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John Shipley: St. Paul Saints’ new owners know that fun is good business

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:14 GMT

For 30 years, the St. Paul Saints were in many ways the team’s owners, two of them, anyway. Marv Goldklang might have had his name on the ownership group, but he was happy to watch partners Mike Veeck and Bill Murray become the collective face of the franchise.The Saints might have brought some big-name major leaguers through St. Paul — Leon Durham, Daryll Strawberry, Jack Morris among them — but they, like all the Saints’ players, came and went. Veeck and Murray were the constant, routinely showing up at Midway Stadium and CHS Field to oversee the Saints’ unique brand of merry mayhem.That officially changed Thursday when Baseball Diamond Holdings completed its purchase of the team.“I’m not Mike or Bill,” said Peter Freund, CEO of Diamond Baseball Holdings, which owns 16 minor-league teams in 14 states. “I love them to death, and they’re creative geniuses, and I’m still partners with them in South Carolina, but no, that’s not me.”And it doesn’t need to be.During the Saints’ years as...

RPI RA's win union vote 55 to 9

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:14 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- After a battle to unionize, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) resident assistants (RAs) won their union vote 55 to nine. The RPI RA Union will represent the interests of RAs and will be affiliated with the Office and Professional Employees International Union. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! According to a spokesperson for the student workers, RPI RAs are paid 80-90% less than RAs at similar-sized institutions yet are required to work over 20 hours a week overseeing up to 80 students. Further, students claim RPI policies—such as a policy requiring them to call campus police instead of 911—are putting them and their fellow students in dangerous, life-threatening situations.The RPI RA Union explains they previously sought voluntary recognition from the university butwere denied. Between then and now the RPI administration has discouraged unionizing in anumber of ways; through letters, meetings, etc...

State budget will miss April 1 deadline

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:14 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – This week on Empire State Weekly, legislators are expected to miss presenting a completed budget by the April 1 deadline. Governor Hochul indicated the process would continue into the start of the physical year to conclude the budget details. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Blair Horner, the Executive Director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, explained the budget process is largely secretive following the public presentation of the Governor's executive budget proposal and the One-House budgets as a rebuttal. Horner explained legislators are currently "hammering out the details behind closed doors" in the process of coming to a consensus on items for the budget. One item likely causing a delay is the proposed changes to bail reform. "Until everything gets done nothing can get done," explained Horner. He indicated debates couldn't move forward on smaller items if so-called "big ticket it...

Two arrested after ID theft and larceny investigation

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:14 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- State police report the arrest of Alexandra Moak, 23 of Latham and Pharoah Dillion, 24 of Albany. The pair were allegedly involved in identity theft and grand larceny. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! On November 29, 2022 around 4:30 p.m. troopers began investigating a larceny determining multiple forged checks from a victim's account were remotely deposited. Police explain the checks were deposited into Moak's personal bank account. Moak then withdrew $4,800 of the stolen funds from a financial institution in North Greenbush. Moak was arrested and processed on January 13. She was issued an appearance ticket returnable to the North Greenbush Town Court and Albany City Court and released.Police report the investigation continued and found Dillion had and provided forged checks to Moak for deposit. On March 30, police pulled Dillion over on I-90 in Albany. Officers explain Dillion did not have a valid ...

Capital Region Restaurant Rundown: March 27-31

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:14 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The restaurant industry is ever-changing with restaurants opening, closing, relocating or just doing their thing. Here’s a recap of the latest Capital Region restaurant news from this week, March 27 through 31. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! PDT Market opens in Saratoga SpringsPDT Market, a new specialty marketplace in the former Price Chopper Limited, has officially opened. Chef Adam Foti, the founder and owner of PDT Catering, opened the store on March 27.West Side Sports Bar to be on ‘America’s Best Restaurants’West Side Sports Bar, located at 112 Congress Street in Saratoga Springs, is set to be featured on “America’s Best Restaurants.” The show will be visiting the restaurant on April 11 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.New Walloomsac tavern features mini-museumThe Walloomsac Battlefield Tavern & Colonial Restaurant had its soft opening in Walloomsac, located near Hoosick Falls, on March 17. Owner Joe ...

Teen charged in fatal crash near St. Louis casino

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:14 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A teenage girl faces felony charges after a fatal crash near a St. Louis casino earlier this year, one in which she reportedly sped away while trying to avoid a traffic stop. Prosecutors have charged Nikkiah Mack, 19, with first-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the investigation. Authorities issued a warrant for Mack's arrest on Thursday. The crash happened in the afternoon hours of January 20 on South Broadway and West Arlee Avenue near the intersection of River City Casino Boulevard and South Broadway. Top Stories: Severe weather expected near St. Louis Friday Investigators say Mack was a grey Hyundai struck a red Chevy Camaro and a silver Ford Fiesta at the intersection. A man driving the Camaro, identified by police as Jimmy Mitchell, died in the crash. Three people inside the Hyundai, including Mack and two others, were also sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. According to court document, a St. Louis County officer...

Colorado schools cancel classes amid fears of violence on Transgender Day of Visibility

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:14 GMT

At least three schools along Colorado’s northern Front Range closed Friday amid fears that they could be targeted by LGBTQ groups conducting International Transgender Day of Visibility protests around the country.The Longmont Christian School, the Loveland Resurrection Christian School, and Loveland Classical Schools canceled classes with administrators citing possible threats of violence.Transgender remembrance, visibility and other demonstrations planned around the nation were in flux this week following the school shooting in Nashville, which police have said was done by a transgender person. It was unclear what protests if any were planned in Colorado.But in the Longmont Christian School, administrators and board members late Thursday sent out a notice to parents saying Longmont police had warned school officials of possible threats and that, “out of an abundance of caution,” school officials decided to close on Friday and resume classes Monday.The decision was made out of...

Declines in math readiness underscore the urgency of math awareness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:14 GMT

Manil Suri (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Manil Suri, University of Maryland, Baltimore County(THE CONVERSATION) When President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Math Awareness Week in April 1986, one of the problems he cited was that too few students were devoted to the study of math.“Despite the increasing importance of mathematics to the progress of our economy and society, enrollment in mathematics programs has been declining at all levels of the American educational system,” Reagan wrote in his proclamation.Nearly 40 years later, the problem that Reagan lamented during the first National Math Awareness Week – which has since evolved to become “Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month” – not only remains but has gotten worse.Whereas 1.63%, or about 16,000, of the nearly 1 million bachelor’s degrees award...

Canada approves largest telecom deal in country’s history

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:14 GMT

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The largest telecommunications deal in Canadian history will go forward after Rogers Communications Inc.‘s $26-billion Canadian (US$19 billion) takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. received approval from Ottawa on Friday.The approval means the deal has cleared its final regulatory hurdle just over two years after it was first announced. Canada has among the most expensive cellular rates in the world. But Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne took a stern tone on Friday, vowing to “be like a hawk on behalf of Canadians” to ensure compliance with the conditions he outlined, aimed at bolstering competition and lowering phone and internet costs.Champagne approved the transfer of Shaw-owned Freedom Mobile’s wireless licenses to Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron, which operates in Quebec and some border regions of Ontario. Rogers and Shaw agreed in June 2022 to sell Freedom Mobile to Videotron for $2.85 billion Canadian (US$2...

Dodgers fan runs onto field to propose, gets pummeled by security

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:14 GMT

A Los Angeles Dodgers fan’s marriage proposal on Opening Day came at a painful price.Cell phone cameras were rolling as a man wearing a Mookie Betts jersey ran onto the field during a break in the game, dropped down to a knee, and held up a ring box for his girlfriend who was seated in the outfield seats.Many in the crowd cheered, but those cheers quickly turned to gasps when, seconds later, a security guard blindsided the proposing fan, brutally tackling him to the ground. A man who rushed the field at Dodger Stadium to propose to his girlfriend was tackled by a security guard. March 30, 2023. (@THEDieselMendez / SPORTS REPORT+ /TMX)Other guards arrived and handcuffed him as he lay face-down.The man, who appeared to be shaken up, was then escorted off the field and play resumed.“She said YES 🙌🏻🙌🏻la amo,” Ricardo Juarez later posted on Instagram. His fiancee, Ramona Saavedra, shared a photo of the ring and the newly-engaged couple.Ramona Saavedra and Ricardo Juarez show off the enga...