Record condo and car sales. BurgerFi on B'way.
Also, the area is still old, relatively speaking.
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No Kimmel in the Capital Region
The Times Union is reporting that Jimmy Kimmel, the star of late night TV, was not welcomed back to ABC/WTEN, in the Capital Region. The company that owns the station, Nexstar, said, “We made a decision last week to preempt ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel’s ‘ill-timed and insensitive’ comments at a critical time in our national discourse,” adding that he will not come back until “all parties are committed to fostering an environment of respectful, constructive dialogue in the markets we serve.” The company did not offer an explanation of who the parties are. Kimmel was booted from the airwaves by ABC “indefinitely” after he accused MAGA Republicans of using the murder of Charlie Kirk of misrepresenting who the killer was, saying that the “MAGA Gang” was trying to characterize the accused murderer as “anything other than one of them” in order to score political points.
In the time since his murder on Sept. 10, Charlie Kirk has been heralded by conservatives as a voice for free speech and the First Amendment, a man who loved to debate and often said “prove me wrong” to students on college campus, encouraging them to say what they thought.
Savvy Sliders, er, slides into the area
Savvy Sliders will open on Western Ave. in Guilderland, a first for the restaurant known for burgers, chicken fingers and custard, the Albany Business Review says. The space had been a BurgerFi, which went bankrupt and was sold. The chain still exists. The BurgerFi on Broadway will reopen downtown, the story says.
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Car auction sets record, sells accused man’s assets
The Saratoga Auto Museum’s auction set a record of $800,000 for a Ferrari 458 Speciale, the Times Union is reporting. The Speciale was one of six vehicles owned by jailed Albany loan broker Kris Roglieri. His assets are being liquidated in bankruptcy proceedings. Roglieri faces federal wire fraud charges for using investment money of some clients to secure loans that never came to fruition, prosecutors have said. His other cars sold at auction, the TU says: a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz, and a 2020 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ among other autos. Last year’s auction took in $7.2 million, and this year saw more than $8 million, both were record sales.
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Work on ADK trails is against regs, says group
As crews move earth to create a professional-level mountain-biking trail at Whiteface Mountain, they have violated state permit rules and perhaps the state constitution, the group Protect the Adirondacks contends. The work is paid for by the Olympic Regional Development Authority to host the first-ever downhill World Cup mountain-biking races next month, a story in the Adirondack Explorer says.
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Fancy cars sell at record in auction, bankruptcy. The area gets, or remains?, older. Plus, Weather, traffic, stocks…
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