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NISKAYUNA
Fun + friendship + food + fireworks = Niska Day
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The Vegas theme for the 32nd edition of Niska Day meant jugglers, acrobats and Elvis impersonators.
SCHENECTADY
Man stabbed in face during fight
Saturday, May 18, 2013
City police responded to a stabbing on Albany Street Friday evening, with a man apparently with a cut to his face after a fight, according to scanner traffic.
NISKAYUNA
6 vie for 3 open seats on Niskayuna Board of Education
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Three incumbents and three challengers are vying for three seats on the Niskayuna Board of Education in Tuesday’s vote.
DUANESBURG
Restaurateur Payne remembered for his high standards
Friday, May 17, 2013
Restaurant owner Robert L. Payne will live on through The Bear’s Steakhouse and his Capital Region disciples and in classrooms around the country.
SCHENECTADY
Brooklyn man gets 15 years in Schenectady shootout
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Brooklyn man convicted in February of attempted assault and weapons charges in a 2011 shootout on Close Street — but acquitted of attempted murder — was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison.
SCHENECTADY
Prison term for Schenectady accidental shooter
Friday, May 17, 2013
A Rockland County man accused of accidentally shooting himself and his girlfriend in October pleaded guilty Friday to a felony weapons charge.
SCHENECTADY
Jack’s Place has four walls to go with dream
Friday, May 17, 2013
Jack’s Place finally has a home.
SCHENECTADY
Company to redo bad pavement on Schenectady streets
Friday, May 17, 2013
Patches of new pavement have failed throughout the city because they were paved too late last year, City Engineer Chris Wallin said.
SCHENECTADY
Three charged in Schenectady prostitution sweep
Friday, May 17, 2013
Authorities arrested three Schenectady women on prostitution charges after conducting a sweep Thursday evening.
GLENVILLE
Police investigate series of early morning burglaries in Glenville
Friday, May 17, 2013
Glenville police are searching for the person or people behind a series of similarly conducted burglaries around town the last several months.
GE’s Nancy Fitzroy is subject of latest Wizards of Schenectady video
Friday, May 17, 2013
Most of Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy’s friends were all about going to Skidmore College and finding a husband. She had other plans. “I didn’t have any idea of what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn’t want to go to Skidmore and get my degree in ‘Mrs.,’ ” said Fitzroy, a Pittsfield, Mass., native and a mechanical engineer at General Electric Co. for 37 years from 1950-87. And she did get married, too.
SCHENECTADY
Gazette buys press to cut costs
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Daily Gazette is making a $1.5 million investment in a replacement printing press for its operations on Maxon Road Extension.
SCHENECTADY
Schenectady finishes year in the black
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The city finished 2012 with a $3.5 million surplus, Mayor Gary McCarthy announced Thursday.
SCHENECTADY
Mash Up pairs Schenectady retailers, eateries
Thursday, May 16, 2013
The Merchant Mash Up introduces more people to downtown Schenectady’s businesses, both retail shops and restaurants.
SCHENECTADY
Schenectady animal shelter nearly ready
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Animal shelters are so full that Schenectady police have been forced to occasionally house stray dogs in the locked entrance to police headquarters. But in two weeks, the temporary cages will be gone; the city is nearly finished building its own animal shelter.
