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ALBANY — Citing "unforeseen circumstances involving the promoter of the show," Times Union Center's management company has announced that its gala reopening concert scheduled for Friday is canceled.SMG put out a release Sunday morning saying the John Legend and James Taylor show, which was meant to mark the completion of millions of dollars in renovations to the arena's atrium, is not happening.A further reason was not given for the cancellation, but SMG is holding a question and answer session with the press later Sunday afternoon to provide more details.

Saratoga County has been a bright spot in upstate New York's slow recovery since the Great Recession.But right next door is Montgomery County, which embodies the struggles of Upstate New York.The small county of 50,000 people is the most economically distressed county in the state, according to a 2017 report from the Economic Innovation Group, a Washington D.C.-based think-tank.

WASHINGTON - A breakthrough to end the day-old government shutdown eluded lawmakers Saturday as warring Republicans and Democrats exchanged caustic accusations, with each looking to inoculate itself against the public’s inevitable judgment on who’s to blame.And nowhere was the divide more apparent than within New York’s congressional delegation.

Saturday's mostly sunny skies and above-freezing temperatures made for a good opportunity to snowmobile with a companion, which visitors to Hudson Crossing Park in Schuylerville did during the Take a Friend Snowmobiling event, presented by the State Canal Corp, New York Snowmobiling Association, Saratoga County Association of Snowmobiling Clubs and Washington County Association of Snowmobiling Clubs

GLENVILLE --A driver with a learner's permit topped 100 mph early Saturday morning, lost control of the car and might have struck a house if guard rails hadn't stopped him, town police said.

TROY – A registered sex offender's failure to report signing up for Facebook led to the unusual case of Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove suing North Greenbush Town Justice Stephanie Piel.The lawsuit in Rensselaer County State Supreme is one Abelove, Piel and her attorney won't comment on. And it's a case that court observers and attorneys said they haven't seen happen before at the county courthouse.