Albany News

Thanks to community support, some local WWII veterans were able to fly to the nation's capital this morning to see a memorial dedicated for their service.

The New York assemblyman accused of asking young female staffers to massage him, touch his cancerous tumors and join him in hotel rooms said Saturday he will resign rather than possibly be expelled from the Legislature amid sexual harassment allegations.

A community project, Please Remember Me is meant to remember members of the Capital Region community who have given their lives while in combat since WWII.

The event is open to all cycling enthusiasts both young and old. For the kids, police will be giving out free helmets early in the day, and offer exercises in staying safe on two wheels.

MUSIC : Alan Chartock & the Berkshire Ramblers @ Caffe Lena , Saratoga Springs. It's the centerpiece of Caffe Lena's 53rd anniversary Homecoming Weekend with media mogul/banjo man Chartock leading his sprawling band of folk ramblers.

I want to share our conversation with Nancy Rankin, the architect from the Albany-based firm of Waite, Inc., at our board meeting on April 22, concerning the restoration of the Roslyn Grist Mill.

By Justin Mason Gazette Reporter Michael Melita and Giovanni Holmquist are challenging their suspensions by the University at Albany and asking to be reinstated at the university in separate legal actions filed in state Supreme Court in Albany County earlier this month.

If you or a loved one is diagnosed with a brain tumor, the reality of it can be terrifying, but there is more hope than people realize.

I am a resident of Great Neck, and, like most New Yorkers, I am dismayed by the continuing corruption in Albany.

The flag outside Wahconah Regional High School was at half-staff Thursday in honor of the fallen local son of Dalton.

Robert Redford delivers one last lecture on 1960s idealism and passes another baton to Shia LaBeouf in The Company You Keep, an engrossing thriller about the last anti-Vietnam War radicals still underground.

After the completion of the Section II semifinal rounds on Thursday, the Class A, B and C championship matchups are set.

"We would not relocate from Johnstown to Saratoga if we didn't think we were going to be hiring," says Mario Papa, managing partner of Hodgson Russ' new Saratoga Springs office.

Assemblyman Vito Lopez sits during a session in January at the Capitol in Albany.

Lt. Governor Robert Duffy announced revitalization plans of Wellington Row in Albany on Thursday; a historic row of buildings on the south side of State Street near the State Capitol.

A proposal to build a major Long Island casino with video slot machines is part of closed-door negotiations to expand casino gambling in New York, according to the head of the Nassau County Off-Track Betting Corp .

Singer-songwriter Richard Barone - former frontman for the Bongos and author of "Frontman: Surviving the Rock Star Myth" - has collaborated with everyone from Lou Reed to Pete Seeger, from Tony Visconti to Donovan.

New York State Police in Albany are investigating the death of a man found at the Empire State Plaza.

The Capital Region's largest annual road race is expected to draw more than 9,000 runners and walkers Thursday night.

United States Army soldier Henry L. Johnson , also known as "Black Death," earned his fearsome nickname in France during World War I . After being ambushed by German forces and taken captive, Johnson freed himself and other soldiers using just a rifle and a knife.