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🌱 How Troy residents saved their only hospital birthing center

Coming up on the Troy Patch calendar: Jay Medal Soirée

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Good morning Troy! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Troy residents saved their only hospital birthing center
  • Ready to register for Troy's 79th Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving?
  • How Rensselaer County's kratom ban could change Troy storefronts

Also on today's calendar: Jay Medal Soirée and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you get when you cross an angry cow with an angry sheep? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Cloudy and a steady breeze, with a high of 83 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Friday: Sunny, nice and less humid, temps: high: 75, low: 50.
  • Saturday: Sunshine and nice, with a high of 78 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. A NY Hospital Tried To Close Its Birthing Center. This City United To Fight Back. (kffhealthnews.org) — Troy's only hospital birthing center was nearly shut down, which would have forced local families to travel to Albany for deliveries, but a broad bipartisan campaign kept it open. Residents, doulas, faith leaders, and officials from Troy and Rensselaer County pressed Trinity Health and state regulators, ultimately winning funding and a reversal that preserves nearby maternity care for Troy families.
   

2. Registration opens for 79th Troy Turkey Trot (news10.com) — Registration is now open for the 79th Troy Turkey Trot, giving Troy runners and families plenty of time to sign up for the 5K, 10K, Grade School Mile, or Community Turkey Walk. Packet pickup will be held at RPI's East Campus Athletic Village, and Thanksgiving morning races start at 8 a.m., continuing a tradition that raised over $40,000 for local groups last year.
   

3. Another Capital Region community bans kratom; doctor calls for statewide ban (cbs6albany.com) — Rensselaer County, which includes Troy, has voted to ban the sale of kratom, with the measure now awaiting a final public hearing and the county executive's signature. A local addiction specialist is urging New York State to go further with a statewide ban, arguing both natural and synthetic kratom are dangerous and fuel the opioid epidemic.
   

4. Kingston, Ellenville men arrested in federal crackdown (dailyfreeman.com) — Federal agents recently raided multiple Troy locations, including an apartment-turned-illegal marijuana shop, seizing pounds of cannabis, cash, and equipment as part of a wider Capital Region crackdown. Several suspects from Albany and Ithaca face federal drug, firearms, and trafficking charges, with Troy Police assisting the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office in the ongoing Operation Tidal Wave 2.0 investigation.
   

5. Sheriff: Albany County investigator charged after misuse of Flock data (timesunion.com) — An Albany County sheriff's investigator is accused of misusing Flock license-plate camera data thousands of times to track acquaintances, intensifying regional concerns about the technology's abuse. The case resonates in Troy, where residents and the Democratic council have already clashed with Mayor Carmella Mantello over paying Flock, reflecting deep local skepticism about mass vehicle surveillance and privacy protections.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Please keep politics and politcal views out of the Nextdoor neighborhood.
    Please keep in mind not everyone will agree with you. Keep us united and respect others. Thank you all for considering all of us. (Nextdoor Oil Mill Hill - Northern)
  • Panera posted a job opening for Catering Lead - Troy in Troy. Apply here.
  • Bright Horizons posted a job opening for Child Care Teacher- Infants in Rensselaer. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Troy here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: An animal that's in a baaaaad mooood! (Thank you Lisa A. for sending it in!)
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