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Discovering Saratoga: Taking you inside The Coat Room

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:38:30 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) - From the minute you whisper the secret password and walk through the coats of this speakeasy-style restaurant and bar, prepare to feel transported to the past! The Coat Room is quickly becoming Saratoga's best kept secret. The Coat Room opens in downtown Saratoga Springs The Coat Room is located within 385 Broadway. The secret password for access, online or for a walk-up, is "can I get a coat check?"

Bottle redemption centers call for state action to stay open

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:38:30 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10--Jade Eddy, owner of MT Returnables in Queensbury, said bottle redemption centers in New York State are in dire need of help to keep their businesses open. She’s calling on the governor and state legislature to act quickly."They should have increased our handling fee during the legislative session, but since they’ve chosen not to do that, they need to find an emergency fix--- whether it be in the form of immediate grants, or they call an emergency session and increase that handling fee," said Eddy.She said the handling fee for redemption centers is 3.5 cents."We are being paid less than our customers are being paid."Blair Horner, Executive Director for NYPIRG explained some of the struggles businesses are facing. "Redemption centers have been on a tight margin for years, and because of changes to inflation and increase of minimum wage requirements in New York, so much so that some of them have even shut down and some are talking about shutting down," said Horner...

Cousin of dead woman found in Rotterdam wants answers

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:38:30 GMT

ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Rotterdam police are investigating how a young woman’s dead body went unreported for months, given that police say she did not live alone. MORE NEWS from NEWS 10Justin Grygas described his cousin Skylar Pettit in glowing terms: “Absolute and total sweetheart that's the first word that comes to mind for me, I can't think of another word sweet sweet young lady”According to Grygas, he hasn't seen the 24 year old — who he says had diabetes and down syndrome — because her mother was estranged with him and the rest of their family. “She's always had things to to, do places to go, jobs to have. She's remained very active, she's a very happy little girl to be honest.”Rotterdam police say on July 24th they received a call asking them to check on Skylar at her Greenpoint Avenue address. It was inside the home where police say they discovered her body. The Schenectady County medical examiner’s report determined that Skyler died of natural causes.  However, Rotte...

Civilian, firefighter injured in Manhattan crane fire: officials

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:38:30 GMT

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) — A civilian and a firefighter were injured when a crane caught fire and collapsed in Manhattan Wednesday morning, officials said. The five-alarm blaze happened at 550 Tenth Ave. between 40th and 41st streets in Hell's Kitchen at around 7:30 a.m., according to the FDNY. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Video footage showed the crane on fire atop the building before a piece of the structure broke off and collapsed into a building across the street. The debris from the collision then fell into the streets below as pedestrians took cover.Traffic near the Lincoln Tunnel was backed up for about an hour, according to the Port Authority. Officials said motorists should avoid the area between Tenth and Eleventh avenues from West 41st to West 42nd streets. Mayor Eric Adams was at the scene. Four people suffered minor injuries in the collapse, but no one died, New York City Mayor E...

Albany Center Gallery celebrating 50 years of Hip-Hop

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:38:30 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Hip-hop fans around the country are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the genre. The Albany Center Gallery gave NEWS10 a preview of what next month's celebration will look like.The “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop” exhibit will be filled with artwork from local artists in the Capital District. It will be on full display starting on August 1, running through September 2. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Photojournalist Robert Cooper had the idea for the exhibit after Albany Center Gallery issued an open call to local artists within a 100 mile radius. He reached out to gallery Director Tony Iadicicco to find out if they had anything planned for the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. From there, they worked with local artists like Truemaster Trimingham to curate the displays.“We in the Capital District are taking this opportunity to celebrate this dynasty of a movement,” said Trimingham. He said that ...

Missouri marijuana microbusiness applications open Thursday

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:38:30 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will open applications Thursday for anyone interested in operating a marijuana microbusiness. Missouri DHSS defines a microbusiness as a marijuana facility license "designed to allow marginalized or under-represented individuals to participate in the legal marijuana market," either through a dispensary or wholesale facility. Schnucks shoppers may be eligible for compensation in lawsuit over alcohol prices According to a news release from Missouri DHSS, applications will open Thursday and run two weeks through Aug. 10. The department says the applications are part of a lottery process, one through which six microbusiness licenses will be chosen in each of the state's eight congressional districts. Each district is eligible for two dispensary facilities and four wholesale facilities. Anyone applying to lead them needs to meet certain income eligibility requirements. The Missouri Lottery will conduct the dra...

ISP: Automated license plate readers being installed to combat violent crime

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:38:30 GMT

ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. – A new resource is coming to the Metro East region to try and reduce violent crime. Illinois State Police said this device has already proven to be a great asset in solving crime.The tool they are adding: automated license plate readers. Forty-five of them have been installed and are operational along Interstates 55, 70, and 64 in the Metro East.“So, jumping onto an interstate is no longer an escape route for criminals,” Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly said. “ISP is using license plate readers to track vehicles suspected of being involved in criminal acts.”St. Clair County State’s Attorney James Gomric lauded the addition of the cameras, calling them a game changer.“Already in 2023, ISP has cleared 69% of homicide cases in East St. Louis,” Kelly said. “That’s well above the national average.” Ellisville man accused of firing at car on I-64 “At a time now where crimes on the highway, crimes committed by vehicles, stolen vehicles on the rise; thi...

Reports: CU Buffs “in discussions” for return to Big 12 Conference, exit from Pac-12

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:38:30 GMT

Ralphie could be running back into the arms of the Big 12.The CU Buffs sent another shockwave through college football after a report via Twitter posted Wednesday that the school was  “in discussions” to return to the Big 12, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, following an executive session of the board of regents. CU’s regents scheduled another meeting for Thursday, where they are expected to approve a move to the conference, Brett McMurphy of The Action Network tweeted. Big 12 presidents were also expected to meet Wednesday evening for “an expansion update,” according to Thamel.CU left the Big 12, of which it was a founding member, in 2010 to join an expanding Pac-12, ending an association of 63 straight seasons as a member of the Big 12, Big Eight or Big Seven.Then, as now, the primary reasons that are believed to be behind the university’s discussions are stability and financial security. Ironically, CU was one of four schools to leave the Big 12 from 20...

Broncos “looking at options” for potential renovation or rebuild of Dove Valley training facility

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:38:30 GMT

The Broncos next month will unveil more than $100 million in upgrades to Empower Field at Mile High. At some point in the coming years, they may do more work or decide to build a new stadium.Simultaneously, though, the franchise is considering undertaking another major project: Work at its Centura Health Training Center in Dove Valley.CEO Greg Penner acknowledged as much Wednesday as Denver prepares to formally kick off training camp on Friday morning.“We’re evaluating that. We love this location. We own the land here, this is obviously where we’d like to be,” Penner said. “That being said, the building that we’re in now is a bit small, especially when you look at the locker room and the mode of player travel throughout the building. It’s connected to the weight room or this structure.“So we’re looking at options where we could potentially bring that together, but no immediate plans on that.”Related ArticlesDenver Broncos | Broncos CEO Greg Penner outlines “really h...

Broncos CEO Greg Penner outlines “really high expectations” for 2023 on eve of training camp

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:38:30 GMT

Justin Simmons and Courtland Sutton spoke with reporters just ahead of training camp’s start a year ago and leaned into the excitement surrounding the franchise. A new coach in Nathaniel Hackett. A new quarterback in Russell Wilson. New ownership about to be finalized.The same pair took turns answering questions Wednesday at Denver’s training facility and, though they didn’t shy away from those feelings, they did strike a tone more in line with the business-like offseason conducted by this year’s new head coach Sean Payton.“My goals are still the same,” Simmons said. “Team goals and team-wise, everything’s still the same. The day-to-day approach, I think for me, needs to be a little more amped up. You can’t think too much into the future, you can’t look into the past. It needs to be a day-to-day approach and that’s just how I’m approaching it this year.“I still believe in the guys we have on this team and it’s a new team. That’s how it is. Each and every year it’s a new team.”...