayoral kickoff Friday. Here’s the word from city hall at 1776 Sixth Ave. Mayor Lou Rosamilia will participate in a...
View ArticleWhen the phone doesn’t ring
Newsrooms can be noisy with telephones ringing all the time. Not tonight at The Record. The tabloid reports on its website that its phones are out. The paper is urging people to use alternative means...
View ArticleCity hall hasn’t moved yet
Troy government hasn’t started its move to city hall yet. Last weekend was eyed as the first date for the two week transition from 1776 Sixth Ave. to Hedley Park Place over on River Street. It didn’t...
View ArticleWatch the land sales
For those of you who recall the film Gone with the Wind, land was a prize to be cherished and even loved. The City Council sits as the Finance Committee at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 20 at city hall to...
View ArticleWhere is city hall?
A visitor to Troy might be perplexed this week if he asked “Where is city hall?” The visitor would learn there’s two locations this week: one on River Street and the other on Sixth Avenue. Here’s the...
View ArticleTroy may have best view of St. Patrick’s dwindling days in Watervliet
The former St. Patrick’s Church across the Hudson River in Watervliet is quickly disappearing as demolition crews from Dan’s Hauling and Demo knock it down. Troy residents may have the best view of the...
View ArticleTrojan Hotel gets preservation notice
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has a look at the restoration of the Trojan Hotel on its Preservation Nation Blog. The piece is by Lauren Walser, who is the field editor for Preservation...
View ArticleNo parking in the wee hours Friday downtown
Everyone who lives in the downtown business district will have to find other parking spotsfor their vehicles from 4-6 a.m. Friday. That’s when the city will plow the streets from curb to curb. Here are...
View ArticleTroy plowing update
After getting buried in the latest snowstorm, the city has issued an updated notice on its weekend plowing efforts. Here it is: TROY –Crews from the Department of Public Works and Public Utilities...
View ArticleTroy summer festivals
Troy announced its schedule of summer entertainment this afternoon. Highlights: No coolers at Rockin’ on the River. The Wednesday night concerts will be held in the parking lot north of the Green...
View ArticleFour to testify at Troy demolition hearings
The agenda for the City Council’s Wednesday hearing on demolition projects in the city has four people listed to testify. They include former Mayor Harry Tutunjian; Donald Boyajian, owner of 4-6-8-10...
View ArticleCould Troy be next home for Hoffman’s Ferris Wheel?
Word spread quickly Tuesday that Hoffman’s Playland in Colonie will shut down after the summer season. That immediately led to some discussion after a new home for the Ferris Wheel which can be seen...
View ArticleBonacio representative outlines plans for former Daisy Baker’s in Troy
The four-story building at 33 Second St. that was the former home of Daisy Baker’s, a popular downtown restaurant, will get a makeover that could start within a few months. Developer Sonny Bonacio...
View ArticleShakespeare in Troy’s Barker Park Friday night
There will be a free performance of a Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at 7:30 p.m., Friday, in Barker Park at the corner of State and Third streets. Here’s part of the annoucement of the one-night...
View ArticleShare a bike in Troy next week
The city’s Bikeshare Week begins Sunday and runs for a week. There will be 25 bicycles to use in the program. This is an experimental program taking place in the Capital Region’s four most populous...
View ArticleTroy’s Monument Square project continues
The $27 million Monument Square redevelopment project is now expected to go to the City Council in October, according to city officials. The city met with Kirchhoff Cos. and its partners this past...
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