Old Chatham News

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said Tuesday that declining milk prices threaten the family dairy farm and the safety of the U.S. food supply.

Police are still searching for a woman who disappeared Monday after she walked out of the psychiatric wing of Columbia Memorial Hospital.

Police in Hudson are searching for a female patient at Columbia Memorial Hospital who's been reported missing since she walked out of the hospital Monday evening.

I've always thought it was smart the way the Fatty Crab team expanded their empire from an outstanding-but-tiny downtown-NYC Malaysian restaurant to include a much bigger, more comfortable and cocktail-friendly outpost on the Upper West Side , a groovy and authentic Mexican restaurant, Cabrito , in the West Village, and coming this fall, a Brooklyn ...

The Comedy Works, the area institution that has made its home in the ballroom of the former DeWitt Clinton Hotel in downtown Albany for the past five years, next month will move its weekly shows to the Best Western Albany Airport Inn, located at 200 Wolf Road.

These low-cost funds aren't flashy and won't make you rich overnight. Rather, they simply strive to deliver a similar return to the benchmark they are tracking, thereby offering consistent but not stellar returns over the long term.

Since opening in 2001, Gigi has utilized fresh, local ingredients in many of its signature dishes.

Since opening in 2001, Gigi has utilized fresh, local ingredients in many of its signature dishes.

Red Newt Cellars and Bistro's' Winemaker's Dinner on Friday will celebrate Finger Lakes rosés. Tom Higgins of Heart and Hands Wine Co.

The aromatic scents of cheese and coffee will lure you inside Plum Plums in Pound Ridge, where owners Audrey and Adam Free and partner Wendy Marilee insist you taste a little of this Montgomery English Cheddar, or a bit of this creamy Ossau Iraty goat cheese; or even better, some Gorgonzola Cremificato, before you buy.

I once had a colleague who chucked journalism to become a cheesemaker, and I've since read several similar stories about people quitting careers to pursue the life of a fromageur .

The Rusty Anchor Waterfront Bar & Grill, a converted barge moored on the Hudson River in Watervliet, has opened for the season.

Summer Brennan, right, and Lauren Warner, 5, introduces the adopted Pine Hills rooster, nicknamed "Dunkin'," to a pony named "June" at Lynn's Little Brook Farm in Old more... The Pine Hills rooster at his new home on Little Brook Farm in Old Chatham Wednesday afternoon May 6, 2009.

Elvis Perkins is constantly in motion. For years leading up to his haunting, beautiful debut, Ash Wednesday , Perkins wandered around the country, exploring new lands and sowing his musical oats by writing songs, playing in several bands, recording and moving on to new creative outlets.