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Key to the City Monthly Open House Weekend to be held

 

SCHENECTADY – Mayor Gary McCarthy will kick off the Open House Weekend Press Conference, highlighting the H.O.M.E.S. Walk to Work Initiative on Sunday, May 19.

The Walk to Work Initiative will be held from 12:00 -12:30 p.m. at The Daily Gazette Co. in Schenectady.

For more information, call 518-382-5147.

Downtown Schenectady holds Merchant Mash Up

Downtown Schenectady holds Merchant Mash Up

 

SCHENECTADY – There will be a Merchant Mash Up held in Schenectady on May 16.

Residents can stroll around beautiful Downtown Schenectady as our restaurants and shops join forces for a fun-filled night on the town. Enjoy food tastings, shopping specials, live music & other activities!

New features of the event will be "Try" and "Buy" food tasting options, spend "Mash Cash" at downtown businesses and claim movie tickets, central voting stations...and more! 

The mash-up will be held throughout downtown Schenectady from 5-8 p.m.

For event details, click here.

NTSB: drop BAC threshold from .08 to .05

ALBANY - The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday they intend to get tougher on drunk driving. With an ultimate goal of reaching zero alcohol related highway deaths, the NTSB proposed lowering the blood alcohol content to determine a drunk driver from .08 to .05.

More than 100 countries around the world have already adopted .05 as the legal standard. European nations that have done that have seen alcohol related fatalities more than cut in half.

Drunk driving kills 10,000 Americans every year. The NTSB thinks this country needs to do better.

"Alcohol impaired crashes are not accidents," says Deborah Hersman, chairman of the NTSB, "They are crimes."

Niska-Day 32 to be held 'Vegas Style'

Niska-Day 32 to be held 'Vegas Style'

 

NISKAYUNA – This year, Niska-Day will be held ‘Vegas Style.’

The all-day occasion will be held on Saturday, May 18, and the parade will kick off at 10 a.m. at St. Kateri Tekawitha Church.

Other Niska-Day events will include a rock climbing wall, face painting, fireworks, live entertainment and more.

For more information, click here. 

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Missing stop sign replaced after call from NewsChannel 13

NISKAYUNA -- As best she can tell, Sara Compoli came within about 20 feet of death or serious injury.

Compoli was driving on Balltown Rd. last Monday when a car heading eastbound on Baker Ave. flew through the intersection without stopping, she said. It turned out the stop sign was missing.

"I could have been T-boned," she said. "My car could have flipped over."

Compoli called the police and met with an officer. It was unclear what happened to the sign, but police notified the town highway department of the need to replace it, Detective Sgt. Dan McManus said.

One week later, the sign still had not been replaced. A frustrated Compoli contacted NewsChannel 13.

"I am just amazed and disheartened that they can't put a stop sign up sooner than one week," she said. "My fear is that someone could be killed here."

Freeze warning puts some plant life at risk

LATHAM - The freeze warning out Monday night can put some plant life at risk.

So, if you planted vegetables or some annual flowers, they need to be covered.

NewsChannel 13 stopped by Faddegon's Nursery in Latham to get some tips on the best way to protect your plants.

Protecting pedestrians on Central Ave.

ALBANY -- Close to three months after Kathryn Parker was struck and fatally injured by a minivan while crossing Central Ave., her friends are still waiting for the city to improve pedestrian safety in that area.

Parker, a young single mother raising a 10 year-old son, was hit on February 21 while crossing at the intersection with King Ave., near the Dunkin’ Donuts. She died in the hospital the next day.

On February 22, as mourners gathered near the scene of the accident to remember Parker, another pedestrian was struck and injured one block away.

"I hope Albany gets it together before somebody else gets hurt out here," Parker's friend, Tameeka Cowley, told NewsChannel 13. "I think they need to worry more about the pedestrians."