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Sushi and seafood buffet opening in Colonie

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:57 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- UMI Sushi & Seafood Buffet is opening up a new restaurant in Colonie. The franchise location will be at 1614 Central Avenue in the former 9 Spices Indian Cuisine & Bar space. Get the latest news, weather, and sports delivered right to your inbox! This location will be run by Larry Weng, who recently opened a franchise location of Ji Bei Chuan Rice Noodles & Ramen on Western Avenue in Guilderland. Weng also owns Union Seafood, which has locations in Albany, Schenectady, and Troy.The UMI menu includes seafood, sushi, ramen, hibachi, streak, ribs, desserts, and more. Specific seafood options include grilled lobster, snow crab, oysters, clams, jumbo shrimp, prawns, mussels, cod, flounder, and salmon. Troy coffee shop opens second location in Albany "UMI Premium Sushi & Seafood Buffet is set to open its doors soon, and as the countdown begins, the team extends heartfelt gratitude for the community's unwavering support," said a spokesperson fo...

Amsterdam man accused of concession stand burglary

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:57 GMT

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- An Amsterdam man was arrested on Wednesday following a burglary investigation at a concession stand at Isabel's Field in Amsterdam. Derek Kaai, 33, is charged with third-degree burglary. Get the latest news, weather, and sports delivered right to your inbox! The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says an investigation began on Monday after it was found someone broke into the concession stand and stole items and money inside. Deputies from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, along with the Amsterdam Police, actively pursued leads that were provided and generated through the investigation. Their investigation led them to Kaai. Deputies say this is an active investigation and more charges may be pending as a second suspect is still being sought. Kaai was processed at the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and arraigned in the Town of Amsterdam Court where he was released and scheduled to come back at a later date.

Women's Health Wednesday: Ovarian Cancer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:57 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Currently, there is no effective screening tool to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages or to improve the outcome of patients diagnosed. That's why prevention efforts are so important. There are ways you can lower your risk of getting ovarian cancer and there are also some key high risk factors. Dr. Benjamin Margolis, a gynecologic oncologist at Albany Medical Center shares what all women need to know in this weeks Women's Health Wednesday.

Queensbury Garden Time fall festival this weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:57 GMT

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - This weekend, the flowers come out in style at Garden Time in Queensbury. The florist's annual fall festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16. Get the latest news, weather, and sports delivered right to your inbox! Through the festival, gardeners can buy three mum plants and get one free. Plants are just the start. The festival welcomes Elvis tribute artist Kevin Harder for a performance from noon to 2 p.m., along with pony rides, a petting zoo, tethered balloon rides, and a visit from Annie Joklie the Cowgirl Clown.Garden Time's Queensbury shop is located at 652 Quaker Road. Visitors should keep in mind ongoing road work along parts of Quaker Road and other parts of Route 254. The family-owned business also operates locations in Halfmoon, Clifton Park and Wilton.

Pop music star Olivia Rodrigo coming to St. Louis next year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:57 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Pop music star and three-time Grammy-winning artist Olivia Rodrigo is coming to St. Louis next year as part of a world tour. Rodrigo announced her highly-anticipated GUTS world tour in support of her second studio album "GUTS," which was released earlier this month to critical acclaim. She begins her 57-show global tour in February. Rodrigo will visit the Enterprise Center in St. Louis on March 12, 2024, as part of the tour. Guns N’ Roses working to reschedule St. Louis show "GUTS" arrived as the follow-up to Rodrigo’s debut album "SOUR." The new album features her No. 1 hit “Vampire” and the new focus track “Get Him Back!" Rodrigo is also well-known for her lead roles in several Disney television programs. Registration for access to tickets, including St. Louis and other stops, is open now through Sunday, Sept. 17 on Rodrigo's website OliviaRodrigo.com.

Lake St. Louis scratchers player wins $100,000

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:57 GMT

LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- A player with an In the Green scratchers ticket won the final top prize in that game. The winning ticket was purchased at the Perto-Mart on Hawk Ridge Trail in Lake St. Louis, Missouri. The $100,000 prize was claimed at the St. Louis regional office.The In The Green game costs $5 to play and there is around a one in four chance of winning. There are still plenty of prizes worth $20,000 and less to win in this game. In fact, there are still around $3.3 million in unclaimed prizes remaining.

Missouri man accused of recording sex with minor

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:57 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A northern Missouri man faces federal charges after he allegedly recorded himself having sex with a minor. Prosecutors have charged Russell Alan Pirkey, 52, of Linn County, with sexual exploitation of a child and accessing with intent to view child pornography in the investigation. According to a federal indictment, Pirkey coerced a minor into engaging in sexually explicit conduct in April with the intent to record it on video. The indictment accuses Pirkey of his cell phone to record himself having sexual contact with a 10-year-old girl. Father of teen killed in crash wants more transparency from police Pirkey is also accused of accessing child pornography between Jan. 1 and April 8, 2023, per the indictment. Before his federal charges, he was jailed in Linn County. If convicted, Pirkey could face up to 50 years in prison and $500,000 in fines for both charges. The case has also been brought to the attention of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to comba...

The best grape jelly is homemade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:57 GMT

By Yewande Komolafe, The New York TimesFood memories can sometimes run backward, to a moment when we first experienced entirely new sensations. This is not that story.In the summer of 2010, I worked at Pies ’n’ Thighs, a Brooklyn, New York, restaurant focused on classic Southern comfort foods. One of my responsibilities was transforming that morning’s produce order into the basis for the day’s dishes. Over time, the fruits and vegetables that came my way helped me chart the changing season and experience the world outside our basement kitchen. And it was there that I first encountered Concord grapes, the deep purple fruit arriving in flats the very moment the season seemed to be peaking, the kitchen ovens making the mid-August humidity almost overwhelming.Although I had never seen Concord grapes, I knew them, or at least how they resembled that “grape” flavor of so many sweets and beverages I’d tasted growing up in Lagos, Nigeria. We had grape jellies, stocked in markets that sold E...

Bear may be inside Sierra Madre home after refrigerator ransacked

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:57 GMT

Police and wildlife officials were called to a home in Sierra Madre Wednesday morning where a bear was believed to have ransacked a refrigerator. Officers were dispatched to the home in the 100 block of South Hermosa Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. after the homeowners arrived and called 911, the Sierra Madre Police Department stated in a news release. “I was walking through my courtyard and I glanced to the left where my side door is and it was wide open,” homeowner Chelsea Mapanda said.Authorities respond to a possible bear intrusion at a home in Sierra Madre on Sept. 13, 2023. (KTLA)Mapanda also noticed through the window that the refrigerator door had been opened and food was scattered on the ground. “So, I automatically knew that a bear was in my house because we had been alerted that a bear was around,” Mapanda said.Officers arrived at the scene and heard grunting sounds while inside the home, the Police Department stated. The officers decided to exit and secure the area. Thus fa...

Social Security increases may be larger than previously expected

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:38:57 GMT

The next cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients is projected to be slightly higher than estimated in previous months, though still dramatically less than the 8.7% beneficiaries received in 2023, the Senior Citizen’s League predicts.The Senior Citizen’s League (TSCL), a nonpartisan senior advocacy group, had previously estimated in mid-August that 2024’s COLA increase would be 3%, based on July data reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But as of Wednesday, that increase is estimated to be somewhere around 3.2%, thanks to “a jump in consumer price data through August,” TSCL wrote in a press release.In terms of benefits, that means the average monthly Social Security check, at $1,790, would increase to around $1,847.30.TSCL’s estimate comes after the most recent publication of the Labor Bureau’s Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners (CPI-W) — the same index used by the Social Security Administration to determine the annual COLA. TSCL warned, however, t...