Fort Edward News

The first phase of the 40 mile project to remove the cancer causing chemical PCB wrapped up last month.

Congressman Maurice Hinchey wants the federal government to adopt the Hudson River Valley as a unit of the National Park Service.

New York's economic agency has approved $3.1 million in grants for projects in Schenectady and in Washington County.

By BRENT CURTIS RUTLAND HERALD STAFF A Randolph man bullied his way into an elderly couple's car in Fair Haven before stealing it and driving to Hampton, N.Y., where he was arrested Wednesday night, according to Fair Haven Police.

Hudson Falls man after a call came in that he was violating an order of protection.

Crews dredge a Hudson River section in Fort Edward, N.Y. ADVERSTISMENT Crews dredging a polluted stretch of the upper Hudson River this year battled high water, old logging debris and unexpected levels of PCB contamination that slowed progress.

The Environmental Protection Agency says that a recent spike in the level of PCBs on the Hudson River was an isolated incident caused by river conditions.

Feds optimistic on PCB cleanup FORT EDWARD, N.Y. - Crews dredging a polluted stretch of the upper Hudson River this year battled high water, old logging debris, and unexpected levels of PCB contamination that slowed progress.

Crews dredging a polluted stretch of the upper Hudson River this year battled high water, old logging debris and unexpected levels of PCB contamination that slowed progress.But as the first phase of one of the most costliest and complex federal Superfund projects wraps up this month, regulators say results are generally positive and show dredging ...

The Washington County District Attorney has filed a request with the court to assign a special prosecutor to investigate "voting irregularities"in Granville during theSept.15 Republican primary elections.

Two Capital Region municipalities will receive more than $570,000 to boost efforts to clean up abandoned property and prepare it for commercial use.

Dairy farmers are getting a $350 million cash infusion from the federal government as they struggle with low wholesale milk prices.

Christy Wallover, Tom Kutys and James Burton sift through dirt from the excavation site at the original Historic Fort Edward last week.

The discovery of more PCB-tainted sediment in the Hudson River has raised concerns that the length of the cleanup could be extended.

A mistake made along the Hudson River is offering archaeologists a rare glimpse into how colonial military engineers built wooden forts, including the key stronghold constructed here by the British during the French and Indian War.

Never, ever take a river for granted. Not even with seemingly civilized, placid waters in familiar territory.

FORT EDWARD, N.Y. - Thanks to a blunder by crews dredging PCB-contaminated sediment from the Hudson River, archaeologists are learning more about the construction of what was once Britain's largest fortification in North America.

I was in Fort Covington last night for a town meeting about the recent dam removal on the Salmon River.

General Electric is overseeing the detoxification of the Hudson River. A controversial Environmental Protection Agency dredging project in the Hudson River -- originally designed to prevent cancer-causing chemicals in the riverbed from contaminating fish -- has struck "oil," so to speak a toxic "oil" of previously unknown pockets of liquid ...

A 22-year-old Hudson Falls man is under arrest after he led police on a foot chase and jumped off a bridge in the overnight hours, the city police department said.