About a dozen people were forced from a row house on Union Street after a candle sparked a stubborn pre-dawn blaze this morning.

City police arrested the director of the Yates Village Boys and Girls Club Thursday; he is accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenage girl.

An anonymous donation of $500,000 is infusing more energy into the goal of reclaiming the “smalltown USA” way of life that was cherished and then torn up by Tropical Storm Irene.

An international department store chain that specializes in discount and brand-name clothing is a possible tenant for the Johnstown Plaza on Route 30A, a city official said.

The state has tied six cases of Legionnaire’s disease contracted late last year to an Albany hotel.

Schenectady County Community College President Quintin Bullock is one of three finalists for the presidency of Frederick Community College, a 6,200-student institution in Maryland.

A 16-year-old Schenectady boy accused of possessing stolen cars four separate times last year was sentenced to a state prison boot camp Thursday.

The University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering has recently received more than $5 million in federal funding for research projects, college officials said Thursday.

Pricey Super Bowl advertisements this year will include a General Electric spot that features Schenectady’s GE turbine manufacturing and its — electrical — connection to Budweiser beer.

This year’s Pizza Wars featured locations in both the city and Albany, with roughly 30 participating pizzerias.

With more than 60 businesses dishing out comfort food at the 14th Chowderfest on Saturday, it will be hard for even the pickiest of eaters to not find something they like.

The Saratoga Springs Fire Department will become the city’s primary ambulance service today, and fees to transport patients are expected to be increased in the near future.

The woman authorities say is the mother of a missing 12-week-old baby claims that she is not the child’s mother, her attorney Jim Martin said Thursday.

It's true. GE will feature its Schenectady turbine division in an ad during this Sunday's Super Bowl.