James Allen    A recap of the top performances from the past week in local high school athletics.

Mark Singelais    Redshirt sophomore forward Giovanni Emejuru and sophomore guard Zek Tekin scored points each for Siena overall, MAAC .

Joyce Bassett    Eileen Pickett Kivlin and Liz Santa Barbara, two college students from Mechanicville, were known as Double Trouble as roommates at the College of Saint Rose and teammates on the school’s women’s basketball teams of the early s. The nickname, they recall, came from their play on the court...

Molly Burke    A bipartisan group of lawmakers called on Hochul to include increased SNAP benefits in budget in a letter asking for the minimum monthly benefit to be increased from to .

Patrick Tine    Tell them President Dan sent you, says Misericordia President Daniel J. Myers in a TikTok video.

Kenneth C. Crowe II    Twas the Night Before Christmas, first published in Troy in finds prominence in the White House’s holiday display this year.

Mark Singelais    Fifth seeded UAlbany will play at No. Idaho at p.m. Saturday inside the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho. The game will be livestreamed on ESPN .

Tresca Weinstein    Mini review: Bill T. Jones dance company returns to Albany’s Egg for the first time since .

Matt Moment    Following Goldstein’s death in September, the gallery will close after the conclusion of Horizon Line, a group show that opens on Dec. .

Patrick Tine    Brian Herr, , was remembered as a standout first responder on the Polk County Fire Rescue in Polk County, Fla.

David M. Johnson    Times Union staff and local TV sports anchors handicap NFL football games outright and against the spread.

Pete Dougherty    Senior, who won by shots at sectionals, takes top honor for fifth straight year.

James Allen    Junior put it all together at state qualifier to make his first state tourney with final round .

Gwendolyn Craig, Adirondack Explorer    In the northeastern corner of the Adirondack Park, residents say a local distiller is the source of a dark fungus.

Terry Brown    Lt. Col. Shawn Tabankin of Rexford Park turned over the command of the famed Fighting th infantry regiment to Lt. Col. Adam Bojarski of Camillus, Onondaga County, during a ceremony at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City. Tabankin received a Meritorious Service Medal to recognize his...