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Are you ready for some UAlbany Football??? The Great Danes’ home opener at their new stadium named after their coach (who’s in his final season), Bob Ford, is on Saturday at 7pm under the lights.

UAlbany Great Danes football fans have a lot of new additions to look forward to this season – a coach’s last hoorah season, a new stadium, a new conference, and a new marching band!

Even though both were in their heyday before my time, I was always more of a “Brady Bunch” guy than “Partridge Family.” This story justifies my position perfectly! I always knew that S.O.B. David Cassidy was a lush!

Home rooms, homecomings and homework (UGH!) are right around the corner. With another Capital Region school year right around the corner, a local charity organization located out of Schenectady is looking to help with kids-in-need.

There’s a bunch of crap (literally) in Green Island, and officials are looking to flush it down the toilet. A hearing will be held to discuss a movement to limit the Green Island households to 3 pets. The proposal is in response to a number of dog poo complaints.

It’s rare in any level of sports for one team to have a coach as long as Bob Ford has been with the University at Albany. The coach’s 43-year run as the team’s fearless leader will end after this season.

In the words of LL Cool J, you can call it a comeback! The department store, Lord & Taylor, will be return to Crossgates Mall for the first time since 2005.

Come play in our Celebrity Golf Tournament! It’s happening on Monday, August 19th at the beautiful Colonie Golf & Country Club. I’m extremely excited for this event. I play golf all over the Capital Region but haven’t had the opportunity to play at Colonie because of the required club membership. For the tournament, you don’t need to be a member!

Discovery Channel is on day 3 of their annual “Shark Week.” This year’s edition features 11 hours of new shark-related programming. There’s a Shark Week feeding frenzy on Twitter, Facebook and other social media outlets every year in anticipation of the week long event. Even some of your favorite Capital Region celebrities are taking the bait! Actually, in this case…. They ARE the bait!

The Golden Town Buffet Hibachi & Sushi was raided yesterday by law enforcement. The Albany area Asian buffet is under investigation for identity theft after multiple patrons reported suspicious activity on their debit and credit card statements.

If you’ve been smelling that stank a$$ odor in Cohoes, there’s no need to worry according to officials. The putrid stench is attributed to an overheated chemical tank at Norlite Corp, according to Joseph Fahd.

Of all places in the Capital Region to hear about prostitution – would you ever expect Saratoga Springs? Sting operations lead to the arrest of 5 Albany area women. The women have all been charged with misdemeanor prostitution.

People in the Albany area were understandably curious as to why there were low-flying State Police helicopters circling the Maxwell and Albany Shaker Road areas this morning. Turns out they were searching for a woman who was reported missing yesterday morning.

Is there anything more disgusting than human waste? Be honest, even your own doo doo grosses you out. The only thing else than your own poo, is someone else’s poo. Bethlehem residents were stuck in a frustrating situation during last week’s heat wave, when the Elm Avenue Pool Complex had to shut down the pool after THREE different brown log incidents.

The local heat wave will still be in effect as the racing season kicks off in Saratoga Springs on Friday. It shouldn’t have much of an impact on business, though.

Temperatures are expected to be in the mid to high 90’s for the rest of the week. Due to the heat wave, the city of Albany is helping to prevent your face from melting off. There will be cooling stations set up throughout the city, which will be open to the public 11am to 7pm through Friday.

Do I look like a give a f---? The acronym for that phrase, Dilligaf, is familiar to those who frequent Canada Street in Lake George. Dilligaf is one of the stores that sells shirts and other novelties with naughty words on them. Safe to say, if you don’t want your grams to have a stroke, you wouldn’t want to wear any of their clothing or accessories to Thanksgiving dinner.

And they say hip hop concerts bring out the “worst crowds?” SMH!!! Three consecutive “Phish” shows were held at Saratoga Performing Arts Center last weekend. It lead to 80 arrests and 1 DEATH! DAMN, SON!

Congratulations to Stephanie Terry from East Greenbush! Stephanie won our contest via the Hot Spot to go see Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z in Chicago!

It’s always nice to see celebrities remembering where they came from. Glens Falls High School basketball star, and current member of the Sacramento Kings, is holding his Jimmer Jam Camp in Saratoga this week.

Mechanical issues delayed the opening of Central Park Pool for several days. Good news, Schenectady peeps! Now, you’re free to put on your trunks and take a dip. The pool opened earlier today. Central Park Pool is open Monday – Friday 12:30pm – 6:00pm and 1pm – 6pm on Saturdays & Sundays.

A woman went missing near Nott Street late Sunday night/early Monday morning. 33 year-old Danielle LeClair was last seen wearing a black tank top and Capri denim pants.

If you want to fireworks, you have to leave the state. Now, if you want one of those novelty lighters that makes all your friends say, “WHOA! That’s dope!,” you’ll have to leave the state too.

The rain, rain, will not go away. It’s been a miserable spring so far, but Mother Nature can’t get in the way of having a good time. This week’s edition of the Alive at Five concert series will be moved indoors this evening.

In April, T.I. confirmed that Future “disassociated himself” from Lil Wayne’s America’s Most Wanted Tour. It was initially reported that YMCMB artist, Tyga would replace him. That scenario never came to fruition. Now we know a little more about the line-up that we’ll see at SPAC on August 3rd.

It’s time for week number two of the HOT 9. The official first day of summer is June 21st so it’s time to start building those BBQ playlists. We got another 9-song set list of HOT records to bump this summer. The list is perfect if you’re at a family reunion, hanging poolside, cruising with your clique or kickin’ back enjoying the sunshine solo. Feel free to comment below if you have any suggestio

Here’s another example of why you should never, never, NEVERRRRR get into a car with a stranger, no matter how “harmless” they look. A 24 year-old Niskayuna resident, Salam Al Haideri, is being charged with rape and assault after attacking a 19 year-old woman walking home early this morning.

The ice cream war in Gloversville is officially over. The feud between ice cream truck drivers for Sno Kone Joe’s and Mr. Ding-A-Ling was a hot topic in local media, national media and the late night television circuit. The case went all the way up to state Supreme Court, where the judge decided the city of Gloversville rightfully denied Sno Kone Joe’s a permit to sell their delectable treats in t

Ayla Cogliando of Wynantskill has been reported missing. Her disappearance occurred sometime around 1am on Sunday morning. Her mother posted some information on Craigslist, which has since made its way to Facebook, to help bring the 17 year-old home safe.

Many Capital Region residents are still left without power after yesterday’s storms. As of 8 am this morning, National Grid is reporting over 25,000 of their customers are still waiting for their power to be restored.