On weekend nights The Raindancer serves up endless plates of prime rib, lobster and seafood to diners from throughout the Capital Region, but on weekday afternoons the family-owned restaurant mostly caters to its regulars.
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Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Silence emanated today from top Democrats in New York as Gov. David Paterson, already fighting to remain politically viable, fought to lay to rest unconfirmed rumors and news reports of womanizing and drug use.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
The M+W Group, the high-tech construction company now building the GlobalFoundries computer chip factory in Malta, will move its North American headquarters to Watervliet
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Adirondack Park Agency staff has proposed approving the use of an herbicide for the first time in a lake in the 6-million acre park.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
A New York City real estate developer has been charged with stealing millions of dollars from investors for shares of resorts in Lake George and Colorado.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
The state Senate is set to decide whether to expel or censure a senator convicted of misdemeanor assault.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
This summer’s Saratoga racing meet dates have been firmed.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Schenectady Police have arrested a man following a burglary early this morning at Guidarelli’s Liquor at 1437 Broadway.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Snow is expected to begin falling late tonight with possible scattered snow showers continuing into Wednesday morning and afternoon.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Paterson's veto provides another opportunity to get it right
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
A fast start and a strong finish enabled Mechanicville to hold off Hoosick Falls for the Section II Class C-D bowling championship Monday at Boulevard Bowl.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Saints had a different relationship with their city
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Sectional tournament time is just around the corner, and Mohonasen girls’ basketball coach Paul Brosious is fine-tuning his Mighty Warriors in an attempt to successfully defend their Class A championship.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
GE can learn from Siemens’ example with core investment
Glendale Home serves vital role in Schenectady
Democrats also in lock step, in wrong direction
Get out the broom at Sch’dy school district
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Sleep tight, ‘smart’ people watching over us
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
For as long as he can remember, John Napier, right, had one goal in life. “Kids dream of being an astronaut or a firefighter. I always wanted to be a bobsledder,” said the 23-year-old Schenectady native. “I’m one of those fortunate people on Earth, to be doing what I love.”
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Youthful growing pains have dropped University at Albany to the bottom of the America East Conference standings, but head coach Will Brown insists his team is making progress, both in the present and for the future.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Two Schenectady police officers turned off their microphones and video cameras after responding to a December 2008 accident scene involving suspended police Officer John Lewis, a prosecutor said Monday.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Federal authorities last week froze several accounts owned by the Rotterdam Emergency Medical Services and placed liens on its property after rejecting a debt payment plan offered by the nonprofit ambulance company.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Mayor Brian U. Stratton on Monday froze hiring, cut travel and overtime expenses and proposed other initiatives to counter the loss of state aid this year and to overcome “formidable economic obstacles next year.”
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
Remind me never to poke fun at Schenectady. If I do, the next thing I know I’ll be getting a gift basket from the Chamber of Schenectady, formerly the Chamber of Commerce. That’s what’s happening to television comic Steven Colbert.
Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010
It’s shortly before noon when the piercing wail of bagpipes echoes throughout the ice shed off Balltown Road.
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