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Historic 1907 submarine found ‘hiding in plain sight’ off of Connecticut coast

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:12:18 GMT

Since he was young, Rick Simon was intrigued by stories of sunken submarines in Long Island Sound that were still down there. This week, Simon became part of one of those stories.Simon and friends took out his boat — RV Integrity, based in Noank — on Sunday and found Defender, an experimental 93-foot watercraft built in 1907 by sub pioneer Simon Lake.It was found about 180 feet below the surface, he said. “You could say Defender was hiding in plain sight all this time in a waterway I’ve traveled for years,” Simon said.Simon, of Coventry, Connecticut, co-owns Shoreline Diving Services, which does underwater surveys, dam inspections, bridge and dam repairs and ship husbandry. Simon also appeared this year on four episodes of Discovery Channel’s show “Sewer Divers.”Diving is both his profession and his passion. In his youth he hung around the Connecticut Underwater Archaeology Society to hear about diving adventures. Then he embarked on diving of his own, culminating in the discovery o...

Glens Falls welcomes its Japanese sister city to town

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:12:18 GMT

This story is the second part of a series on the relationship between Glens Falls and Saga City, Japan. Click here for part 1; Click here for part 2; and keep an eye on news10.com for more.GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) - On Friday morning, Mayor Bill Collins addressed a group of visitors to City Hall. It wasn't the first time he's done so this year, but may be the first time he's done it as not the only mayor in the room. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! A delegation from Saga City, Japan, arrived in Glens Falls on Thursday night, for a weekend of touring and celebration of the relationship between Saga and Glens Falls. The two communities are celebrating their 35th anniversary as sister cities this year - and Saga's new mayor got to make his first visit."I'd like to express my sincere gratitude for the warm welcome we've been given," said Saga Mayor Hidetaka Sakai. "I am very happy that this morning, when some members of our d...

New grant available for property owners through Gloversville DRI

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:12:18 GMT

GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The City of Gloversville has created a new grant program for property owners within the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) Zone. The $600,000 grant program, known as the Gloversville Revitalization and Improvement Program (GRIP), is funded through New York State's $10 million DRI grant. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! In December 2021, Gloversville was awarded a DRI grant to revitalize its downtown. The city choose 12 transformative projects to work on with money from the grant. One of the projects was creating GRIP.Applicants eligible for GRIP funding include property owners that are individuals, for-profit and not-for profit organizations. The program is to help fund commercial or mixed-use rehabilitation projects within the DRI Zone. Read the latest on the fatal shooting of Kaylin Gillis The DRI Zone (courtesy: City of Gloversville)Interested business owners in the DRI Zone can cont...

Albert Pujols confident that 2023 Cardinals will overcome slow start

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:12:18 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Albert Pujols knows the grind of a Major League Baseball season just about as well as anyone. Well before his special sendoff season last year, he learned that things don't always start as planned.In 2011, a Pujols-backed St. Louis Cardinals team started 4-7 and only stood four games above .500 in mid-August before a miraculous run to the postseason. The Cardinals grinded through plenty of adversity and won the World Series in the final year of his first stint with St. Louis. "At the end of the day, it's not how you start, it's how you finish," said Pujols in a Zoom call with St. Louis media members earlier this week. It's a sentiment he thinks will hold true for this year's St. Louis Cardinals squad. The team begins a 10-game road trip Friday behind an 8-11 record, somewhat amending one of the team's slowest starts in nearly a half-century. RELATED - Behind timely hits, Nolan Gorman makes early push in NL leaderboards The current Cardinals roster hasn't changed all th...

New record for world’s largest box of chocolates set in Missouri

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:12:18 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Russell Stover is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a new title under its belt. The Kansas City-based chocolatier has been named a Guinness World Record Holder after building the world’s largest box of chocolates. On Monday, April 17, Russell Stover partnered with Dimensional Innovations to create oversized version of its classic copper box of assorted chocolates at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.  Trending: Is it legal to collect rainwater in Missouri & Illinois? Once the larger than life candy box was complete, it measured 30 feet 4.5 inches wide by 15 feet 5 inches tall. The box itself weighs approximately 2,300 pounds and holds over 5,000 pounds of chocolate. Each oversized candy piece within the classic box set weighs between 11 and 38 pounds. Russell Stover shattered the previous world record, set by U.K. chocolate manufacturer Thorntons back in 2008, by about 1,891 pounds. The record-setting candy demons...

Move plants indoors before the St. Louis weekend frost

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:12:18 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- You may want to move your plants indoors this weekend or take precautions to protect outdoor vegetation. A freeze watch in effect for many counties west of St. Louis Saturday night and early Sunday morning.Friday is cooler and breezy conditions with below normal temperatures. But, the St. Louis area should have above freezing temperatures tonight, with no frost or freeze concerns overnight. Trending: Is it legal to collect rainwater in Missouri & Illinois? The colder temperatures move into the area over the weekend. The frost and possibly freezing temperatures are likely away from the urban metropolitan St. Louis area. There may be some patchy frost in the city but the widespread, more impactful frost will be in rural areas.The area's next chance for rain will come late Tuesday into Wednesday of next week. The storms are not expected to be severe.

Reward offered for information on rock-throwing attacks that killed Colorado woman

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:12:18 GMT

Alexa Bartell, 20 (Provided by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department)Police investigating rock-throwing attacks on moving vehicles that turned fatal in west metro Denver were stumped and on Friday offered a $17,000 reward for information as they hunt for those responsible for the killing of a 20-year-old woman.One or more assailants may have attacked more vehicles, in addition to the five attacks documented on Thursday, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said.“We have no suspect information. We have no solid leads,” Kelley said.Late Thursday, investigators reached the owner of a Dodge Ram pickup truck they’d sought and concluded that neither the truck nor the owner was involved.On Friday, Jefferson County deputies and police in Arvada, Boulder and Westminster again appealed to the public for help. In particular, the police asked that drivers of Tesla vehicles, and others with dashboard cameras, who were in the area along Indiana Street on Wednesday nigh...

Bandimere Speedway will close at the end of the 2023 racing season in October

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:12:18 GMT

The end of the 2023 racing season in October means the end of a 65-year run for Bandimere Speedway in Jefferson County.With development in the area growing, “our family is prepared to surrender the location we’ve called home for six decades,” John Bandimere, Jr., said. “The place has never been ours. It belongs to God.”The Friday morning announcement confirmed rumors that have circulated recently.For years, the family has searched for another possible location. “The days ahead are exciting – they’re stressful,” Bandimere said.Fans can still attend drag races at Bandimere Speedway for a packed season. Events start Friday and run through Sunday, Oct. 22.But fans expressed feelings of heartbreak and love on Facebook quickly after the announcement.“Thank you for so many years of memories at one of my all time favorite race tracks in the world!” Kyle Loftis wrote. “We hope to see the new track underway with racing asap!...

Whole Foods Market now lets Denver shoppers pay with wave of a palm

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:12:18 GMT

Shoppers at 11 Whole Foods Market stores throughout the Denver area can now pay at check out with just the wave of a palm.The supermarket chain recently introduced Amazon One: a service that lets patrons enroll their palms, then link their debit or credit cards to them. Afterward, there’s no need to pay with cash or cards –  shoppers just hold their palms over the device, then they’ve bought their groceries.The stores implementing the new option include:BelmarCherry CreekColfaxColorado BoulevardGovernor’s RanchHighlands RanchIdeal Market DenverSouthGlennTamaracUnion StationWashington ParkAmazon One can be found across the U.S. at Panera Bread restaurants and more than 100 Whole Foods Market locations. Select airport stores and sports stadiums, such as Seattle’s T-Mobile Park and Phoenix’s NASCAR Raceway, also utilize the new technology.Amazon One chooses “the most distinct identifiers on your palm to create your palm signature,” with the images en...

Alleged Orange County child molester used babysitters to recruit victims, prosecutors say

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:12:18 GMT

Investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying additional children who were allegedly molested by a man who groomed female babysitters to supply him with victims, the Orange County District Attorney's Office said Friday.Jason Valentine Esparza, 57, was arrested on April 7 in Huntington Beach after detectives received an anonymous tip and communicated with him posing as an adult woman who was babysitting a 4-year-old girl."During those communications, Esparza is accused of expressing his desire to perform very specific sexual acts on the child," the OCDA's Office said in a press release.Jason Valentine Esparza is seen in a DMV photo from 2020. (OCDA)Two weeks ago, "Esparza was told that the child was at a Huntington Beach hotel room and he [was] arrested by undercover detectives when he entered the room," officials added. Esparza is accused of perpetuating similar abuse against multiple children "over several decades." He has been charged with three felony counts of at...