About 150 farmers turned out Tuesday to object to plans to close the county Farm Service Agency office in Ballston Spa and move its functions to Washington County.
Niskayuna parents and bus drivers pleaded Tuesday for the school district not to contract out transportation services, saying it would jeopardize safety and diminish the personal connection with students.
The sentence of admitted burglar Timothy Cipriani, arrested last year after he was found stuck in the duct work of a Rotterdam pizzeria, is expected to depend on not only his criminal record, but also any psychiatric or substance abuse problems.
Law enforcement officials in Schenectady County came together Tuesday to support a proposed expansion of the state DNA databank to include samples from everyone convicted of misdemeanors in the state.
An Albany man who fled from police last October in a stolen SUV and killed a Voorheesville motorist in a crash pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday in state Supreme Court in Albany County.
The woman who is claiming self-defense in the fatal December stabbing of another woman was denied reconsideration of her bail Tuesday as an indictment in her case is waiting to be reported.
The American Kennel Club has suspended privileges granted to a Schenectady man’s kennel in Otsego County following an inspection of the facility and charges he abused dogs there.
Three years ago, a quarter of Schenectady High School’s freshmen weren’t showing up for school. Now, for the first time, the attendance rate is finally breaking into the 90 percent range.
The sentence of admitted burglar Timothy Cipriani, arrested last year after he was found stuck in the duct work of a pizzeria, is expected to depend on not only his criminal record, but also any psychiatric or substance abuse problems.
A Schenectady man who operates breeding facilities for purebred dogs, cows and horses in Otsego County was charged with 49 counts of cruelty to animals after an investigation by state police found dozens of undernourished dogs on the property.
The two parents charged in relation to the saga of the once-missing infant Madison Green will continue to be prosecuted, despite the baby being found safe and well, a prosecutor said Monday.
Schenectady will borrow $2.81 million to continue rebuilding critical parts of infrastructure damaged during the massive flooding from tropical storms Irene and Lee late last summer.
A paroled Rensselaer County killer who lived in Schenectady and told The Sunday Gazette he had renounced crime has been acquitted on felonies related to a June 2011 burglary in Schodack, his attorney said.
