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Marcus Chen

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Marcus manages the day-to-day editorial workflow across all brands, coordinating coverage assignments and ensuring editorial standards are met. He previously served as city editor at the Pioneer Press and holds a degree in Political Science from Carleton College.

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We Salute You, Ward Nooney — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (Albany)
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We Salute You, Ward Nooney

@keyframes spin { 0% { transform:rotate(0deg); } 100% { transform:rotate(360deg); } } We Salute You- Ward NooneyNewsChannel 13 honors Ward Nooney from Hudson who served in the U.S. Air Force and Army National Guard. HUDSON, N.Y. (WNYT)- NewsChannel 13 salutes Staff Sergeant Ward Nooney of Hudson...

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New natural wine bar opens on Madison Ave in Albany — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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New natural wine bar opens on Madison Ave in Albany

A new natural wine bar is now open in Albany. JAJA Natural Wine Bar celebrated its opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday.

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Jam rock band moe. to perform in Woodstock — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Jam rock band moe. to perform in Woodstock

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Bearsville Theater in Woodstock is in store for a weekend of jam rock greatness with two upcoming performances by the band moe. The shows are set for December 11 and 12. moe.'s prolific discography features 14 studio albums and 10 live records throughout their over...

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AC/DC-inspired Halloween display turning heads — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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AC/DC-inspired Halloween display turning heads

MALTA, N.Y. (NEWS10) - A Halloween display in one Malta neighborhood is leaving residents “Thunderstruck.” From the big sunglasses to the even bigger hair, an AC/DC-themed skeleton concert display is sending a message that rock 'n' roll is alive and well. Justin Wojcik teamed up with his friend and...

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Glens Falls Ward 1 polling place change announced — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (Albany)
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Glens Falls Ward 1 polling place change announced

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (WNYT)- Due to a construction issue at Abraham Wing Elementary School, voters in Glens Falls will not be able to vote at their usual polling place on Tuesday, November 3. Instead, there will be four other polling places to choose from on the day of the 2026 General Election....

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Clifton Park Soccer Club makes sizable donation to CAPTAIN — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (Albany)
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Clifton Park Soccer Club makes sizable donation to CAPTAIN

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. (WNYT)- Karyl s Kupboard Emergency Food Hygiene Pantry, operated by CAPTAIN Community Human Services, has received hundreds of pounds of food donations from the Clifton Park Soccer Club. The club held a food drive this past weekend and dropped off their donations to CAPTAIN on...

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Juror dismissed in trial of Samantha Humphrey’s accused killer — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (Albany)
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Juror dismissed in trial of Samantha Humphrey’s accused killer

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (WNYT) – The jury foreman has been dismissed in the murder trial of Raymond Wright Jr. Wright is accused of killing his on-again, off-again girlfriend Samantha Humphrey in Schenectady in 2022 when they were both 14. On Tuesday, one juror reported flu-like symptoms. She was...

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Forest Rangers: Berlin wildfire 70% contained after 251 acres burn — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (Albany)
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Forest Rangers: Berlin wildfire 70% contained after 251 acres burn

BERLIN, N.Y. (WNYT)- Crews worked through the overnight hours Monday into Tuesday on a wildfire in Berlin State Forest as firefighters pushed toward higher containment with no risk to homes or structures. Lt. Erik Stratton, zone supervisor with the New York Forest Rangers, said 251 acres have...

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CDTA's FLEX On Demand service expanding to Amsterdam — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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CDTA's FLEX On Demand service expanding to Amsterdam

CDTA shared on Tuesday that their FLEX On Demand buses will soon be expanding to Amsterdam.

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Police search for suspect in multi-county bank fraud after $9K stolen in Ravena — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Police search for suspect in multi-county bank fraud after $9K stolen in Ravena

Authorities on Tuesday released an announcement in an attempt to identify a man suspected in a multi-jurisdictional grand larceny and criminal impersonation investigation.

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Mass. man admits to recording nude victims at Williams College — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Mass. man admits to recording nude victims at Williams College

A Massachusetts man has admitted to unlawfully recording people in a bathroom at Williams College.

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Capital Region voting information — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (Albany)
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Capital Region voting information

Find information about your polling place and hours for voting. Albany County Columbia County Fulton County Greene County Montgomery County Rensselaer County Saratoga County Schenectady County Schoharie County Warren County Washington County Massachusetts Vermont The post Capital Region voting...

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Man admits to putting hidden camera in public restroom at Williams College — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (Albany)
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Man admits to putting hidden camera in public restroom at Williams College

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (WNYT) — A man has admitted to putting a hidden camera in a public restroom at Williams College. On Thursday, Oct. 22, Maxwell Hall pleaded guilty to 16 charges of surveilling a person in a state of nudity or semi-nudity. He was sentenced to one year in the Berkshire County Jail...

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Restaurants offering prix fixe menus in Saratoga County — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Restaurants offering prix fixe menus in Saratoga County

Saratoga County's 21st annual restaurant week is set to return November 2 through 8. The week features prix fixe menus at restaurants throughout the county for $15, $25, $35 or $45.

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5 things to know this Tuesday, October 27 — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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5 things to know this Tuesday, October 27

Fire departments across New York and Massachusetts are fighting a large brush fire that started in Rensselaer County. Also, a fire has damaged one of the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum’s train cars. These stories, and more, are in your five things to know, sponsored by the Lia Auto Group.

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Guilderland, Shaker punch tickets to AAA championship game — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Guilderland, Shaker punch tickets to AAA championship game

The Guilderland and Shaker boys soccer teams will meet in the Class AAA Section 2 championship game on Saturday after each side won in their respective semifinals on Monday evening.

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Burnt Hills, Bethlehem to meet in Class AA final — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Burnt Hills, Bethlehem to meet in Class AA final

The Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake and Bethlehem boys soccer teams will face off in the Section 2 Class AA championship game after both sides won their respective semifinals on Monday.

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Clifton Park Soccer Club donates food to local pantry — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Clifton Park Soccer Club donates food to local pantry

The Clifton Park Soccer Club donated hundreds of canned and boxed food to CAPTAIN Community Human Services Monday evening.

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Berlin resident sounds alarm after discovering wildfire in the woods behind his home — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Berlin resident sounds alarm after discovering wildfire in the woods behind his home

BERLIN, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- Fifteen departments from New York, Massachusetts, and Vermont have been hard at work battling what is now a more than 50 acre wild fire. The fire has spread across the state line into Massachusetts, and it all started on Mattison Hollow Road in Berlin, near the Taconic Crest...

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Rensselaer County wildfire doubles in 24 hours, tops 50 acres — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (Albany)
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Rensselaer County wildfire doubles in 24 hours, tops 50 acres

@keyframes spin { 0% { transform:rotate(0deg); } 100% { transform:rotate(360deg); } } Wildfire spreading through rural Rensselaer CountyA wildfire is spreading through rural Rensselaer County where crews continue to fight it. BERLIN, N.Y. (WNYT)- A wildfire in rural Rensselaer County has more than...

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Berkshire museum navigates damage from train car fire — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Berkshire museum navigates damage from train car fire

ADAMS, Mass. (NEWS10) -- A fire over the weekend took one of the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum's cars off the tracks. Adams Fire Chief Dave Lennon said the investigation is still underway into what caused the fire, but he thinks he knows what caused it. “The belief is that they had a heating...

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Schenectady Foundation plan targets 20,000 on SNAP, food access — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (Albany)
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Schenectady Foundation plan targets 20,000 on SNAP, food access

@keyframes spin { 0% { transform:rotate(0deg); } 100% { transform:rotate(360deg); } } The Schenectady Foundation talks about food insecurity, decrease in SNAP benefitsSchenectady Foundation talks about how they are helping the community combat food insecurity. ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT)- Gov. Kathy Hochul...

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PHOTOS: Inside Glenville mobile home where cats still trapped — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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PHOTOS: Inside Glenville mobile home where cats still trapped

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- While the organization Voice for the Voiceless has already rescued 30 cats trapped inside a mobile home in Glenville this past weekend, volunteers said they know there are still more cats stuck inside and need the community's help. "We are digging through the piles, we...

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Taste of the North Country gift cards support 15 local restaurants — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (Albany)
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Taste of the North Country gift cards support 15 local restaurants

@keyframes spin { 0% { transform:rotate(0deg); } 100% { transform:rotate(360deg); } } Taste of the North Country program supports local businessesTaste of the North Country is supporting 15 restaurants across Warren and Washington counties. GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (WNYT)- A Glens Falls gift card program...

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We Salute You, Lloyd Barlow — WNYT NewsChannel 13 (Albany)
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We Salute You, Lloyd Barlow

@keyframes spin { 0% { transform:rotate(0deg); } 100% { transform:rotate(360deg); } } We Salute You- Lloyd BarlowNewsChannel 13 honors Lloyd Barlow from Troy who served in the U.S. Army during WWII. TROY, N.Y. (WNYT)- NewsChannel 13 is honoring Army veteran Corporal Lloyd Barlow of Troy for his...

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Local Vietnam veteran honored in a Rotterdam Ceremony — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Local Vietnam veteran honored in a Rotterdam Ceremony

ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- With Veterans Day coming up, communities are honoring local veterans. Today, Rotterdam dedicated a bench to a veteran who served during the Vietnam War. Bob Becker led the Schenectady County Veterans Council and served as a National Commandant in the Marine Corps League....

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Will it snow on Thanksgiving? Old Farmer's Almanac releases weather forecast — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Will it snow on Thanksgiving? Old Farmer's Almanac releases weather forecast

The Old Farmer's Almanac has released its weather predictions for Thanksgiving.

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Major road to close temporarily in Pittsfield — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Major road to close temporarily in Pittsfield

A temporary road closure will be in place for Hubbard Avenue underneath the railroad bridge in Pittsfield next month.

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$900K+ awarded to community efficiency projects across Capital Region — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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$900K+ awarded to community efficiency projects across Capital Region

The New York State Department of State has announced the recipients of more than $8 million in funding awards.

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Saratoga County man charged with unlawful surveillance — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Saratoga County man charged with unlawful surveillance

The Saratoga County Sheriff's Office arrested a Wilton man last week following a harassment investigation.

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Kingsbury man gets 25 years to life for murdering ex-girlfriend — NEWS10 WTEN (Capital Region)
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Kingsbury man gets 25 years to life for murdering ex-girlfriend

On Friday, a Kingsbury man was sentenced for killing his ex-girlfriend back in April. Ronald Guilder Jr., 45, was sentenced to 25 years to life.

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Unemployment system upgrade set to begin next week; System will be offline for several days — WHEC News10NBC (Rochester)
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Unemployment system upgrade set to begin next week; System will be offline for several days

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Department of Labor is reminding people that the unemployment system will temporarily go offline starting Monday, Nov. 2, as it undergoes upgrades. The deadline to file a claim before the system goes offline is 5 p.m. on Nov. 2. After that, all online and...

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