Menands News

The new chancellor of the State University of New York already has boosted her annual compensation package.

Alteris Renewables Inc. wants to become the leading installer of solar electric systems across upstate New York.

Rain or shine, the Farmers Market in Menands will be doling out free chocolate-covered strawberries at the Strawberry Festival tomorrow morning.

Ian White's morning commute from Albany to Troy begins with the splendor of the Hudson River.

Albany County District Attorney David Soares has announced the preliminary results of the sobriety enforcement initiative that took place throughout the county Thursday night.

Police say an early morning fire in Menands was arson -- and they've arrested the man they say committed the crime.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Morgan Linen Service Inc.

The three people who died Sunday afternoon when their small plane crashed and sank in the Mohawk River drowned, State Police said today.

WNYT Ch. 13, the NBC affiliate in Menands, has long had the region's top-rated newscasts.

Shaker High School's graduation will be a family affair for four cousins. On June 27, Melissa and Michele Grenier, Molly Harbour and Scott Somerville will graduate together and, for the first time in their lives, go their separate ways.

It's an annual tradition in Albany as service men and women are remembered and honored this weekend, so is the twenty first President of the United States.

The city of Albany is launching an investigation to figure out why it took so long to get an ambulance to the scene where 11-year-old Benjamin Cocco lay dying.

Pam Mertz has been here before, sitting in a classroom. She'd be the student in the corner, hiding.

Town of Colonie historian Kevin Franklin shows a photo of Anne Grant from her memoirs.

WNYT, the NBC affiliate with Menands, will end its experiment with an 11 a.m. newscast as it makes way for a new talk show.

Sentencing of the former head of Menands mechanical contractor Tougher Industries Inc.

When explorer Henry Hudson got as far north as he could go on the waterway that would later bear his name, he didn't stick around long or wander much beyond the riverbank.

A man driving a moving truck lead police on a chase through three different jurisdictions and crashed into a cop car before he was arrested.

A chase through three municipalities started early this morning when police spotted a man driving truck with its rear gate dragging on the ground -- throwing sparks from the friction -- and ended with officers restraining the man with a Taser, police said.

The Capital District Transportation Authority announced that it will make service changes on 16 routes, effective May 24, 2009.