Michael Kelly    The Albany Firebirds start their Arena Football League season against the Orlando Predators.

Mark Singelais    The UAlbany women play at New Hampshire at noon, followed by the men against Binghamton at p.m. at Casey Stadium. Victories in both matches would give the Great Danes the No. seeds.

Michael Kelly    After the demise of the Albany Empire, the Albany Firebirds are back and know they have work to do. The team starts play Saturday in the relaunched Arena Football League.

Phillip Pantuso    The toll charges drivers to enter portions of Manhattan and will ease traffic and pollution, transit officials say. But it faces multiple lawsuits.

Kenneth C. Crowe II    A Capital Region author and a musician have joined their works to develop a performance to help people deal with loss, which they will present at St. Vincent de Paul church in Albany.

H. Rose Schneider    Albany man who was previously paralyzed in a police shooting pleads guilty to criminally negligent homicide in year old’s accidental death.

Wendy Liberatore    Court rules landlord can evict tenant for nonpayment of rent that she says she paid. The Saratoga County Court decision was made without a hearing; the tenant’s attorney wants his day in court.

Maria M. Silva    Gov. Kathy Hochul announced . million in Smart Growth grants for recreation opportunities, affordable housing needs, renewable energy and other initiatives in the Catskill and Adirondack parks.

Lana Bellamy    Holtec, the company decommissioning the Indian Point nuclear power plant, argues the federal government has the exclusive right to regulate discharges.

H. Rose Schneider    Smoke near the Rapp Road landfill The Albany Pine Bush Preserve is assuring residents it’s just another prescribed burn.

Roger Hannigan Gilson    Police say a man stabbed an elderly victim at a barbershop on Thursday and cut his own throat when confronted by a state trooper.

Andy Tsubasa Field    CeCe’s Wool Yarns and More held an event earlier this week to commemorate both the completion of renovations last fall and its fifth year anniversary.

Wendy Liberatore    Wilton Water Authority cites ’freedom of choice’ as reason for not fluoridating town water. Advocates for fluoride will meet on Monday to discuss reasons to push for the measure.

Mike Goodwin, Wendy Liberatore    Owner says she was reunited with feline, missing since a business owner dumped him at a local shelter, after a couple found him.

Mike Goodwin    A bullet grazed the woman’s neck after someone opened fire late Thursday at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Grand Street.