Sara Tracey

Blast this seemingly neverending winter out of our minds, won’t you? We crave color, we crave new life, we want to see what’s best and brightest in our area. And, around this time of year and in the Dutch-rooted Capital Region, that means tulips. We are again launching the Tulip Photo Showcase, which highlights photos from amateur photographers of the beautiful florals that have marked the region for decades. Tied to Mother’s Day weekend — and the annual Tulip Festival in Albany, May 11-12 — we…

Chef Noah Frese will be taking over as Siro’s Restaurant’s executive chef for the upcoming season. Frese, executive chef of the Roosevelt Room in North Greenbush, will be overseeing Siro’s menus during a time when Saratoga Springs restaurants will be gearing up for the Belmont Stakes to open for a two-year stay at the Saratoga Race Course. During the four-day run of the Belmont, Siro’s will open its raw bar for patrons, though not the full restaurant. The Siro’s Cup at the restaurant will open t…

Arielle Roberts is an Albany resident, born and raised in the area, who says she will go to parts of the Capital Region with potential buyers that most won’t want to look at twice. She recalled once when she and a potential buyer went to a mid-19th century multifamily building down 2nd Street in the city, and him wanting to put in an offer in right away. Next thing she knew, they were touring buildings across the block, with the man saying, “I want to build up the community.” As a newer real est…

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