With no games on Opening Day, take a virtual tour of the Hall of Fame

Mar 26, 2020 Michael Hallisey Culture, News, The Spot 0

Scores of baseball fans had set to take today off from work, they just had different plans in store for the day. MLB had originally set Thursday, March 26, as its Opening Day, when each of the...

miSci mourns the loss of Walter Robb

Mar 25, 2020 Michael Hallisey Culture, News, The Spot 0

SCHENECTADY — miSci mourns the loss of one of the museum’s former trustees, the first known death associated with the novel coronavirus in the Capital District. Walter Robb, a retired General...

The hunt is on for rainbows across the 518

Mar 24, 2020 Michael Hallisey Culture, News, The Spot 0

With more than 2.5 million children home from school across the state, families are finding a need to get outside and do something to preserve their state of mind. A recent trend blossomed in area...

Restaurants plead for sales tax extension

Mar 20, 2020 Michael Hallisey Covid-19 Updates, News 0

ALBANY — Small business owners are pleading with Gov. Andrew Cuomo for an extension on sales tax to help them survive. The current state sales tax rate is 4 percent. In addition to similar taxes...

Proctors furloughs 80 percent of its workforce, pay cuts for remaining staff

Mar 18, 2020 Michael Hallisey Covid-19 Updates, The Spot 0

SCHENECTADY – Proctors Collaborative employees learned this afternoon that roughly 80 percent of its workforce would be furloughed and the remaining staff would receive pay reductions. The decision...

The arts scene takes the lead by defining its role in a world focused on COVID-19

Mar 18, 2020 Michael Hallisey Covid-19 Updates, Entertainment, The Spot 0

People attend the arts to escape the weight of current events, but the weight of current events has proven to be too much for the arts to bear amid the spread of COVID-19, or novel coronavirus. The...

EXCLUSIVE: Premiere of Vince Palmeri’s ‘Complicated’

Mar 14, 2020 Michael Hallisey Music, The Spot 0

ALBANY — We previously visited Vince Palmeri just before his performance at Rocktoberfest last October, and according to Ambassador Music Group, the local pop artist has been very busy. “He...

Possible transformer failure knocked power out for thousands

Mar 13, 2020 Michael Hallisey News 0

DELMAR — Witnesses described a loud crash and the ground shaking around the Adams Street substation as power was knocked out for more than 2,500 residents just after noon on Friday, March 13. An...

Two cases of coronavirus confirmed in Albany County; St. Patrick’s Day parades cancelled

Mar 12, 2020 Michael Hallisey Covid-19 Updates, News 0

ALBANY — There are two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Albany County and the city has cancelled both the North Albany St. Patrick’s Day Parade and the main St. Patrick’s Day Parade slated for...

PICK OF THE WEEK: The Dustbowl Revival plays The Egg on Friday

Mar 11, 2020 Michael Hallisey Entertainment, The Spot 0

ALBANY — With the January release of “Is It You, Is It Me,” The Dustbowl Revival’s fifth studio release since it’s 2011 debut, the band took a bold step with its established fanbase. The...