Samantha Simmons
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Families who lost loved ones to impaired drivers gathered with local officials in Troy Tuesday to honor their legacies.
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Celebrating Earth Day, officials in Cohoes broke ground on a first-in-the-nation municipal-owned Floating Solar Array.
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The United Way of the Greater Capital Region is looking to raise more than $500,000 for local nonprofits in one day.
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As we heard last weekend on Midday Magazine, Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello and other city officials are marking 100 days in office. City Council President Sue Steele is highlighting efforts by the council to ensure the city remains in good financial standings after it recently climbed out of historic debt.
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The Republican majority on the Troy city council flexed its muscle at Thursday night's finance meeting — with the Democratic council president accusing the GOP of playing politics over the minority’s resolutions.
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As they seek a new contract, nurses at Ellis Medicine in Schenectady picketed Tuesday to draw attention to staffing shortages.
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As they mark 100 days in office, elected officials in Troy are reflecting on their efforts — and their disagreements.
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Troy’s first female Mayor, Carmella Mantello, says her work has only just begun as she marks 100 days in office.
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On this week’s 51%, WAMC’s Sarah LaDuke sits down with singer-songwriter Dawn Landes to discuss her new record reimagining "The Liberated Woman’s Songbook" from 1971. WAMC’s Samantha Simmons also meets a couple with a decades-long story of love and friendship that finally tied the knot during the Great North American eclipse.
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The opening of a new community center was celebrated Wednesday in downtown Troy.