Green Island News

Warm November weather and a lack of rain means crews already are paving the new Maxwell Road.

The man's jacket with the air pocket floating in the hard-charging current was the only guide for Steven Jung as he swam toward the spot where he and other rescuers believed a man was in the Mohawk River.

There's the Champlain Bridge and its vital link between New York's North Country and Vermont that was allowed to rot beyond repair.

It's been a busy year since two graduates of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute won a $750,000 environmental prize for developing a environmentally friendly technique that uses mushroom fungus to make insulation and packaging material.

AN 18-YR-OLD MAN FROM GREEN ISLAND, WHO ESCAPED FROM POLICE CUSTODY PRIOR TO AN APPEARANCE IN WATERVLIET CITY COURT THIS MORNING, HAS BEEN RE-CAPTURED. POLICE SAY JASON GIBSON WAS LOCATED INSIDE A DRAINAGE PIPE ALONG THE SHORE OF THE HUDSON RIVER IN HIS UNDERWEAR, ABOUT THREE HOURS AFTER HE WENT OUT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE.

Police are searching now along the Hudson River for an escapee. A State Police helicopter is hovering over the river and Interstate 787 as authorities search for the suspect just north of the Congress Street Bridge.

A tradition of the local political culture is to eat a spaghetti lunch at St. Mary's Catholic Church on the afternoon before Election Day and return for dinner if you're running for office.

Jake Dominello had one of those experiences Thursday that you can only have on a field trip.

The Green Island Power Authority is one step closer to getting the federal license revolked for Brookfield Renewable Power's 39 megawatt School Street hydro plant just below the Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River.

Timing and logistics are playing a major role in how supporters and those who oppose President Barack Obama are responding to his planned visit on Monday.

Is it a publicity stunt? A sincere political event? Or some combination of the two? You decide.

Nothing says Albany like a mother and daughter sporting duck bills as they enjoy the Albany Aqua Ducks tour.

Pop culture icon, Darryl McDaniels from legendary hip hop group, Run DMC, announces he will be rocking a new look and rolling on a new ride to raise money for his Felix Foundation.

During the Senate coup, News Talk 590 host Jackie Donovan was so frustrated with Albany politicians, she could have taken over a small municipality.

Lydall Performance Materials has officially opened its new needled fiber product operationat its Green Island, NY facility.

Don't be surprised to see firefighters from two departments staffing a new 95-foot aerial ladder truck when it rolls out of the city firehouse.

ING Civil won the contract to replace the Bridge Avenue bridge in Cohoes. Expected cost: $8.4 million; their bid: $6.7 million.

Fire crews are still on the scene of a three-alarm fire at Peoples Avenue and 9th Street in Troy.

Of all people, a judge should have known better than to do what Albany Family Court Judge Gerard Maney was accused of last month: not just driving with ability impaired, but, after coming upon a police sobriety checkpoint, taking extraordinary measures to avoid it.

GREEN ISLAND Albany County Family Court Judge Gerard Maney initially refused a breath test at a sobriety checkpoint on the Green Island Bridge last month -- then tested at nearly twice the legal limit after drinking mouthwash, court papers show.