Story archive for May 2008

Saturday, May 31

• Police capture bank robbery suspect

• Blanchfield to announce bid for Assembly

• Teen saves baby who fell under bus

• Man shot to death near Schenectady park

• Johnson wins third straight, dedicates race to dad

• Behind the Broadcast: MMA: Thanks, but no thanks

• Private group buys land in Adirondack Park

• SCCC music department to stay on campus

• Letters to the Editor for May 31

• Lynch School hosts Wellness Day

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 31

• Business loan fund has $500,000 left

• Police: Co-pay cash went in pocket

• Girl Scouts collect bundles for local causes

• Police to conduct motorcycle checks

• Albany girl’s killing stuns residents

• Drug ring suspects enter guilty pleas

• Mobile home park may get reprieve

• Earthquake center opens in State Museum, dispels myths

• Taxis soon may charge for fuel

• Suspended officers paid $110K

• School track leaderboard

• Albany stop was always on Johnson's road to Beijing

• Nisky offense shifts into high

• Hearn rolls to second straight victory

• Dutrow has hoof expert in Big Brown's corner

• Editorial: Right call on Clifton Park soccer field plan

• Orange's Leveille wins Tewaaraton

• Two banjos not too many for Fleck

• Holly Near: Good music, strong words

Friday, May 30

• Residents of Duanesburg trailer park may get another reprieve

• Man robs Albany Key Bank branch

• Times-Union to deliver competing newspapers

• Schenectady may allow fuel surcharge for cab companies

• Woodstock Museum opens Monday

• Man accused of threatening to torch self in front of woman

• Couple seeks public's help in replacing son's hand

• Gloversville man charged in Monday night shooting

• Troopers to keep a closer eye on motorcyclists

• School track leaderboard

• Paterson questions choice of NYRA for racing franchise

• Fatal shooting of 10-year-old in Albany sparks outrage

• Town resists panel’s call to add house to landmark list

• Development plan concerns neighbors

• New joint troop facility opens

• Bruno to seek re-election

• Meeting examines leasing rights for gas drilling

• Mix of E. Main Street uses urged

• School boards take steps to get a budget

• McNulty makes case for urgent reforms on visit with students

• 'Sex and the City' film is fun, campy, with laughs for men and women

• Near seeks to raise spirits and awareness

• Golf ball maker to shut factory

• Mother to be sent to drug rehab

• Local troops think about home

• Lady Dutch repeat in Class A

• Kids find holding a snake is 'cool' at field days

• Police bust drug ring

• Editorial: Time for compromise on Metroplex

• Ray, Siatkowski SBA Hall of Fame selections

• Tournaments send Dutchmen against ECACH rivals

• Area stock car racing: Kislowski's hard work is paying off

• Letters to the Editor for May 30

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 30

• Carolina doesn't appear to be option for Johnson

• Castaneda and friends dazzle with ensemble brilliance

• Washburn, Fleck bring their multicultural banjos to Egg

Thursday, May 29

• Schoharie school maintenance worker charged with sex abuse

• Snakes on curriculum this week for some students

• GE signs $500 million in deals for Saudi power plants

• Knowlton-Cook to enter drug rehab program

• Past, present Skidmore students nabbed in Saratoga drug probe

• Bruno to run for re-election

• Sage names interim president

• Local troops celebrate Memorial Day in Afghanistan

• Military training center opens at Schenectady airport

• Saratoga County sewer bids come in near budgeted figure

• Callaway closing golf ball plant in Gloversville

• Elderly man accused of taking surreptitious pictures of shopper

• Thruway traffic stop leads to drug charges

• Former bus driver could face additional charges

• MTI looking to sell 7 million shares of stock

• CDTA awarded $2M in bus funding

• Slain trooper honored

• Report critical of O.D. Heck

• State will permit retailers to price gas by half-gallon

• Natural gas leases are topic of forum

• 3 families to benefit from homes built to be more energy efficient

• Ground broken on sewer service project

• DOH ticks off ways to avoid Lyme disease

• Legislature supports first bond cap bill

• SCCC makes bid for old Armory

• 2 admit beating, robbing elderly woman

• Maria College will be first smoke-free campus in region

• Losing pounds in middle age means exercise, eating better

• Fast-paced farce ‘Leading Ladies’ challenges Curtain Call actors

• Editorial: High gas prices, gulp, may be our salvation

• Bowfishing: Season begins with splash

• Fly-Fishing: Esopus Creek offers pleasant day of angling

• Outdoor Journal: Little lake yields some big pike

• School Baseball: Shen back in hunt

• Ex-Rats key pieces in finals run

• Cartoonist donates drawing as a way of thanking nurses

• Officials combating truancy at elementary level

• Letters to the Editor for May 29

• Blight complaints are stacking up

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 29

• Rape suspect facing more charges

• Area Bridge results

• Newly built cold frame does wonders warming soil

Wednesday, May 28

• Man and woman sought in Schenectady carjacking

• Women admit to beating, robbing elderly Rotterdam resident

• Fire doused at Schenectady recycling facility

• Paterson announces initiative to cut state spending

• Brinkerhoff honored at state police awards ceremony

• Army National Guard to vacate Schenectady armory

• Clifton Park abandons plan for new soccer fields

• Cobleskill building owner now wants jury trial

• Missing Gloversville woman appears at police station

• Woman killed in Montgomery County crash

• Gloversville police investigate shooting

• Guilderland, Oppenheim-Ephratah among top U.S. music schools

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 28

• More bite to dog laws?

• Plan calls for new nursing facility

• From the SCCC Kitchen: Coconut-Curry Cauliflower Mash has some zing

• Thinking outside the bun

• Yates’ portrait to hang at Capitol

• U. Utah Phillips, 73, honed persona in Saratoga Springs

• Editorial: Get more power meters spinning in reverse

• Editorial: The politics of water in Clifton Park

• School awards first doctorate in nanoeconomics

• Espey announces dividend payment

• Apartment fire’s cause still a mystery

• Guardsman glad to be back home

• Help needed for playground project at park

• Stop signs being used to protest war

• Critics blast county surplus

• Town, village OK joint water district

• Group urges state to provide better oversight of doctors

• SEIU pact would raise pay

• Board eyes ban on smoking in town spaces

• Patriots draw Blue Streaks

• Blaze hands Little League a loss

• School board puts budget in place

• Letters to the Editor for May 28

• Top trooper takes the reins

• Lyrics count most for singer Shayne

Tuesday, May 27

• Fire-ravaged Waterford buildings demolished

• Man accused of attempted rape in Vale Cemetery takes deal

• Albany social club robbed at gunpoint

• Vandals turn Amsterdam stop signs into anti-war messages

• Schenectady County moving ahead with nursing home proposal

• Jury sides with Shen crew team in suit by former member

• Spinal decompression eases pressure on discs for some

• High School Notes: Lupo tops Section II lacrosse scoring list

• Waterford fire leaves more than 30 homeless

• Soldier’s widow leads city parade

• Editorial: Female cops merit bathroom, not paydirt

• Road repairs hit by petroleum prices

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 27

• Boaters hit the water, but ease up on gas

• Services let survivors 'remember their losses'

Monday, May 26

• Firefighters battling Waterford flames

• WWII memories, photos shared around the world

• Firewood restrictions greet holiday campers

• A private and a president honored

• Tornado of 1998 still a vivid memory

• Back in Time: Parade lifts pride, patriotism

• Letters to the Editor for May 26

• Editorial: Airline industry needs to break mold, start over

• Capital Region Scrapbook: Memories of Donn

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 26

Sunday, May 25

• Rotarians raising funds to help cyclone, earthquake victims

• Contributions of the nation’s 21st president remembered

• Barach brothers excel on golf course, in classroom

• Down the Fairway: Courses are in great shape

• A Seat in the Bleachers: Is soccer a real sport?

• Scholastic Profile: Eagles’ Hillenbrand puts team first

• Scotia street exemplifies how foreclosures are hitting suburban areas, as mortgage crisis mounts

• Man vs. machine: Which is better way to explore space? It depends on what needs to be done

• Op-ed column: Government doing better by veterans, but more needs to be done

• Editorial: Still meddling with Metroplex

• Letters to the Editor for May 25

• Exhibit highlights Walworth family

• PBA leader defends officers

• Summer 2008 Arts Preview Calendar

• Gas prices further hamper 'meals on wheels'

• Q&A: Nancy Bruno’s ‘Genuine Men’ develops portraits in character

• Spielberg falls back on student dreams for ‘Crystal Skull’

• 106-year-old church may close its doors

• Summer 2008 Arts Preview

• Cafe Capriccio continues long tradition of excellence

• Op-ed column: Taking Over

• Op-ed column: This time, Dad will be watching during Memorial Day race

• DeLorenzo beats Ward for Fonda win

• Murder is much more than a TV drama for these parents

• Best Bets Summer 2008 - Visual Arts

• Op-ed column: To help achieve lower gas prices, make your voice heard

• Best Bets Summer 2008 - Dance

• Church aims to connect better

• New fuels start to gain traction

• A designing woman

• Best Bets Summer 2008 - Theater

• Creating a healthy energy flow

• Best Bets Summer 2008 - Classical Music

• Best Bets Summer 2008 - Jazz

• Best Bets Summer 2008 - Popular Music

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 25

• Callaway commands the stage at Little Theatre

Saturday, May 24

• City man charged with bank robbery

• Man accused of sexually abusing child for 4 years

• Williams, Conquest fall short against Wolves

• School track leaderboard

• Whipple takes football reins at Mohonasen

• Editorial: Time to make paper money blind-friendly

• Editorial: Best policy on plastic bags: Recycle

• Behind the Broadcast: Indy again important race

• Big Brown yet to face a serious challenge

• Letters to the Editor for May 24

• Efforts may cut home insurance costs

• Internet service to rural areas mulled

• Induction weekend is big for wrestlers, fans

• Be safe with foods at holiday cookout

• More luxury units get OK

• 78 losing their jobs at bottle plant

• Roads will be slightly quieter

• Common Council chambers sport a new look

• Elms being planted again in city

• Raising Metroplex bond cap backed

• Urban artist puts talent to good use

• Poppies remain symbol of sacrifice

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 24

Friday, May 23

• Portola Packaging moving 78 jobs out of Clifton Park

• Teamsters move from one contract battle to another

• Fuel costs keeping more people home for the holiday weekend

• Former state police forensic scientist found dead

• Deal paves way for Metroplex to borrow more money

• Saratoga County housing prices plummet

• Paterson has second eye procedure

• Judge pulls out of Schenectady charter school funding dispute

• Schenectady council chambers gets a new look

• Man charged with shooting rifle on Schenectady street

• Patriots earn sectional baseball berth

• Shenendehowa perfect in Suburban Council softball

• Niskayuna girls breeze to lacrosse finals

• Conquest need to protect quarterback, get passing game going

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 23

• Two railroads plan ‘Patriot Corridor’

• NYRA hires sponsor finder

• Farmland preservation study begins

• Physicians of the future graduate

• 200 students ‘give back’ by volunteering

• SCCC music classes likely to stay

• IB program to get new coordinator soon

• Expressive exhibit

• ‘Blueberry Nights’ is road film that leads nowhere

• Editorial: Don't fawn over lawns

• Editorial: Grad school must look good

• Schenectady library addition shelved

• Ballard went from being father’s helper to top-notch driver

• Bill aims to boost Glove Cities growth

• Bilingual Girl Scout troop to start

• Residents hear about ‘quiet zone’ near tracks

• 'The price has gone crazy'

• Options eyed in wake of budget defeats

• Nonprofits stand to gain from passing of baby boomers

• Letters to the Editor for May 23

• Retired officers to watch for crime in Schenectady

• Man admits to Saratoga Springs bank robbery

• Son Volt to bring new configuration to MASS MoCA

Thursday, May 22

• Beech-Nut deal sets strict requirements for benefits

• Scotia cop to run for seat in county Legislature

• Six busted in Schenectady prostitution sweep

• Trans World Entertainment posts $11.8 million loss for quarter

• Albany father charged with murder in baby's death

• Cobleskill to keep fluoride out of village water

• Guilderland's fast start subdues Bethlehem

• Editorial: Precautions needed near railroad tracks

• Saratoga police officer returns from Afghan work

• Editorial: How cozy can unions and lawmakers get?

• Amsterdam gearing up for road repairs

• Turkey Tales: Auriemma, son have big day

• Fly-Fishing: Rising temperatures threat to trout

• Outdoor Journal: Camping delivers plenty of bang for the buck

• Cupcake shop coming to Downstreet Marketplace

• Glens Falls Hospital cuts 65 positions to stem losses

• Parents offered facts on PINS program

• Authority to pay for water line

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 22

• Grand jury indicts woman

• Letters to the Editor for May 22

• Democratic committee endorses Steck

• Beech-Nut breaks ground

• Miniature horse cheers up children in hospital

• Local doctors: Kennedy’s prognosis grim

• High school notes: Browne fought on following nasty spill

• Mega store inching closer

• Fight video pulled from Web

• Union grad school gets OK to build

• GE plans to create 'green' facility

• Town will help fund ambulance corps

• Foot care starts even before baby walks

• GottaGetGon Festival sticks with formula for success

• Lots of fun and no suspense

• New gardeners should start small, plant what they enjoy

Wednesday, May 21

• Perfect run for a perfect lacrosse team

• Voters OK most school budgets

• College Notebook: Saints, Jaspers set for MAAC tourney

• Man shot in stomach; assailant flees

• NanoCollege, Army lab to join forces

• Plainsmen earn Suburban Blue Division title

• BH-BL girls post first sectional win

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 21

• Multifamily jobs keep area builders’ business booming

• Tonko joins race for House seat

• From the SCCC Kitchen: Cardamom flavor baked into beets and carrots

• Shen voters OK $146M budget

• Sushi is everywhere

• Parents criticize sex ed plans

• Editorial: Code enforcement crackdown: keep up the good work

• Warriors' winning streak at 12

• Editorial: NRA gets out its veto stamp

• Spirits on tap for Haunted Pub Crawls

• Firm to study feasibility of horse park

• City repaying old HUD debts

• Trash burning ban draws fire

• Beloved, still working at 100

• Old fire truck returns to its former roost

• Amsterdam passes fiscal plan

• 5 districts say no to school budget plans

• Towns join for park project

• County judge will challenge Carpinello

• Letters to the Editor for May 21

• Board cool to bid for storage yard permit

• Howerdel seeks lyrical voice as Ashes Divide front man

Tuesday, May 20

• Train horns focus of Amsterdam meeting

• Police say 5 ran counterfeit handbag ring

• Gas crosses $4 mark

• Man, 38, indicted on sexual abuse charges

• Time to sit back and enjoy rocking chair extravaganza

• 19 youths who show respect receive awards

• Budget squeeze to mean program cuts

• School candidates, budget face vote

• Scratch-off winner $3 million richer

• Students hear stories from veterans

• Russo grabs final spot

• Sweeps netting code violations

• Saratoga girls begin postseason with rout

• Letters to the Editor for May 20

• Girl was allegedly drugged and photographed naked

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 20

• Old Main Florist site plans shelved

• Man sues, alleges police beating

• People injure themselves to ease painful emotions, but the behavior can be treated

• Girls’ video fight yields charges

• Pulmonary disease on increase in women because of smoking

• Editorial: Don't deprive Malta of its 'downtown'

• Worry expressed at TrustCo annual meeting

• Times Union to offer buyout packages

• Demolition of old school to clear space for project

Monday, May 19

• Pajama-clad man accused of accosting driver

• Editorial: Healthy program for farmers, kids and taxpayers

• Classic Tales of Old Dorp: Streets take their names from variety of sources

• Big Brown chasing history

• Upgrades made at senior day center

• Back in Time: In 1959, lawmen raided still in Schoharie

• Capital Region Scrapbook: Pakistan’s first prime minister, wife made stop on U.S. visit

• A house becomes a home

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 19

• Good Neighbors: Employee of year adds public service to his mechanic skills

• New grads 'say cheese'

• Thrill seekers will have to wait

• Man, 20, helps police as alcohol sting ‘decoy’

• Letters to the Editor May 19

Sunday, May 18

• Big Brown: Two down, one to go

• Suriano, Shenendehowa run down foes

• Siedlicki’s coaching tour takes interesting twist

• Down the Fairway: Qualifier challenges top shooters

• Scholastic Profile: Quimby ventures where no one has gone before

• Deeper, thoughtful, more romantic

• Transcript of second call between Kerry Kirkem and Milford Perkins

• Transcript of call between Kerry Kirkem and Hazel Nader

• Here’s the poop: It plays role in survival

• Transcript of second call between Kerry Kirkem and Hazel Nader

• Bird migration — revisited

• Transcript of call between Kerry Kirkem, Hazel Nader and Mike Torres

• Transcript of call between Kerry Kirkem and Melford Perkins

• Drug ring had big ambitions

• Letters to the Editor for May 18

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 18

• Op-ed column: Beech-Nut new facility deal reveals disdain for existing work force

• Witty dames a lot more attractive than clueless chicks

• Op-ed column: Library district would take decision-making off county

• Op-ed column: For cancer patient, wait for miracle drug was too long

• Op-ed column: Not all bad news

• Living in Lumby

• Gazette Women’s Best Ball event set June 21

• Tight lid kept in case of firing of city clerk

• Old Chicago serves good food, but way too much of it

• Editorial: Let Glove City get more for its water

• Editorial: Test scores cause for hope

• Perception of school violence may be off

• Mill dinosaurs seen as key to city’s rebirth

• Q&A: Working with young singers a high note for Diane Warner

• Summer brings new energy worries

• Niska-Day brings a community out to play together at Craig school

• Grocery stores use loyalty cards to alert customers to recalls

• Telepsychiatry program aids kids in need

• Transcript of calls between Kerry Kirkem and Steve Torres

• Baum dance retrospective offers mix

• ASO closes season with Chang premiere, Beethoven’s Ninth

Saturday, May 17

• Eddy Meet results

• King off crutches in time for Eddy Meet

• Clean start should keep Big Brown on trail to Triple Crown

• Sand blasts Brothers past Patriots

• NHL has rallied nicely after 2007 Preakness Day slight by NBC

• School track leaderboard

• For allergy sufferers, the sneezin’ season is upon us

• Track may get less fussy about dress

• Utility reconsiders damage claims

• Saratoga High School TV studio ready to go on air

• Guilty verdict in Schenectady killing

• Letters to the Editor for May 17

• Cobblestone formation appears man-made, more than 300 years old

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 17

• Editorial: Tedisco should keep out of Metroplex affairs

• Albany Law grads told victims go unnoticed

• Batter up! Virtual games can provide some real exercise

• Violinist Andre Rieu and his orchestra play songs that touch him and audience

• Corps gets high-tech heart attack tool

• Court: Village wrong to eject farmers from market

• Principal gets national award, grant

• New ACC building progressing

• 5 compete for 2 positions on school board

• Study addresses deadly crossing

• Conquest crushed by Pioneers, 69-27

• Mendelssohn Club delivers at Egg

• Artist: Focusing on rural life in Schoharie county

• Senior citizens get fit through dance movements

• Four Seasons Walking Club marching on

Friday, May 16

• School track leaderboard

• Bromberg fills the Linda with joyous noise

• Strong start gives Terry the cushion he needs

• Shut out of Derby, Kentucky Bear looms as threat

• Conquest attempt to slow streaking division leader

• Military vehicles to be on display

• Kids wait for clinic care

• FMCC must put building study on hold

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 16

• 2 accused of cutting trees on state land

• Letters to the Editor for May 16

• Debris cleanup planned

• ASO, Pro Musica to perform Beethoven Ninth Symphony

• Award reduced in woman's suit against college

• Town, school settle mall assessment case

• Helen Hunt stars as character undergoing life-changing events in 'Then She Found Me'

• Jury deliberating fate of alleged killer

• DOT opposes Route 9 parking

• Town OKs Beech-Nut plan

• Saratoga Springs reports a $4M surplus

• Some schools getting better

• Run for Women needs to be greener, race organizers say

• Ronca family has deep roots in racing at Albany-Saratoga

• Gillibrand delivers baby boy

• Radar might solve Stockade mystery

• Couple seeing progress at poor school in Ghana

• Triple play caps key Warriors’ win

• Editorial: Flag pin doesn’t make a patriot

• Editorial: The liberation of Duanesburg's ambulance co.

• Hal Ketchum shares his hits, stories at The Egg

• New Orleans festival almost too much of a good thing

• ‘Control’ a compelling look at anguished life of Ian Curtis

• For 35 years, Maude Baum has kept her work distinctly fresh

Thursday, May 15

• Governor Paterson welcome letter

• Espey reports 53% gain in net income

• Scotia puts fire department reorganization on hold

• SPAC to get new facade

• Letters to the Editor for May 15

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 15

• Amsterdam bakery ends 104-year run

• Grant to boost center serving children

• Downtown group offers plan for future

• Fire damages apartment building

• Senate OKs millions for area projects

• Man may face stiffer charges

• Hike in trash fee spurs recycling

• ‘Man of La Mancha’ chasing windmills at Hubbard Hall

• Tedisco unsure on Metroplex cap

• Proctors' 2008-09 season schedule

• Child support collection efforts lauded

• DEC clears way to build Beech-Nut plant

• Proctors' schedule offers 'a little bit of everything'

• Lounge earns award for reuse of space

• 'Life on Tilt' a story about choices

• Editorial: County out of touch once again

• Editorial: Inflation tame only in gov't eyes

• Turkey Tales: Longo stays the course

• Fly-Fishing: Conservation efforts focus on popular trout waters in region

• Outdoor Journal: Young anglers take center stage

• Big Brown's Derby success hasn't discouraged rivals

• Carter sharp on hill

• Preakness Notes: Big Brown to start from post seven

• Consumers will face higher energy bills

• Brothers will open region’s only Vespa dealership

• Area Bridge results

• Combining vegetables, flowers makes for beauty, bounty

Wednesday, May 14

• ‘Movin’ Out’ a dance spectacle with imagination

• Gayego will take another shot at heavy favorite Big Brown

• Lady Dutch solve Patriots, 8-1

• Scotia softball team locks up sectional berth

• Editorial: Figure out Kaczmarek’s role and prosecute accordingly

• Letters to the Editor for May 14

• Editorial: A deserved warning for judges

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 14

• Costly fuel puts crimp into race car driving

• Man who sued over foreclosure fees settles suit

• Big box stores required to offer bag recycling

• Veteran at CBS 6 takes Stewart’s job

• SUNY board fighting budget cuts

• Restaurants pull out of Feast fundraiser

• Residents tell Gloversville school board about 'desperate times'

• Wind tower advice sought

• Added budget funds wanted

• City razes another tannery

• Groups: Allow IDAs to help nonprofits

• Legislature OKs new day camp at Central Park

• Ambulance corps expels 13 members

• Three fire 35; Vaccaro shoots 38

• Sweeney civil suit almost ready to start

• 1925 Ford a local treat

• Energy costs restrain new

• Library backers urge return to 2003 plan

• From the SCCC Kitchen: Asparagus cooks fast, looks great dressed up

• As blindness advances, artist keeps working

• Guitarists to pay homage to their roots

Tuesday, May 13

• Student Gazette Winners

• Ten tales of dear old dad

• Rare disease afflicts girl, spurs parents to find cure

• Ex-chief’s stepson moved, sold drugs, prosecutor says

• Wiretaps reveal alleged drug mule’s panic

• Contest entry No. 10: Remembering Pa

• Contest entry No. 9: The Nature Lover

• Contest entry No. 8: Reading and Romans

• Contest entry No. 7: Mr. Parker's Pencils

• Saratoga cop slasher sent to prison

• Contest entry No. 6: The Babe at the Bar

• Contest entry No. 5: Conviction

• Contest entry No. 4: The December Day

• Contest entry No. 3: The Parakeet Paradox

• Contest entry No. 2: Pop's Whisper

• Contest entry No. 1: Honeymoon at Midnight

• Suspect was arrested visiting girlfriend at county jail

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 13

• Letters to the Editor for May 13

• Editorial: Stratton plays with numbers on police OT

• Credit union moves out of Lottery Building

• Farmers told to sell goods only to licensed dealers

• Supermarket recalls Fairbank beef items

• MTI reports $3.2M loss for quarter

• Moviegoers try new Regal theater

• Reservoir closed since 9/11 to reopen for fishing, hiking

• Patrols planned for prom season safety

• Deal may allow cop to retire

• Letter about vets draws apology

• Giants sign Schenectady graduate Hobbs

• Residents speak out for hospital

• Red Hawks leave nothing to chance

• Burnt Hills boat surprise winner

• Tartans win, finish second

• Trial over Newberry building planned

• Lawyers divided on Judge Jung

• Penpals compare notes

• Contract calls for longer school day

• Members to decide future of ambulance corps

• Private school planned in city

• Gloversville seeks to muzzle lawyer

• Jackie Robinson — a Hall of Famer and baseball trailblazer

• BCS system in college badly flawed

• Local girl proves that BMX racing is not just for the boys anymore

• Bombs were a daily peril for families in WWII

• Technology helps agriculture to grow

• Mom, therapy dog bring sunshine to sick children

• Peers run, dispense justice in Youth Court

• Meet my uncle: heroic state Trooper Donald Baker Jr.

• Navy veteran survived torpedoing of S.S. Tivives

• Safety always top priority in decision on snow days

• Bottled water a waste of money, environment

• School classrooms would benefit by having water fountains

• Security vs. morality: Choice has consequences

• Election-year feuds have split political parties before

• Celebrities get media attention for doing nothing important

• Young people can help stop global warming — starting today!

• Determined Lance Armstrong conquered cancer, foes

• Overnight stay is perfect way to get good feel for a college

• Swimmer Dara Torres aims for 5th Olympics

• Marion Jones let women down by taking steroids

• Trip to Winter X Games was event of a lifetime

• Caroga Lake volleyball squad is always up for a challenge

• Working at road races fun, tiring

• ‘Once’ may be low-budget, but it is a high-quality film

• Studying a foreign language benefits elementary students in various ways

• Tolerance is destroying concept of what’s right, wrong

• Beethoven would appreciate chamber group’s fortepiano

• PS/21 theater slates lineup of 70 events for this summer

• Sch’dy Christian coach an inspiration to many

Monday, May 12

• Transcripts of calls involving alleged Schenectady drug ring

• Transcript of call between Kerry Kirkem and Oscar Mora

• Transcript of call between Kerry Kirkem and Misty Gallo

• Transcript of calls between Kerry Kirkem and Misty Gallo and Oscar Mora

• Transcript of call between Kerry Kirkem and Maximo Doe

• Transcript of calls between Kerry Kirkem and Dawn Kirkem and Misty Gallo

• Classic Tales of Old Dorp: Summer evokes tune of hurdy-gurdy man

• Back in Time: ‘Moving Up Day’ always something to yell about

• Capital Region Scrapbook: Union College on the air

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 12

• Editorial: Don't be so quick to drop upstate economic czar

• Match Play: Lob shot keys Gifford's win

• Duanesburg freshman Brand is performing like a veteran

• Lions eliminate Union in NCAA women's lacrosse regional final

• College of Pharmacy sends 196 graduates to 'relieve suffering'

• Republican rift grows over vote on water board

• Quick video nets students top 20 spot in contest

• Lowe’s plans to downsize store

• Caged pets her ‘great companions’

• Surveillance cameras become valuable law enforcement tool

• Letters to the Editor May 12

Sunday, May 11

• Niskayuna rower determined to reach Olympics

• Streaks' Smith sets Section II hurdle record

• Down the Fairway: Pros get amateurs organized

• A rock-solid niche business, for now

• Get that worm out of my ear!

• Backyard ideal for first camping outing

• Movin’ with the Uptown Girl

• For once, a film avoids condescension toward seniors

• ‘The Hudson’ is graceful, abundant history of great river

• La Cocina specializes in expertly prepared Latin dishes

• Q&A: Despite not having any lines, guitarist Maul enjoying acting

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 11

• Life is good at Wyndbourne

• Op-ed column: Big ideas, bad ideas

• OP-ed column: Movement to get rid of the ‘nuisance’ penny makes no cents

• Letters to the Editor for May 11

• Editorial: Who dropped ball over tennis?

• Op-ed column: False child abuse claims must be investigated

• Youth Bureau leader facing harsh critics

• Report dissects decay in street maples

• Paterson tells St. Rose graduates to follow the light

• Backstretch team is ready to help

• Library construction plans change

• Breakdowns a dark side of horse racing

• Varin captures feature at Fonda

• A tough day for military mothers

• Food costs affect pantries

• Albany loses in America East softball final

• Editorial: Make park safe for kids

Saturday, May 10

• McLean serves up his own hits and those of others

• Orchestra closes season with spirited Prokofiev

• ‘Horse’s Mouth’ a telling look into soul of dance

• Eagles get a wake-up call, 6-4

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 10

• 10 concerts planned in Alive at Five series

• Editorial: Don’t let students drive off campus at lunch

• Editorial: School district should stop harassing charter

• Letters to the Editor for May 10

• Struggling farmers see hope in subsidy

• Fuel cell firm sues adviser for student loan investments

• Price Chopper store will add deli

• Banker to chair board of Albany International

• Lake stabilized a couple feet above target elevation

• Spanish church dedication today

• Bar considers filing brief to support Jung

• Clifton Park officials lose GOP support

• Investigation continues into cause of bats’ deaths

• Man cited for junk asks for permit

• City GOP expects long road to success

• Apple growers feel sting of mysterious honeybee loss

• Stamp cost to go up a penny

• Sale of items to aid victim’s son

• Behind the Broadcast: Versus shouldn’t be outsourcing NHL coverage

• APA approves 4th cell tower

• Ronca ends 11-year winless streak at Malta

• Horse racing: Dutrow’s goal is Triple Crown

• School track leaderboard

• Ex-police chief heard on wiretap

Friday, May 9

• Transcript of second call between Lisa Kaczmarek and Kerry Kirkem

• Transcript of recorded call between Lisa Kaczmarek and Kerry Kirkem

• Warriors driven by perfection, 7-4

• Siena, UAlbany renew basketball contract

• Letters to the Editor for May 9

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 9

• ‘Last Five Years’ a musical look at beginning, end of relationship

• They're more than golden oldies

• ‘What Happens in Vegas’ is Diaz gambles, loses

• ‘Redbelt’ is Mamet at his most clever and convoluted

• Jukebox: Adams’, McLean’s roots run deep in this region

• Orchestra’s principal flutist to be soloist in Bach suite

• Editorial: Don't lose $$$ making cents

• Editorial: Camp Kosiur: good money after bad

• Plug Power announces quarterly revenue hike

• Teamsters 1-for-2 in new contract talks

• Local meat manufacturers merge operations

• Confidence levels in N.Y. continue to find new lows

• UAlbany advances in America East softball tournament

• Area stock car racing: Stone gives EMS chassis a thumbs-up

• Woman donates family farm

• Family struggles after neighbor arrested for cutting their power

• Moratorium on subdivisions put in place

• Parents’ work on new Lake Avenue playground pays off for students

• Doctor eyes Greenfield inn for office

• Superintendent of Ballston Spa schools chosen

• DOT notes driver worries

• Ex-police chief Kaczmarek linked to alleged drug ring

• ‘Gutter’ loses appeal of sentence

• Duanesburg drafts wind turbine rules

• Old bricks saved from trash heap

• Hospital plans start to move forward

• Police patrols keeping Schenectady streets quiet

• Tennis team moving to Albany

• Firm backs BOCES services

• Shafer, Quinn lead Pats to 15-5 victory

• 24 facing drug charges in Schenectady

• Painted horses make debut at Museum of Natural History

Thursday, May 8

• Area bridge results listed for April 25 to May 1

• Gazette Gardener: Early-season outdoor gardeners get frosty reception

• Pros crush amateurs in Gazette Cup

• Conquest welcome return of Williams

• Mohonasen earns baseball sectional berth

• Dutchwomen win opener easily, 15-4

• Letters to the Editor for May 8

• Tulip Festival music schedule

• Culinary Training Institute provides help for at-risk high school students

• Editorial: Don't make us pay more to use less energy

• Editorial: Siena Center for battlefield a great idea

• Area youngsters find the mark during early turkey season

• Fly-Fishing: Club fish first-rate stockies

• Outdoor Journal: Tournament season near

• Trans World founder rescinds offer to buy store

• Speculation surrounds AMD’s asset light strategy

• Brothers create pizza product using only organic ingredients

• Effort to seek volunteer firefighters

• Occupancy board may be axed

• Grant boosts health clinic

• Board rules against YMCA project

• Board votes against truck lease

• Reilly facing single GOP rival

• Mental health agency space sought

• Officials address project impacts

• Single GOP rival to Reilly emerges

• Man dies in climb to girlfriend’s apartment

• Gazette earns award for series on poverty

• Conifer Park celebrating 25 years

• Assembly OKs 1-year foreclosure delay

• $53M school budget goes to voters

• Mechanicville City Council delays 'social host' vote

• Paramedics to take civil service exam

• Middle school honored for 9/11 projects

• Not-quite-black flower adds dark elegance to 60th festival

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 8

• Glenville police officer quits

• Phones can provide pictures of traffic

Wednesday, May 7

• Green position key for amateurs, pros

• Huskies start fast, hang on, 4-3

• Scotties storm back, collar Streaks

• From the SCCC Kitchen: Mediterranean potato salad a lighter creation

• Letters to the Editor for May 7

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 7

• Dry Bones will say farewell as members go own ways

• Editorial: Introspection needed for thoroughbred industry

• Editorial: Don't discourage kids from biking to school

• Mayer MAAC tennis player of year

• Police arrest suspected vandal

• Proposal would monitor Internet use by sex offenders

• Deal puts mill on path to redevelopment

• Artificial turf considered for Saratoga track

• Saw mill operator mourned

• Buses ride on with changes

• Couple leave nearly $1M to Wesley

• College taking historic step

• Possible site for rec center raises concern

• CDPHP board chief Bennett to replace Cromie as CEO

• Top riders competing in annual horse show

• Two roundabout contracts awarded

• Gazette's longtime managing editor leaving

• Despite bankruptcy filing, marketer touts former mill site

• United Way campaign brings in $9.9M

• Summer camp at Central Park proposed

• City district to pay charter school bill

• Safe, fun Burrell Park urged

• Union women host Eastern in opening round

Tuesday, May 6

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 6

• Letters to the Editor for May 6

• Having some serious fun

• Hands-only CPR technique may lead to more life savers

• Editorial: Take DNA from arrestees, too

• Edison's Wright perfect choice as pros' honorary captain

• Danes are young, but talented

• Mohonasen coach steps down

• Lady Plainsmen stay unbeaten in Suburban

• Sales tax revenues drop in some counties

• Hilltoppers ride Braemer's six-RBI effort

• Burned building razed

• Steps likely on YMCA and Wal-Mart projects

• Old bronze bell going back to Jonesville

• Politics has part in water decision

• Losers win big in weight contest

• Audit: City has $8.3M surplus

• OTB still tallying derby losses

• Land transfer, road to allow for facility

• N.Y. shows heart in defending its brand

• Albany International reports $1.5M loss in first quarter

• Crystal IS gets $1M grant to lift lighting work

• Workers: Let us build Beech-Nut plant

• Utility pushes energy savings effort

• Watch AMD, speakers urge

• Library closure plan draws fire

• Accidents kill 1, leave another injured

• Skull shows signs of scalping

Monday, May 5

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 5

• Capital Region Scrapbook: High school plays give students their first moments in spotlight

• Back in Time: Mountebanks ripped by critic for outdated spy story

• Classic Tales of Old Dorp: Odd Fellows Hall housed 6th-grade class from 1913-14

• Editorial: Finally, an upside to all those drugstores in Schenectady

• Rivals won't follow Big Brown to Pimlico

• Saints spoil Union's bid for NCAA berth

• Russo tough to beat

• Campground open for season, but soggy

• Organist Curley shares passion for music

• Tango stars shine in Fusion’s ‘Nocturna’

• Scopes Trial drama still relevant today

• Schenectady council to take wraps off audit

• Hospital adopts video translator

• Officials hope rail improvements pave way for scenic trains, tourism

• Community comes together for baseball, raising money

• Letters to the Editor May 5

• SLOC does an old musical right

Sunday, May 4

• $29 & Under: Ocean Blue Fish Fry does seafood right

• Kentucky Derby: Triumph followed by tragedy

• Lucarelli can’t explain dismal run by Monba

• A Seat in the Bleachers: Iron Man propped up Rats all year

• Conquest fall apart in second half

• UAlbany loses 11-2 lead and lacrosse title

• Education Report: Critics can voice opinions by voting on school budgets

• Keeping an eye on the new neighbors

• Letters to the Editor for May 4

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 4

• Being a dancer is being human

• Op-ed column: Contests, blogs make Gazette Web site an interactive experience

• Op-ed column: 18-month library shutdown a major disservice

• Op-ed column: A Wild West mentality

• Op-ed column: Weapons provide an easy means for evening the score

• Pre-fab kit enables couple to afford getaway home

• Editorial: Grandstanding over gas prices

• Editorial: Ely still has no IB answers

• High school girls scour shops for that one perfect dress for the prom

• Iraq war opponents plan march to Fort Drum

• Welch to defend TCGA match play crown

• OTB, fans lose out on Derby day

• Organic food price crunch

• Down the Fairway: Pros, amateurs renew rivalry

• Tears, cheers for WWII vets

• DAs urge expansion of DNA databank

• Suffragist, gelatin tycoon, dignitaries have local ties

• Future bright at old Lock 23

• Dancers run cold and hot

• Kunstler novel visits future world with no oil or electricity

• Set design whiz Doug Peek finds acting is great ‘Therapy’

• Miley’s provocative pose with Dad should raise concern

Saturday, May 3

• Will third time be a charm for Lucarelli?

• Hilltoppers boost winning streak to 22 games

• Zito ready to play again, but not with his best hand

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 3

• Tango Fusion aims for stronger foothold

• Letters to the Editor for May 3

• Editorial: YMCA a great fit for Center City

• Judge tosses Chapter 11 case in hotel dispute

• Canals eyed for world’s longest gallery

• Carney: Arrest evidence weak

• Behind the Broadcast: NBC analysts like Monba

• Conquest scrambling to replace Williams

• Teachers get lesson in making science fun

• Fate of Silver Diner serves up controversy

• Iroquois becomes school of rock for a day

• Empire State College offers new nursing degree program

• Panel shares hard truths on teen drinking

• Inspectors to check track barns

• Albany Med prize goes to 2 female researchers

• Small dam owners balk at tighter rules

• Police charge two in Amsterdam man's death

• Regional market set for big year

Friday, May 2

• Big boast for Big Brown

• Santos stays on track for section 800 mark

• Lucarelli will spend time with star filly Octave today

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 2

• Letters to the Editor for May 2

• Witty, well-acted ‘Iron Man’ will be hit despite ‘Transformers’-like ending

• Ellen Sinopoli drew on sculpture in creating her latest dance work

• Editorial: Library plan: back to the drawing board

• Editorial: ‘Scaffold law’ strikes again

• Firm puts fuel cell in GPS device

• 2 firms cite legal woes for bankruptcy filing

• Former school board members eye comeback

• Bridge detour hurting bottom lines

• Broadalbin-Perth school budget to boost tax levy nearly 7 percent

• Police accuse man of attempted rape

• Library to offer more branch services

• Rising costs driving retirees to work

• Police officer allegedly grabbed wife

• Ruling could hike assessments of area drugstores

• False report leads to policy change

• Town backs off AMD environment role

• Town official to mediate city dispute

• Previous attempts met with resistance

• Backup point guard won’t return to Siena

• Area stock car racing: DeLorenzo a family man

• Tonko says he is in the running

• Two men being held in fatal Amsterdam shooting

• Barn collapse at track leaves six workers hurt

• New ‘lord of the dance’ offers gleeful show

• French comedy ‘Priceless’ is frivolous, but fun and insightful

• Heartwarming ‘The Visitor’ is best film of 2008 so far

• Dempsey ill-suited leading man in preposterous ‘Made of Honor’

• Birchler and Wasserbach aren’t such an odd couple

• Organist wants instrument, performer front and center

Thursday, May 1

• Letters to the Editor for May 1

• Gazette Gardener: Many delicious veggies, fruits can be grown in containers

• Foster feels up to challenge of 'Inherit the Wind' part

• Opening of ’08-’09 season in hands of jury at NYSTI

• Showing his metal

• Editorial: No Big House no huge deal

• Editorial: River research center for Troy a great catch

• Live bait is the best bet for pursuing early pike

• Outdoor Journal: Predators will become prey when pike season opens

• Fly-Fishing: Dry flies work downstream, too

• Agency recovers money lost to fraud

• Vets agency director named

• No tax increase in Amsterdam spending plan

• Pletcher's colts arrive 'in good shape'

• Disappointing finish doesn't mar River Rats' season

• Molasses eyed as alternative to corn for ethanol plant

• Lady Dutch surge past Blue Bison

• Kentucky Derby: Monba gets some extra room

• Hillcrest residents hopeful they can stay

• Officials present plan for better program

• Jury: Babysitter guilty of assault

• Three poised for return to office

• French Night celebrates language

• Quadricentennial events shape up

• Cold snap keeps fruit growers on edge

• Local foreclosure rates soaring

• Writer discovers you can go home again

• Village of Cobleskill eyes water, sewer rate hikes

• With a little nudge, falcons soar back

• Stillwater residents seek answers on road plan

• Canal system open for business, pleasure

• Library to shut during project

• YMCA shifts gear, eyes Center City

• Area bridge results for April 18 to 24

• Human Rights Torch Relay makes its way to Capitol

• Online Letters to the Editor for May 1