Times Union announces newsroom changes

COLONIE — A longtime senior editor has retired and a key leadership position has been filled in the Times Union newsroom.Associate Editor Mike Spain, 66, a Troy native who joined Hearst's Capital Region newsroom in 1978 as a reporter, retired Monday from his leadership role. Editor Rex Smith said that Spain's position would not be filled, but that Casey Seiler, 51, who has held various editing roles at the Times Union since 2000, would take on the job of managing editor, which has been vac