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Major Company Cutting Half of Employees in Upstate New York
Another round of layoffs will affect some of the company's 21,000 employees across the country. In April of 2024, one of the biggest companies in the county General Electric (GE) announced that they would be splitting the company into three separate, standalone public companies. When GE announced the split to form GE Vernova, GE HealthCare, and GE Aerospace many wondered if any jobs would be lost once the transition was complete.
America’s Largest Walmart Is In Upstate NY: See Where!
Every Wal-Mart is pretty huge. But one local superstore is the hugest in the land!. We've all been there. Even after walking into your local Walmart a thousand times, every time you go into that store you probably think to yourself at some point "This place is enormous!" I have...
Capital Region restaurant inspections: September 30- October 4
These are the inspections from September 30 to October 4 reported by the NYSDOH divided up by critical violations, non-critical violations and no violations. You can find a list of all restaurant inspections for the last several years on the NYSDOH website.
Spirit Halloween Relaunches Spirit Christmas with 3 New York Locations
I was at the Spirit Halloween in the Colonie Center up in Albany a couple of weekends ago. While I was there, one of the workers was going around in a Michael Myers costume. For the older customers, he would sneak around and try to scare them. For the little kids, he was really cool and would try to come down to their level and give fist pounds and make heart-hands. When I first spotted him, he was hiding in a fortune teller booth. I thought he was an animatronic at first! This dude was cool! His name was CJ, and he's well over 6 feet tall (I think he said 6 foot 5 inches. I'd believe it). Even though Michael Myers is only 5 foot 10 inches in the movies, CJ's presence was certainly unmatched. My girlfriend absolutely loved it - Michael Myers is her favorite horror icon. You can see CJ in the video below:
All-Hallow E’en Festival returns throughout Albany County
Albany County's month-long Halloween event, All-Hallow E'en Festival has returned for its second October. For five weeks, Discovery Albany will host a variety of community events, art installations and ghost tours to celebrate the history throughout Albany and the Halloween spirit.
Legislature, comptroller unite on legislation to require NY agencies to share details on emergency contracts with public
State legislators and the state comptroller are hoping to shine a little more light on government contracts in Albany, and they’ve come together to support a bill that would require state agencies provide more information to the public on contracts they sign in times of emergency that go without a review.
Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Log Sept. 20-27
Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Calls September 20-27 Each Week, Spotlight News lists calls from Delmar, Elsmere, North Bethlehem, Slingerlands and Selkirk fire companies. These department are comprised of local volunteers. Please consider serving your neighbors as a volunteer firefighter. Friday, September 20 12:57 AM Structure Fire Alarm NEW SCOTLAND RD, 7 Slingerlands, Delmar, […] The post Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Log Sept. 20-27 first appeared on Spotlight News.
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