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Two new shows have been announced by Proctors: comedian Bill Murray, scheduled to appear alongside cellist Jan Vogler in an evening of literature and music at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 9; and New Yorker satirist Andy Borowitz, making a stop on his “Make America Less Embarrassing Again” tour at 8 p.m. Friday, July 13.Tickets will be available to the general public on Thursday, Feb. 8, for the Murray show and Friday, Feb. 9, for Borowitz.

The National Weather Service in Albany is revising the amount of snow expected to fall during Wednesday's day-long storm.Much of the Capital Region is expected to see between 8 and 9 inches of snow by the time the snow stops falling early Thursday morning.

State Police say they are investigating a fatal crash on Interstate 90 in Canaan.The circumstances of the crash are not yet available but troopers said they were sent to the crash scene at about 2:56 a.m.

COLONIE — An Albany police officer was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly driving drunk and crashing his car into a guard rail on Alternate Route 7, State Police said.Troopers were called to the scene, where they found off-duty Albany police Officer Arthur Burnett. He tested at a 0.15 percent blood alcohol concentration, State Police said. The legal limit is 0.8 percent.

TroyThe Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley, which helps disabled people with life skills and services, is reopening its renovated Third Street facility in Troy.The group will hold a ribbon-cutting at 1 p.m., which will include RuthAnne Visnauskas, commissioner of the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal, and Troy Mayor Patrick Madden. Founded in 1987, the center serves Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Albany, Columbia, Greene, and Dutchess counties.

NASSAU — Fire destroyed a historic home on Dunham Hollow Road Monday. Daniel and Shannon Middleton purchased the residence at 299 Dunham Hollow Road in November for $239,900, according to legal listings. A real estate service listed it as a circa 1796 center hall Colonial with an in-law apartment.

ALBANY — The state Assembly on Monday passed its version of the DREAM Act, which provides college financial aid for children of undocumented immigrants.

WASHINGTON _ Forget about “joined at the hip.” In New York, whether it’s Albany or the five boroughs, the social and political worlds are metaphysically one and the same.So it was no surprise when a Naval Academy grad and aspiring foreign-policy player named Carter Page asked New York Republican Chairman Edward Cox to help him gain entrée to the Trump presidential campaign, Cox was only too happy to oblige.

When the capital city received $12.5 million in new money last year, there was an unspoken expectation that the need for permanent equitable state funding for Albany finally had been heard.But Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan once again found herself before state lawmakers urging them to make permanent the $12.5 million in what she dubs Capital City Funding at Monday's local governments budget hearing at the state Legislative Office Building in Albany

A Green Island man pleaded guilty Monday in Albany County Court after previously admitting on Facebook to beating a person in a gang-style assault.Skylar West, 19, pleaded guilty to felony gang assault in Albany County Court Monday for his role in beating a person he knew with BB guns, fists and feet, fracturing the victim's nose, orbital bone and spine on July 14 in Colonie, according to Albany County District Attorney David Soares.