Vote for Troy Downtown Collaborative grant
It’s an early election year in Troy. This time $250,000 is on the line for the Troy Downtown Collaborative. The business group is in the running to win a $250,000 Pepsi Refresh grant to make Troy...
View ArticlePushing for the $250,000 grant
The city is mobilizing for the campaign to win the vote for the $250,000 Pepsi Refresh grant to turn Troy into a “great college town.” There’s an online video. The old fashion poster in the window is...
View ArticleVoluntary Snow Emergency Thursday Feb. 3rd and Friday Feb. 4th
Troy has enacted a Voluntary Snow Emergency. The city asks that starting Thursday at 8:00am, Troy residents park on the even-numbered side of the street. Starting Friday at 8:00am, residents are...
View ArticleRPI cancels first day of classes on Monday, August 29th
RPI has cancelled the first scheduled day of classes scheduled for Monday, August 29th, in order to minimize the risk to students traveling this weekend to return to campus. It is recommended that...
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 ArticleThe Green Monster, RPI and Troy
Fenway Park celebrates its 100th anniversary Friday, April 20. And, of course, it’s a centennial that would not be possible without the city of Troy. No this is not about Troy’s major league history....
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 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 ArticleTroy Planning Commission reviews former Campus Habitat student housing sites
The former Campus Habitat student housing properties that surround the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus are on the city Planning Commission agenda Thursday night. This is a major development for...
View ArticleRPI tests emergency siren and system Monday afternoon
TROY — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute plans to test it emergency alert system at 1:45 p.m., Monday. The RPIAlert system includes a siren whose wail can be heard not only on campus but in nearby...
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