Best of Albany Area

Glens Falls has already seen some changes in recent years, from the Civic Center to the now Cool Insuring Arena.  And more is yet to come.
The city has a plan to upgrade the empty store fronts and areas around Glen Street.  Back in 2016, Glens Falls got a $10 million revitalization grant, a…

In one Northern New York area, there is a campsite available for free to any veteran, wounded warrier, and their families.
I saw this on newyorkupstate.com and couldn’t help but write about it.  The headline sucked me in because you don’t often see somet…

Enchanted Forest Water Safari- where the fun never stops!  And now it looks like you can have even more fun after a $3 million expansion is completed.
The park, in Old Forge, NY, is going to be adding three new water slides and replacing two old ones according to a post by newyorkupstate...

Downtown Albany is getting a little bit of a face-lift with an $80 million project.
According to cbs 6 Albany, a Schenectady-based group named Redburn Development announced that they are going to be investing the millions into downtown Albany...

In a little over one month- on September 20th- Shinedown, Papa Roach, and Asking Alexandria will be taking over the Times Union Center.  As a huge Shinedown fan, I've seen them twice live, and each time they've come out as one of my favorite live shows...

Willie Nelson has had to cancel his current tour, via a twitter post.
According to newyorkupstate.com, Nelson posted that he was going to be cancelling part of his your because of a breathing problem, requiring him to see a doctor.  The good news is he's expected to be back for back-to…

The Arena Bowl is going to be happening right here in the Capital Region!
Our home team, the Albany Empire, are headed to the Arena Bowl XXXII (the Super Bowl of arena football), and playing host.  Beating the Baltimore Brigade in the playoffs, the Empire announced that they'll be host…

Some of the best venues in New York for anything from sports to music are right here in the Capital Region.
I personally was already under that assumption, though I do love seeing sports events and shows in other areas, from on mountains to by bodies of water...

I know it's summer, but the cold weather will be here before you know it.  And, it looks like there are going to be some major renovations happening in Lake Placid.
For the first time since the 1980 Winter Olympics, the Lake Placid Olympic Center is going to getting a major upgrade...

Legislation introduced in Troy is looking to cut down on paper and plastics.
Councilman David Bissember in Troy introduced the legislation to target waste in Troy, and try to clean up the city’s act according to News Channel 13.   New York is already planning to try and ban …

What can half an hour to an hour of your time do?  As a nurse, I can tell you.  I’ve run down hallways carrying bags of blood.  I’ve watched a woman bleeding out on an operation table clinging for life while surgeons saved her.  I’v…

Get ready for ‘sudden death’ at the NYS Fair.
And by ‘sudden death’, I mean the newest extreme food making its debut at the New York State Fair this year.  According to newyorkupstate.com ‘Fried Specialties’ will be debu…