Germantown News

ABSTRACT: ANNALS OF DESSERT about Baumkuchen and spit cakes. Hardly a lover of sweets, the writer does have intermittent longings for one cake that was a favorite indulgence until it disappeared from the New York scene about twenty years ago.

At the October Boy Scout Troop 95 Court of Honor, six Scouts and three adult Scouters were recognized for taking part in a 50-mile backpacking trip at Cranberry Lake in upstate New York.

Plans to build a new public radio station in Catskill and Hudson, N.Y. have received a federal boost.

Two men allegedly stealing copper pipe from the former Hudson River Psychiatric Center were arrested Wednesday by Town of Poughkeepsie Police.

A highly contagious and destructive tomato blight continues to advance across New York, another in a series of weather-related headaches for upstate farmers during this cool and rainy summer.

The Columbia County sheriff's department has ticketed eight people they say sold alcohol to a 19 year-old working for them.

A state trooper was injured while making arrests during a dispute in Germantown this morning, state police say.

Another $8.7 million in federal stimulus-funded programs have been announced by Gov.

If Mother Mary Angeline Teresa McCrory is to one day become a saint, the miracle investigation formally opened here Monday could prove a pivotal moment.

Sonny Rollins is a model of aging with wisdom and grace, but even those qualities are overshadowed by a towering artistry that's as vibrant as ever.

New regulations imposed last year by the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation on fishing for local shad - a measure to address the declining shad population - has resulted in limited supplies of the local delicacy this season.

TIVOLI - A day and a half after she pulled an unconscious motorist from his burning car, Tivoli resident Stacy Behan said she believed 'some other power' had helped her make the rescue.

TIVOLI - Stacy Behan's quick thinking saved the life of a 26-year-old Germantown man who crashed his car in Red Hook Sunday.