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Saratoga County extended its Emergency Order 38 recently. WRGB reports it states that New York City “has no plans” to transport the asylum seekers the City “relocated to other Counties” with “no guarantee of continued financial support for these individuals,” while Saratoga County “does not have the capacity or resources” to “sustain a significant increase in its population.”

Saratoga County remains under a state of emergency due to significant storm damage, but that hasn’t stopped community members from coming together to lend a helping hand. The storm took down power lines and trees, leaving many community members without power.

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the groundbreaking for City Station North, a mixed-use development that totals nearly 175,000 square feet in downtown Troy along Congress Street and Sixth Avenue. The four-story building will consist of 87 one- and two-bedroom apartments, 40,000 square feet of Class A office space, 154 parking spaces, and a host of building amenities.

A manager at the Guilderland Avenue CVS in Rotterdam has been arrested, accused of placing a recording device inside the employee bathroom. The Daily Gazette reports police recovered the device after an employee spotted it and inspected it prior to using the bathroom. Arrested in the case was Ahmad N. Ahmed, 25, of Schenectady, who faces one count of second-degree unlawful surveillance.

As crews worked over the weekend to repair a water main break in the Tivoli Preserve, they were met with a long 14 foot visitor. A 14 foot boa constrictor, slithered it’s way out of the woods and onto the construction site back on Friday.
The officials from the Department of Environmental Conservation were called in to capture and move the massive snake.

Saratoga Hospital is proposing to build a Center for Successful Aging on Myrtle Street, not far from its main building.
According to the Daily Gazette, the plan calls for demolishing a 10,200-square-foot medical building on the west side of Myrtle Street to construct the 60,000-square-foot medical building, according to project documents turned into the city Planning Department.

A man repeatedly broke into a Saratoga County home and set up a hidden camera inside. 57 year old Todd St. Louis of Providence went into a home many times without permission to allegedly place the camera and then check the recording, reports WNYT. He’s charged with burglary and unlawful surveillance, and was sent to the Saratoga County Jail in lieu of bail.

Saratoga Springs Department of Public Works Commissioner Jason Golub is resigning his position to take a job with the New York State Department of Corrections. WNYT reports Golub has been named general counsel and deputy commissioner of the Department of Corrections. He will stay with the city until August 19, when he starts in his new role with the state.

The Saratoga Springs Police Department is looking for new recruits to join the department. WRGB reports The deadline to apply for the civil service exam is Sept. 4. The starting salary for a new officer is $59,000. Police Chief Tyler McIntosh says they have nine new recruits who graduated from the academy and are starting their in-service training.

The Saratoga County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Cohoes man on Sunday for assaulting a man at Stewarts Shops on Crescent Road. WTEN reports 59 year oldTodd Zehnter was charged with second-degree assault.
Deputies said Zehnter is accused of hitting another person in the eye with a handheld spotlight during a fight. Zehnter was issued an appearance ticket for Clifton Park Town Court on a later date and released.