With regulators saying 'No' to a price increase request, the future of offshore wind development in New York State is coming under question.
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Tax experts say beware of 'pop-up' companies purporting to offer tax advice on COVID-related refunds that businesses can get. These 'pop-ups' can be fly-by-night scammers.
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Charlotte Sena found alive and in good health NYSP confirming minutes ago. More TK on timesunion.com

Weather will matter a lot when it comes to our transition toward a green or carbon-free power grid, according to these scientists and utility executives
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From Phillip Pantuso The operator of the bus that fatally crashed in Orange County on Thursday is on the DOT’s list of “unacceptable operators” for failing five of 15 semi-annual department inspections over the last year. timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/n… via @TimesUnion

New York will soon have concrete makers track the greenhouse gas inputs of their manufacturing process
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A New Jersey man collapsed and died on the Catskills' Diamond Notch trail near Hunter last week.(The photo is of another rescue, not the man who died)
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NYS Thruway tolls are rising 5% in January and then in 2027. COVID traffic reductions and rising maintenance and construction costs are prompting the hike.
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This is a good tweet.

FCI Ray Brook has been locked down since last week. That's caused stress for family members of those incarcerated in the prison.
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Hours before the start of Monday night football, Spectrum cable and ESPN called a truce and ended the blackout for millions of viewers. A case of cable/entertainment/sports brinkmanship?
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.Andy Tsubasa Field talks to Joe Gross, the Lake George resident and owner of a local electric firm who shelled out more than $7M for the manse currently known as Palazzo Riggi. timesunion.com/business/artic…

Saratoga Springs' marble mansion, minus the Palazzo Pups is being auctioned off tonight.
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The latest round of filings with the NY Public Service Commission portend sharply rising costs when it comes to building new solar and wind farms, costs that could be passed along to wholesalers and then consumers.
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New York on high alert over new COVID variant detected in U.S. timesunion.com/health/article… via @TimesUnion

While many New Yorkers worry about the migrants being resettled across the state, those in the business community see it as an opportunity to fill jobs and to host new small businesses.
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Organizers with an IBEW local want to unionize backstretch workers at NY's thoroughbred tracks including Saratoga. These are the folks that water, walk and muck out the stalls of multi-million dollar race horses. Most are from Mexico or Central America.
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How a Times Union reporter tracked down Albert Einstein during the physicist's August 1945 Adirondack vacation to get his thoughts on the dropping of the A-bomb. timesunion.com/news/article/a…

A faith leader who began in the 1960s as a “street priest' and became the region's longest-tenured Catholic leader was shadowed by grave mishandling of sexual abuse cases. Brendan Lyons reports. timesunion.com/news/article/f…

We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the Northeast Blackout, one of the biggest power failures in history. A lot has changed since then but there are new worries now.
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