Notes from around town

 Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin announced earlier this week he is running for a 3rd term. McLaughlin was first elected in 2017 to succeed Kathy Jimino. However, McLaughlin's got more than a 3rd term on his mind.

McLaughlin is still in the running for a special election in April to fill the Congressional seat being vacated by Elise Stefanik, and, according to Chris Churchill of the Albany Times-Union, he's also looking at the vacant presidency at Hudson Valley Community College. Former County Executive Henry Zwack served there a few years ago, prior to Dr. Roger Ramsammy, who was let go last spring.

What is it they say about a man's reach exceeding his grasp?

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The Troy Post Office was forced to close its service windows on January 24 when the Postal Service suffered an internet outage. It's, of course, since been resolved, but it is rare.

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WROW (Magic 100.5 FM/AM 590) has stabilized its schedule, even though the website is still a little bit slow in updating.

Weekend host Bill Williams, on his profile page, acknowledged he's cut his schedule so that he's on the air on Sundays only (Albany Street is recorded during the week), as he winds down his career, with WROW as his final stop, or so it'd appear.

The lineup, as of January 12:

Weekdays:

5-10 am: The Magic Morning Show.

10 am-2 pm: Ben Patten.

2-7 pm: John Gabriel.

7-midnight: The John Tesh Radio Show: Intelligence For Your Life. 

Midnight-5 am: automated playlist.

Saturdays: 

6-8 am, 9-10 am, 11-noon: John Gabriel.

8 am: Herzog Law Firm.

8:30: John Bevilacqua.

10-11: Madison Wealth Managers.

Noon-6: Ben Patten.

6-midnight: Brother Lou Roberts.

Midnight-6 am: automated playlist.

Sundays:

6 am: News, Views, & Interviews.

6:30: Albany Street.

7-9 am: Jaime Roberts.

9-10: Madison Wealth Managers.

10-Noon-The Sounds of Sinatra.

Noon-7: Bill Williams.

7-10 pm: The Doo Wop Stop.

10 pm-5 am: automated playlist.

Also, Patten went back to reading the previous night's lottery numbers a couple of weeks back, due, likely, to listener demand.

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There are more apartment complexes being built in the city, which, really, we don't need. We need something like a movie theatre filling the vacant space where the Uncle Sam Parking Garage once stood. One is being built on Congress Street, between Stewart's and the Rensselaer County office building, and the other on River Street.

How about giving the people what they really want?