Immigrant advocates and elected officials gathered in Albany to back the "Dignity Not Detention Act." The bill would end state and local contracts with federal immigration enforcement. ... Read full Story
The Annual Southern Vermont HomeBrew Festival is celebrating 10 years at this year's May event. The festival is dedicated to the art of home-brewed beverages and showcases the people who make them. ... Read full Story
In honor of celebrating the 14th anniversary of the Hudson Children's Book Festival, the festival is moving to a larger space. The festival, scheduled for May 3, is moving to the Columbia-Greene Community College from its previous location, Hudson School District. ... Read full Story
Annabelle Duffy has appeared on stages throughout the Capital Region since she was in elementary school. Her return to the area with the national tour of Funny Girl, making a stop at Proctors, is perhaps her biggest "break" yet in the competitive theatre industry. ... Read full Story
The Warren County Sheriff's Office arrested a Queensbury day care employee who allegedly held a 2-year-old child down by the hood of their sweatshirt until they fell asleep. Deputies said Helen M. Oprencak, 72, of Fort Edward, is facing one count of endangering the welfare of a child. ... Read full Story
Nyqwuan Monroe, 26, of Schenectady, was sentenced to 53 years to life in prison after an Ulster County jury found him guilty of killing a man in 2023. According to the Ulster County District Attorney's Office, Monroe was found guilty of two counts of second-degree murder, three counts of first-degree burglary, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. ... Read full Story
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) with prejudice, ensuring they cannot be refiled, writing that a Department of Justice (DOJ) request to leave open the possibility of future charges "smacks of a bargain." The ruling dropping the charges comes after the Trump administration’s DOJ requested [...] ... Read full Story
The Platte Clove Preserve is expanding another 3.6 acres, according to the Catskill Center. The center, which helps preserve and protect land in the Catskills, said the undeveloped land will add to the 208-acres to ensure preservation and protection of the Platte Clove Preserve and Viewshed. ... Read full Story
After a chilly start this morning, temperatures rise to the upper 40's this afternoon. Expect clouds around for much of the day, with showers developing in the afternoon. ... Read full Story
A Tuscaloosa man was arrested Tuesday after officers found a loaded 9mm handgun in his car during a traffic stop. According to the Albany Police Department, Marcus Lewis, 33, faces multiple charges. ... Read full Story
Market 32 and Price Chopper stores have launched a drive to donate goods to food pantries across the region. In all 129 stores, customers can purchase a bag containing Price Chopper goods for $10 until April 19. ... Read full Story
A reward is being offered in connection to a fatal 2021 shooting in the city of Schenectady. Also, some incarcerated individuals will be moved to residential treatment outcount status, or released. These stories, and more, are in your five things to know this Wednesday, April 2. ... Read full Story
"More recently, Billboard ranked Grande, who also writes and produces her own work, high on its list of the greatest pop stars of the 21st century. ... Rolling Stone has been similarly effusive, praising 'a whistle tone that rivals Mariah Carey’s in her prime.'" — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
Did you know?
English speakers have used effusive to describe excessive outpourings since the 17th century. Its oldest and still most common sense relates to the expression of abundant emotion or enthusiasm, but in the 1800s, geologists adopted a specific sense characterizing flowing lava, or hardened rock formed from flowing lava. Effusive can be traced, via the Medieval Latin adjective effūsīvus ("generating profusely, lavish"), to the Latin verb effundere ("to pour out"), which itself comes from fundere ("to pour") plus a modification of the prefix ex- ("out"). Our verb effuse has the same Latin ancestors. A person effuses when speaking effusively. Liquids can effuse as well, as in "water effusing from a pipe."