Coeymans News

I grew up around education, and to this day I have friends and family who are active in the profession.

I've written about contractors who disappear before, but today's story has a twist.

As the legislative session winds down, property owners across New York State are hoping Governor Paterson's tax cap will pass.

Two men were charged with gang assault Friday evening in connection with an beating last month in a local park, police said.

Posted on: 06/18/08 Written by: Jarrett Carroll, Spotlight Staff email: carrollj@spotlightnews.com Residents in the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk School District overwhelmingly approved a $403,427 referendum on ...

Coeymans Police have arrested a woman for stealing more than $19,000 from the Ravena-Mid-Hudson Pop Warner Football League.

Posted on: 06/03/08 Written by: Spotlight Newsroom, Staff email: news@spotlightnews.com The Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Board of Education on Monday, June 2, appointed longtime Capital Region school administrator ...

A Coeymans man was injured early Saturday in a one-car crash after his vehicle went off the road and hit a tree.

The Common Council on Monday approved borrowing almost $7 million for expanding the Rapp Road landfill.

“It continues to add to the woes”

It's school budget time and the cost of education is climbing. A review of 45 Capital Region school districts that offer budgets, propositions and school board candidates to voters on Tuesday showed all but one ... via Times Union

“What would be the downside of tabling this until the Open Space Committee can look at this?”

Posted on: 05/15/08 Written by: Jarrett Carroll, Spotlight Staff email: carrollj@spotlightnews.com Bethlehem's town board unanimously decided to allow the supervisor to enter an agreement with the state's DEC ... via Niskayuna Journal

The county's financial health, a measure requiring stores to provide recycling bins for plastic bags and a tribute to a former colleague who died recently were on Monday night's agenda of the legislature. via Times Union

“It's continuous surveillance. If you miss something, it's constantly recorded. If you want to check something, you can go back. Using the mouse, I can move my camera around and zero in on someone”

"Since we were forced to close the area in 2001, I've received calls and requests to open the facility on an almost weekly basis," Mayor Jerry Jennings said. via The Gazette

A NEW...AND VERY STRANGE TWIST IN THE STORY OF A SKULL....FOUND WRAPPED IN PLASTIC IN A 300-YR-OLD HOME IN COEYMANS. via WGY-AM Albany

“The Bright Star is a well established part of the Monroe-Woodbury community. It has been serving commuters, teachers, shoppers, and locals for...”

A state archaeologist says a female skull found in the basement of a colonial-era home near Albany likely dates back to the 18th century. via Recordonline.com - The Times Herald-R...

“If Henry Hudson was first in the area in 1609, and the Coeymans house was built in 1675, then maybe sometime between 1609 and 1675 might be when this incident could have occurred.”

Coeymans police are releasing more information in the investigation of a human skull that was found in the wall of a 300-year-old house. via Capital News 9

“It's the weirdest case I can remember.”

A human skull found wrapped in plastic inside the basement wall of a historic home appears to be "very old" and shows no sign of trauma, police said. via Times Union

A contractor working Thursday in the basement of a nearly 300-year-old historic home found something unusual inside a wall he demolished: a human skull. via Times Union

“We try to take that risk factor into account, but again today the conditions are optimal, we have a nice bright sun overhead, the water is going to be very calm for most of it so we'll be able to see into the water to a pretty good depth”

The same drone plane being used in the case of missing Jaliek Rainwalker, 12, is being used to search for missing college student Josh Stostak this weekend. via Capital News 9

Looking for additional information and verification of existing data. Aelffen "Evaatje" Albertse Bradt was born the 9th of January 1632 in Amsterdam, Holland. via Cousinconnect.com