Menands News

Art shows come and go. And some of them stay with us, burned onto the brain. So it is with the 2008 Mohawk-Hudson Regional, which will be long remembered simply as "The Joel Shapiro Regional." When one of the ...

The Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society has been providing shelter for lost, abused and unwanted animals since 1887.

One-time tax dies in Senate Posted on: 07/07/08 Ariana Cohn, Reporter email: cohna@spotlightnews.com As the legislative session came to a close Tuesday, June 24, the bill that would have Colonie residents ...

These students are designation as honor graduates at Shaker High School. The commencement was Saturday.

Aaron R. Dare and his girlfriend were arraigned Friday morning on 59 counts of felony fraud, including money laundering and grand larceny, related to real estate schemes the pair allegedly committed.

Aaron R. Dare and his longtime girlfriend, Ana P. Monteiro, were arraigned this morning on a new felony indictment charging them with 59 counts, including money laundering and grand larceny, in connection with ...

Nearly a month after the May 29 shooting death of 10-year-old Kathina Thomas, residents of West Hill are trying to heal and to maintain momentum in their efforts to rid the streets of gun violence and youth ...

A sentencing date has been set for the former owner of embattled Menands mechanical contractor Tougher Industries Inc.

The vast majority -- nearly 90 percent -- of homeowners in the town would pay less than $250 in a one-time deficit tax, according to the town and a proposal introduced Thursday in the state Legislature.

Early in 2006, Steven Shaw went to Berkshire Bank to ask for a $6.1 million loan.

In a 4-3 vote last night , the Colonie Town Board adopted a one-time corrective tax, which would average to about $155 per household in the town and around $135 per household in the villages of Colonie and ...

If painter David Arsenault shows up to put your business on canvas, watch out. It seems that the places Arsenault depicts have a tendency to disappear after he paints them.

That they aren't yet officially calling it a recession does nothing to diminish the fact that our money just doesn't stretch as far as it used to.

THREE EMPLOYEES OF THE STATE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HAVE BEEN ARRESTED ON CHARGES THAT THEY ACCESSED CONFIDENTIAL CHILD ABUSE FILES TO GET INFORMATION FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL USE.

Fire crews quickly knocked down a house fire this morning in the West Albany neighborhood after the elderly resident escaped without injury.

Three state employees were arrested on allegations they illegally accessed confidential child abuse files to get information for personal use.

A bank robbery suspect is in custody, after police said he led them on a chase across three city lines.

Call him the inquisitive burglar. A 44-year-old man admitted stealing $3,000 in jewels and rare coins from a Menands home last winter, but not before asking the judge about his upcoming prison sentence -- and ...

Police said James Spears, 48, of 219 Vermont View Drive, entered the bank about 9:20 a.m. demanding cash.

Kirill Shakhov is a good student. In math class, he can fly through complex algebraic systems advanced for kids his age.