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November 19, 2009 Updated 12:21 p.m. Saratoga County District Attorney James Murphy III said students and staff reported they thought the exploding firecrackers were gun shots.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

A manufacturer in Albany, N.Y., has sued another Capital Region company over allegations of patent infringement.

The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts in Ballston Spa have moved a homeless shelter for women veterans project closer to reality with donations of $15,000 each.

Two people were air lifted to Albany Medical Center Monday night following what police in the Town of Ballston said was a domestic incident.

Thomas Casey, 19, is tomorrow's veteran. Grown in the shadows of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, he joined the military to respond to his generation's Pearl Harbor and "do something productive." Casey was a fifth-grade student from Troy in June 2001 when he visited the World Trade Center site in Manhattan with his elementary school class.

John Tattersall, president of Frank Murken Products, wonders if the long-term labor pool will be large enough to accommodate all employers.

At least 12 local rescue groups and shelters are taking part in an adoption clinic 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.

It's a final. Saratoga beat Ballston Spa, 31-7, to win the Class AA Super Bowl. Scoring rundown: Luke Fauler runs for a TD for Saratoga.

Ballston Spa and Saratoga Springs are run-first, pass-second rivals meeting for the second time in four weeks tonight for the Class AA football championship.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

The Saratoga County Department of Public Health will hold a Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Clinic on Tuesday, Nov.

Are you thinking Christmas gifts yet? I usually start the madness around Thanksgiving weekend and then it gets crazier from there.

Tonight, there are seven Section II football semifinals: two in Class AA, one in Class A, two in Class B and two in Class D. Today's question of the day is this: Do you see any road team, or teams, winning tonight? Here is the schedule.

Saratoga County officials have placed an identity with skull and bone fragments found near the Edinburg/Greenfield town line this week.

By TARYN FITSIK BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. -- The latest solar technology can heat a home even when the sun isn't out, and it's being used right here in the Capital Region.

Ballston Spa Bancorp Inc. has reported income for the first nine months of the year of $1.8 million, down from $2 million from the same period a year earlier.

For those bowlers who can't qualify for the next Huck Finn/Northeast Bowling Proprietors of New York "Capital Region Show" this weekend at Sunset Recreation in Albany and Uncle Sam Lanes in Troy , there are a couple of satellite qualifiers available.

I've always had an aversion to large crowds, or even small ones for that matter, so I've generally avoided the rally scene.

Ballston Spa Bancorp Inc. reported net income of $1.8 million, or $2.38 a share, for the nine months ended Sept.

The state Department of Motor Vehicles has suspended former U.S. Rep. John Sweeney's driver's license for 18 months.

Saying it wants to investigate reports that city police may be overusing Tasers, the New York Civil Liberties Union sued the city Thursday, alleging it refused to release public information about how and when the department uses them.