A Rensselaer County man was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday for having child sex abuse images and child sexploitation. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Michael Cardwell, 40, pleaded guilty to charges in January. ... Read full Story
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" by a slim 215-214 vote on Thursday, igniting a sharp divide across New York regarding its impact on health insurance, food assistance, and taxes. ... Read full Story
The Greene County District Attorney's Office announced that 41-year-old James Hartley was sentenced before Judge Jennifer Sober on Tuesday to 15 years in state prison in a firearm-involved burglary case. ... Read full Story
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)---According to Governor Kathy Hochul, it’s estimated that 1.5 million New Yorkers could lose their Medicaid coverage or Essential plan if a budget passed by the U.S. House of Representatives also passes in the U.S. Senate. Currently the bill is being debated by senators and could change before a vote. However, here in [...] ... Read full Story
The School Administrators Association of New York State (SAANYS) recognized a local Glens Falls school resource officer with the Region 6 Friends of Education Award. Officer John Norton has been with the Glens Falls Police Department for 32 years and has served as a resource officer for the Glens Falls City School District since 2021. ... Read full Story
In July of 2010, ago archeologists in Manhattan discovered one-of-a- kind 18th century wooden gunboat parts hidden beneath the World Trade Center; since then, the boat has been looked after by many professionals across the country. After being unearthed at ground zero, archaeologists at Texas A&M treated, cleaned, and preserved it for 15 years. It has now been sent to the New York State Museum in Albany to be reconstructed and for its history to be uncovered. ... Read full Story
Colonie Center is gearing up for its first dog fashion show on June 7. From noon to 1:30 p.m. in the mall's center court, a panel of local celebrity judges will help crown the area's most stylish pup. ... Read full Story
The Schenectady County Sheriff's Office arrested two men on Tuesday after an investigation into a scam targeting an elderly resident. ... Read full Story
Legendary entertainer Billy Joel announced Friday that he is canceling all of his scheduled concerts after being diagnosed with a brain disorder. ... Read full Story
The Colonie Police Department is alerting the public to keep their car doors locked and light up their driveways after another attempted vehicle break-in. Police are searching for the suspect and asking for the community's help in locating them. ... Read full Story
A car collided into a home on Second Avenue in Troy on Friday. It happened around 8:30 a.m. near 118th Street, per the Troy Police Department. ... Read full Story
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced post times for the five-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which will be held at historic Saratoga Race Course from Wednesday, June 4 through Sunday, June 8. ... Read full Story
“In 2017, Harlem residents took to the streets to protest Keller Williams after the real estate company began marketing the neighborhood’s 15-block southern radius (between 110th Street and 125th Street) as ‘SoHa’ (South Harlem) without their approval. The biggest worry? That newcomers would attempt to erase Harlem’s history as a civil rights nexus and bastion of Black American culture. In response, then-New York Sen. Brian Benjamin introduced legislation that banned unsolicited name changes and fined real estate firms for using names like SoHa.” — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Spokeo, 26 Mar. 2025
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Bastion today usually refers to a metaphorical fortress, a place where an idea, ethos, philosophy, culture, etc. is in some way protected and able to endure. But its oldest meaning concerned literal fortifications and strongholds. Bastion likely traces back to a verb, bastir, meaning “to build or weave,” from Old Occitan, a Romance language spoken in southern France from about 1100 to 1500. Bastir eventually led to bastia, an Italian word for a small quadrangular fortress, and from there bastione, referring to a part of a fortified structure—such as an outer wall—that juts or projects outward. Bastione became bastion in Middle French before entering English with the same meaning. You may be familiar with another bastir descendent, bastille, which refers generically to a prison or jail, but is best known as the name of the Parisian fortress-turned-prison stormed by an angry mob at the start of the French Revolution; the Bastille’s fall is commemorated in France by the national holiday Bastille Day.