For years, industrial sites that once fueled the city’s economy have sat idle and deteriorating in and around residential areas. Now, the brownfields are presenting an opportunity for residents to re-invent their neighborhoods.
Hours after the New York Giants won the Super Bowl, a commemorative license plate was unveiled. Two New York lawmakers say a similar tribute to the “real heroes” of the 9/11 attacks is long overdue and they shouldn’t take a back seat to millionaire athletes.
A 74-year-old former volunteer rescue squad captain and CPR instructor from Warren County has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for downloading thousands of images of hard-core child pornography to his computer.
Shenendehowa Central School District Superintendent Oliver Robinson will team up with Pete Bardunias, president of the Chamber of Southern Saratoga County, and Phillip Naftaly, a sociology and anthropology professor at SUNY Adirondack, for a forum on how cultural changes will affect southern Saratoga County.
Towns and villages in Schenectady County last year received $3.3 million — the most ever — as their share of Metroplex Development Authority sales tax revenue.
Parents at a PTO meeting Wednesday said they will be afraid to send their children to Mont Pleasant Middle School if the district were to close Oneida Middle School.
The Malta Town Board has set a public hearing for March 5 on its latest proposal to reduce the amount of construction noise in residential areas on Sundays.
Six people killed after propane explosion leveled a Washington County home are now considered homicide victims and state police said today that criminal charges are possible.
New York state Senate leader Dean Skelos says population losses show redistricting could eliminate one congressional seat in western New York and another in New York City.
The Adirondack Council says cuts in major environmental initiatives and staff losses at state regulatory agencies are threatening the Adirondack Park’s natural resources and tourism.
