An 8-year-old boy left Jackson Heights Elementary School in the middle of the day. Before the district found him he walked by a nearby house and was picked up by a man who drove him to his Grandma's house safely. ... Read full Story
This week's Alive at Five concert series show has been moved to the rain location due to the potential for inclement weather in Albany. Emo Night, featuring We The Kings and Side B will take place at the Corning Preserve Boat Launch on Thursday, June 11. ... Read full Story
A recent report by Parks & Trails New York (PTNY) highlights the economic impact the Empire State Trail has on the state's economy and more. As the nation's longest, single-state, multi-use trail, it generates $1.87 billion in economic activity, according to the study. ... Read full Story
Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board have released their findings from a preliminary report on the deadly plane crash that took place at the Saratoga County Airport on May 26. ... Read full Story
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Longtime Assembly member Didi Barrett is facing a challenger in the June primary. He is fellow democrat Sam Hodge and Barrett is trying to make it to the November general election. Barrett is trying to win her seventh full term representing the 106th district. She chairs the Assembly energy committee and [...] ... Read full Story
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- As it becomes harder to stay cool, it also becomes harder to pay your electric bill. The official start of summer is June 21st, but the warm and muggy weather is already here in the Capital Region. Gary Christensen and Bill Battista go to the Colonie Village Senior Center for lunch [...] ... Read full Story
Here is your latest StormTracker forecast from meteorologists Rob Lindenmuth and Alyssa Caroprese. Evening showers and thunderstorms will gradually taper off heading into the night. We won't see any relief overnight with lows in the lower 70s and dewpoints remaining very high. Skies will be partly cloudy. The heat will become even more uncomfortable tomorrow [...] ... Read full Story
A major stretch of the Housatonic River in Massachusetts is set to be cleaned up over the next few years, after it was contaminated with PCB's from a General Electric industrial plant in the 1900s. Residents who live near the river said this may affect them for many years to come and many are looking for more answers. ... Read full Story
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Longtime Assembly member Didi Barrett is facing a challenger in the June primary. He is fellow democrat Sam Hodge, and he's running to represent the 106th district. Hodge is a former prosecutor whose number one priority is affordability. He says energy costs are too high and wants to pause all rate [...] ... Read full Story
TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The FIFA World Cup kicks off on Thursday, and the City of Troy will be bringing the action to residents. The city will be hosting free watch parties at Riverfront Park for more than 60 soccer matches. Dubbed “Kick It In Troy," it’s giving the community a front row seat to [...] ... Read full Story
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — If you get your health insurance through New York's Essential Plan 200-250, there are important changes you need to know about. The program is ending on June 30 due to changes in federal funding. New York offers several Essential Plan options. Plans 1 through 4 will remain in place, but members [...] ... Read full Story
New York voters are advised to return their mail-in ballots early to ensure they are postmarked by June 23 and received by June 30, due to changes in U.S. Postal Service postmark rules. ... Read full Story
New York's electric grid is facing a historic squeeze, with old fossil fuel power plants shutting down before clean energy can replace them, leaving the state's grid close to a shortage on the hottest and coldest days of the year. ... Read full Story
Artifacts from the American Revolution have been unearthed at Liberty Hill, the site where the Declaration of Independence was read to the Continental Army at Fort Ticonderoga for the first time. ... Read full Story
DELMAR, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Inspired by a trip to Aruba, Fern Andriano turned her passion for natural skincare into Aloe Vera Naturals. The Delmar shop is known for handcrafted bath and body products and unique gifts. The shop is located at 282 Delaware Avenue in Delmar. It is open Wednesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. - 5:30 [...] ... Read full Story
“Later that week we were boarding our flight with the painting secured in an enormous case with a toothy, bespectacled cartoon squirrel emblazoned on the back and a speech bubble that read ‘I’M JUST NUTS ABOUT PUZZLES!’” — Orlando Whitfield, All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art, 2025
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Blazon is a less commonly used synonym of the more familiar coat of arms. Both centuries-old terms refer to heraldic designs, symbols, and other imagery (think crosses, lions, stripes, etc.) that typically appear on banners, shields, armor, and elsewhere. The verb form of blazon meaning “to depict heraldic figures or designs in drawing or engraving” and emblazon, “to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic figures or designs,” came into use around the same time in the late 1500s, from the French spoken in medieval England. (The word heraldry, also ultimately from Anglo-French, came into use then too.) Emblazon still refers to marking something with an emblem of heraldry, but it is now more often used for adorning or publicizing something in any conspicuous way, whether with eye-catching decoration or colorful words of praise.