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Holiday shoppers in Albany County helped boost the county's sales tax revenue last year that experienced a slump in collections early in 2017.Although state and local officials warned communities of declining sales tax revenue, the county saw a 0.6 percent increase in sales tax collections from 2016, pulling in about $259.2 million, making up for shortfalls in the first half of the year.

AlbanyThe owner of a shopping plaza on Northern Boulevard will install an underground system to vent off chemical vapors from a former dry cleaners, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.It should cost about $275,000 for the owner of Loudon Plaza, 350 Northern Blvd., to install a system under part of the center to remove potentially-dangerous chemical vapors from inside air , according to DEC.

CohoesA not-for-profit Boston developer is eyeing a $10 million apartment project off Interstate-787 in Cohoes.Plans by Community Builders, which five years ago redeveloped former mill worker housing in Cohoes, call for 39 apartment units on a vacant former industrial property on Saratoga Street just north of the offices of Mohawk Paper.The developer also expects to spend about $1.5 million to investigate and clean pollution from the 1.7-acre parcel, including toxic heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury and barium.

Unsafe speed on sandy roads looks to be the cause of the deadly crash Wednesday night that killed two people in Corinth.

A village man who got into an argument with two acquaintances allegedly stabbed one of them three times, Saratoga County Sheriff's Office said.

Your Social Security payments may go down a bit, but you'd get less upon retirement -- if a complex plan to deal with federal tax changes goes through in New York.Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to offset the loss of federal tax deductions is still being finalized and should be presented to lawmakers in the next few weeks.

LITTLE FALLS — Three Capital Region residents were arrested Wednesday after fleeing police on the Thruway in a car stolen from Albany, State Police said.Troopers spotted the Jeep traveling west on the Thruway and tried to stop it just before Exit 29 in Canajoharie.

ALBANY — Republican Chele Farley, who most recently served as New York City finance chair of the state party, on Thursday launched a run against U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is up for reelection to a second full term this fall.

The Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy and the Center for Economic Growth are hosting a roundtable Wednesday on the Capital Region's creative economy.

The Chamber of Southern Saratoga County will host ribbon cutting ceremonies this month in Malta and Clifton Park.