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COLONIE
Public's help sought in probe of Colonie sexual assault
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Colonie police are asking for the public’s help in an investigation into a sexual assault early Sunday morning that left a young woman with broken bones and other injuries.
ALBANY
Man accused of molesting boy in Albany bathroom during field trip
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
New York State Police arrested an Albany man Tuesday morning for allegedly molesting a boy at the New York State Museum.
Former charter school official sentenced to prison for theft
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
The former chief financial officer for an Albany charter school organization’s foundation was sentenced to up to 10 years in state prison this morning, after admitting to taking more than $200,000 from the foundation, officials said.
UTICA
Sentencing in McGinn-Smith securities fraud, tax case postponed
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Attorneys for convicted investment brokers Timothy McGinn and David Smith will have until August to prepare for their sentencing on fraud and tax evasion charges, but it’s the last extension they’ll get.
SCHENECTADY
Truck driver accused of killing bicyclist facing new charges
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Charges have now been filed in connection with the Schenectady portion of the November police chase involving a man who allegedly hit a bicyclist in Albany then fled with the man’s body lodged on his truck.
ALBANY
Police say woman found dead in her Albany apartment was homicide victim
Friday, May 31, 2013
City police today identified the woman found dead inside her Albany apartment earlier this week, and labeled her death as homicide.
GUILDERLAND
Child lost to illness subject of book
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
When Gina Peca walked through the doors of East Line Books in Clifton Park two years ago, she was terrified and overwhelmed.
SCHENECTADY
UPDATE: Schenectady woman accused of bilking IRS out of $87,000
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
A Schenectady woman faces a federal indictment for an alleged check-writing and tax return scheme that scammed the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $87,000.
ALBANY
2 years in federal prison for marijuana grower
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
A former Saratoga County businessman was sentenced Tuesday to two years in federal prison on his earlier guilty plea to growing marijuana in a Wilton storage unit, authorities said.
TROY
Shaker student wins art competition
Sunday, May 26, 2013
A Shaker High School senior is the winner of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition for the 20th Congressional District.
ALBANY
Film to raise piece of Albany's razed past
Saturday, May 25, 2013
When Bob Paley was a boy, he would stand on the back porch of his home in Rensselaer and take photographs of the city across the Hudson River. As an adult, he took pictures of Albany as a photographer for the Knickerbocker News, which was Albany’s afternoon paper for 145 years before folding in 1988. Paley took photos documenting the construction of Empire State Plaza, as well as photos of the people who lived downtown.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
Albany Medical College grads embark on important paths
Thursday, May 23, 2013
More than 200 Albany Medical College graduates received their medical, master’s and doctoral degrees.
ALBANY
UAlbany's Lydia Davis earns Man Booker prize
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Author Lydia Davis, a writing fellow with the New York State Writers Institute and associate professor and writer-in-residence at the University at Albany, was awarded the Man Booker International Prize, one of the most prestigious prizes in the world of literature, on Thursday.
ALBANY
Suspect in Albany shooting death arrested in Kentucky
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The suspect in an April murder in Albany was tracked down late Tuesday in Kentucky by members of the regional U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.
ALBANY COUNTY
Albany County legislators delay action on renovations for SCCC branch
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
County legislators are going to seek new bids for the main contract to renovate office space for a Schenectady County Community College satellite location in downtown Albany, prompting concern about whether the project will be completed in time for classes to begin in January.
