Around Albany

We are in the middle of fair season, with The Great New York State Fair starting on Wednesday. Fairs are fun because of the games, the livestock, but let's be real, we all want to try the strange fair food!

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…

My family and I love escape rooms. I think right now our record is something like 36 escapes and 2 losses. So when we moved to Albany and we were hanging out at Crossgates Mall we saw 5 Wits and thought, "That's cool....another escape room."
Last night we had the opportunity to…

Now there's even Pumpkin Spice Spam that you can buy for a limited time at www.spam.com or www.walmart.com.

It's no secret to anyone who follows the edgy and unpredictable world of Barstool Sports that it's founder Dave Portnoy aka 'El Presidente' is quite the polarizing figure, even when it comes to something as simple as a pizza review.  Recently, he visited and reviewed pi…

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...

What would you do with a 47,000 square foot former sanitarium? Not to mention 28 acres and a few other buildings on the grounds.

In case you haven't heard, the Albany Empire arena football team will be competing in the Arena Bowl championship game! The game is this Sunday 8/11 at the TU. The block party starts at 3 and kickoff is at 8.

I’ve been in the Capital Region a little over a month and I’ve already seen a bear. Am I lucky? ‘Cause I don’t feel lucky.

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…