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Buy homemade, traditional Polish food in Latham

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:16:49 GMT

LATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Craving homemade, traditional Polish food? If you are, head to the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish from 2 to 6 p.m. at 250 Old Maxwell Road on Saturday, December 9, for the Christmas Polish Food Sale. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! The food sale offers frozen and hot food, including homemade gołąbki, bigos, borscht, kapusta, and haluski, and three types of locally made kielbasa. There will also be 17 different types of frozen pierogi available from award-winning Babcia’s Pierogi.Customers can also purchase traditional Polish desserts, including homemade chruściki, chocolate vodka Cakes, kolachki, and raspberry, apricot, walnut, or poppyseed rolls. Traditional Polish wafers, Opłatki, are also available.Patrons are also invited to donate hats, mittens, scarves, or tips to support Joseph's House in Troy. The non-profit provides emergency shelter and support services to around 2,000 individuals annually.

Albany restaurant for sale, owners focusing on Schenectady

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:16:49 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) --  The Cuckoo's Nest, which opened on Western Avenue in Albany in 2017, is up for sale and will close after the sale, according to owner Kaytrin Ziemann. She and her husband Devin are turning their focus to their Schenectady restaurants. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! "This is not something we decided overnight," said Ziemann. "We're in Schenectady all the time and don't give The Cuckoo's Nest our attention. It's not fair to that space."The Ziemanns also own The Nest in Schenectady and are opening Mila Restaurant & Bar in the old Bank of America building at 500 State Street. They've been working to open Mila for about two and a half years, said Ziemann. Sandwich shop opens for business in Hudson Mila will be a Mediterranean restaurant, which is different from the Southern cuisine served at The Nest and The Cuckoo's Nest. They are currently renovating that new restaurant space. In April 2022, the Ziemanns cl...

Temple Israel shooting suspect appears in federal court

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:16:49 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The suspect in the Temple Israel of Albany shooting appeared in federal court Friday morning. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 28, of Schenectady is being held without bail. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! On Thursday, police said he fired two shotgun shells near the Temple. The incident resulted in the temporary lockdown of nearby St. Peter’s Health Partners facilities. The full criminal complaint follows Chief Eric Hawkins' statement. Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins stated that police heard the suspect say “Free Palestine,” and the incident is now being investigated as a hate crime. The synagogue’s Rabbi said they would move forward with their Hanukkah celebration with the lighting of the first candle, saying, “We need light in darkness.”albanyDownload Alkhader faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, three years of supervised probation, and up to $100 in spe...

Take me to church; the lotto player that won $1.3 million

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:16:49 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A Missouri Lottery player who won $1.3 million was in such shock that he headed straight to church, where his wife was, to show her the new retirement money they just won.“I looked at it, and I was shocked,” he said. His wife was in church, so he said, “Let me go to church.”  Win Big This Holiday Season! Enter the Home For The Holidays $15K Giveaway! When he arrived, the winner said that his wife thought something was wrong but instead shared his excitement. He told her, "Well, we’ve got a little bit of retirement money.” His winning ticket, purchased at QuikTrip, 2791 Dunn Road in St. Louis, matched all six Lotto numbers drawn on Aug. 26 to win the $1.3 million jackpot:  3, 9, 10, 20, 34 and 41. Lotto is an in-state draw game, with drawings held every Wednesday and Saturday evening at 8:59 p.m. Saturday’s Lotto jackpot is estimated at $3.9 million. To win the lotto jack pot, you have to get all six of the six numbers matched. The chances of winning...

Opinion: Getting creative to take guns off the streets using federal laws

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:16:49 GMT

Double mass shootings last weekend set a disturbing United States record for the most mass shootings in a single year.Then on Wednesday a gunman walked onto the campus at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and killed three members of the business school’s faculty, critically injuring a fourth.To date, 38 mass shootings broke the previous 2006 year record of 36, as defined by incidents in which four or more people have died, not including the assailant. Here, in Colorado, we are all too familiar with the devastating impact of mass shootings.And, while mass shootings get the most attention, they are simply the tip of the iceberg and a small percentage of firearm-related deaths. Gun violence is a serious public health problem and a leading cause of premature death.According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were more than 48,000 firearm-related deaths in the U.S. in 2022, which translates to about 132 people dying from a firearm-related injury eve...

Three Elizabeth middle school staff charged with failing to report suspected child abuse

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:16:49 GMT

Three Elizabeth Middle School staff members are facing misdemeanor charges for failing to report suspected child abuse after they allegedly did not report student complaints about a teacher to law enforcement, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday on X.The three staff members — identified by the district attorney’s office as principal Brett Michel, assistant principal Jeff Sparrow, and counselor Shannon Paxton — had been on administrative leave for nearly a month while law enforcement and the Elizabeth School District investigated the complaints, the school district said in a news release Thursday.The school district also announced it is ending the three staff members’ employment, pending approval by the district Board of Education at its Monday meeting.“While we recognize these individuals’ many positive, past contributions to the school community, we have high expectations that our staff will follow legal expectations and boa...

Buc-ee’s has started hiring for first Colorado location, expects store to open in March

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:16:49 GMT

Work is on schedule for Colorado’s first Buc-ee’s to open early next year.The Texas-based company, known for its mega convenience stores, gas stations and red-capped beaver mascot, is building a store in Johnstown. The store will be the company’s first planned outside the South and the farthest west.And at 74,000 square feet, the Johnstown store will be one of the biggest Buc-ee’s. There will be 120 gas pumps.“We’re scheduled to open the store in March. As we get closer to March, we’ll announce the official day,” Jeff Nadalo, Buc-ee’s general counsel, said Thursday.The building at the southwest corner of Interstate 25 and Colorado 60 is taking shape, clearly recognizable as a Buc-ee’s. The store will be the same size as one in Sevierville, Tenn., currently the largest Buc-ee’s, Nadalo said.A new store under construction in Luling, Texas, will be slightly bigger at 75,000 square feet. Luling was the site of the first Buc-ee&...

From Baby Tate to Offspring — the New LA Weekly Playlist is Live

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:16:49 GMT

From Baby Tate to Offspring: The 186th LA Weekly playlist, reviewing the musicians that we’ve been writing about all week, is live now. There’s electronic music from Hayden James, hip-hop from Baby Tate and Pheelz, punk from the Offspring, industrial from Skinny Puppy, alt-rock from Garbage and the Strokes, and so much more.Find us on Spotify here,or on Soundcloud here.Don’t forget to “Like” the playlists and “Follow” the profiles.Baby Tate (Bonnie Nichoalds)From Baby Tate to OffspringAlso this week:Print star Baby Tate told us that,“I feel like as I’ve grown as an artist and as a person, the evolution is really just refining and tightening and honing in on the skills that I started off with. I’m really proud of this project because it feels to me the most ‘me’ that I’ve sounded in a while. I attribute that to just really coming into my own this year, learning a lot about myself, and allowing that to shine through these records.”In “Not Another DJ,” Hayden James said tha...

California home-repair costs jump 67% in a decade

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:16:49 GMT

“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.The pain: The cost of fixing or remodeling your home in California has risen by 67% in a decade – twice overall inflation’s jump.The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Verisk’s repair cost index, which tracks the cost of 31 groups of items used in home repairs including appliances, doors, framing, plumbing and windows – plus their installation.. The surging expenses nudged up costs for homeowners, landlords, builders and insurers.The pinchConsider that these building projects that cost a typical Californian $10,000 at the start of 2013 now run $16,703.But the upswing has sped up since coronavirus upended the economy, disrupted supply chains, and increased interest in homeownership and remodeling.Related ArticlesHousing | To save on their mortgages, Bay Area buyers are increasing their down payments Housing | Middle or upper income? Californians brace for higher ele...

Truck drives into crowd awaiting Bakersfield Christmas parade

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 10:16:49 GMT

A pickup truck backing up “very fast” struck three people in a crowd waiting for the start of Bakersfield’s Christmas parade Thursday night.Related ArticlesCalifornia News | Q&A with Amanda Frye: She took on California’s famous Arrowhead bottled water brand — and won California News | Tesla fined for Fremont worker pinned in car on conveyor belt California News | While Oakland’s 911 system was dangerously understaffed, 1,000 operator applications went unprocessed California News | Pearl Harbor survivor recounts day of infamy, honoring veterans at Mount Diablo beacon lighting California News | Is Millbrae using a ‘racist’ amendment in the state constitution to block homeless housing? The three injured were identified as men ages 21, 42 and 77; all were taken to a hospital, Bakersfield TV station KBAK reported. They are expected to survive, police officials sai...