Niskayuna News

For the last six years, Helen Brooks and her daughter, Valerie, who live in Niskayuna, had to attend NAACP events in Albany because the branch in Schenectady County was inactive.

Lindsay Mayo scored twice as top-seeded Niskayuna beat No. 2 Saratoga Springs, 2-1, in the Section II Class A field hockey championship on the turf at Shenendehowa High School.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Hannah's Hope Fund has the opportunity to raise $1 million if it can raise $500,000 toward a matching grant from the Sunshine Lady Foundation, a private family foundation established by philanthropist Doris Buffett.

Tonight, there are seven Section II football semifinals: two in Class AA, one in Class A, two in Class B and two in Class D. Today's question of the day is this: Do you see any road team, or teams, winning tonight? Here is the schedule.

New York state officials have wrongly diverted almost $22 billion of money for highway repairs to pay for operating expenses and debt payments, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said.

Six candidates are seeking three seats on the Schenectady County Legislature for District 3, which comprises Niskayuna and Glenville.

Metro Mattress is opening two more stores in the Albany, N.Y., region, bringing its total in the area to seven.

Town police are searching for three men who allegedly walked into the Pine Mart gas station Monday night and held the shop's clerk at knifepoint.

A firefighter was injured this morning when a blaze apparently spread from a backyard shed and into a home on Fillmore Avenue.

Gary Male has taken over leadership of C.T. Male Associates P.C. , one of the largest engineering firms in the Albany, N.Y., area.

The town of Niskayuna has recently acquired approximately 100 acres of park lands as a part of both county land given to the town on Stanford Ave.

Work that began in Niskayuna's GE Global Research Biosciences lab is being expanded next year with a partnership that aims to spur advancement in cancer research, GE said today at a conference in New York.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Most of the news out of GE these days is bad. If the stories aren't about the company's deeply screwed up credit subsidiary, they're about the uncertain future of the NBC Universal media and entertainment business.

After landing a management job that meant more money and power, Steven Raucci resorted to vandalism and violence to hold onto his union and school posts, according to District Attorney Robert Carney.

South Colonie Central School District will be holding a vote Wednesday, Oct. 14, regarding the replacement of seven buses.

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. & HERZLIYA, Israel-- --SolarEdge, whose technology increases solar power systems' output by up to 25 percent, announced today that GE unit GE Energy Fina... NISKAYUNA, New York und HERZLIYA, Israel-- --SolarEdge, deren Technologie die Leistung von Solarenergiesystemen um bis zu 25 % steigert, gab heute bekannt, dass die Sparte GE ...

Officer Bethany Vena sustained injuries on Wednesday, July 29 at approximately 8 p.m. while attempting to arrest David Kadio, 37, of Albany, on an arrest warrant.

National Grid reports that there are power outages in the following towns: In Scotia and Glenville, there are 31 power outages.

Police were called to the Crowne Plaza around 4:15 AM Saturday morning to a report of a group of males fighting with beer bottles.

Endorsement boosts Niskayuna town board candidate Posted on: 10/09/09 Sean Ahern, Contributing Writer email: aherns@spotlightnews.com First-time candidate Denise McGraw was among the 150 women across the state to receive an endorsement Monday, Sept.