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Wilton Wildlife Preserve and Park’s Wildlife Festival is making its annual return. The festival will be on June 1 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Camp Saratoga in Wilton. WTEN reports the free event will have Karner blue butterflies, live animals, crafts, pond exploration, food, and hands-on experiences

The Troy Police Department arrested a Halfmoon man on May 2 who allegedly possessed an illegal firearm. Police said Gladstone Greenwood, 31, is facing multiple charges. Police said they found Greenwood, who was wanted by Troy detectives last week and while searching the car, law enforcement said they found a loaded handgun.

Bill’s Card Shaq is looking forward to opening up in a new space in Mechanicville, about five months after a devastating fire destroyed their business in Waterford. WNYT reports the business is set to open on June 1st after a fire destroyed the business on Broad Street on Dec. 4. A resident on the upper floor died and a little girl on the second floor was badly burned.

The New York State Department of Transportation is announcing the start of a nearly $10 million project, aimed at making Route 146 in Clifton Park safer. It focuses specifically on one stretch of that road: the intersection with Tallow Wood Drive, and Old Route 146. WNYT reports besides resurfacing the roadway, the project will install upgraded traffic signals with video detection equipment.

Glens Falls leaders got to show off what $10 million in state money has done for the city. WNYT reports Mayor Bill Collins led state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli on a tour of downtown, including the renovations on State Street.
About $5 million of that funding went to the new Market Center, which the city is about to open on South Street and was once home to a rundown bar.

The parents of a 3-year-old girl in Corinth who died in February have now been charged with criminally negligent homicide in connection with her death. WNYT reports Joycelynn Dylewski died Feb. 19, and an autopsy ruled the cause of death as complications from chronic neglect. Samantha Dylewski, 32, and Matthew Dylewski, 33, are accused of causing her death.

Advocates for the homeless in Saratoga Springs are sounding the alarm over what they see as an “impending public crisis”. WNYT reports people at RISE, an organization which operates Saratoga County’s only year-round, low-barrier homeless shelter say they’re about to run out of money, and they are in dire need of the city stepping up to the plate to help them out.

The U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced they are launching an investigation into alleged Title IX violations by the Saratoga Springs City School District (SSCSD). WTEN reports the DOE informed the school district’s superintendent Dr. Michael Patton of the decision on Tuesday.

Food that sickened several people at the Saratoga Springs BOCES facility did not contain illegal substances.WNYT reports five people became ill and two were transported to the hospital during a culinary class at the facility on Henning Road in March. Saratoga Springs police sent the food, which is now identified as scones, to a state health department lab for testing.

A man convicted in a deadly 2012 Northway crash was ordered back to jail by a county court judge. WNYT reports Dennis Drue appeared in Saratoga County Court. It involved him not adhering to a stipulation of his manslaughter conviction more than a decade ago. Drue was not supposed to operate any motor vehicle, whether he owned it or not, that did not have an ignition interlock device installed.