Schaghticoke News

David Bacon was last seen 40 years ago as he left for his factory job. Police suspected he took off without telling anyone and treated it as a missing-person case.

It was three strikes and out for the Schaghticoke Indian tribe in bucolic Kent, tucked away on the New York border in the Northwestern part of the Connecticut The tribe has lost its third attempt to gain federal recognition as a legitimate tribe.

The village recently received a $100,300 grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the purchase of a dome to cover the sludge holding tank at the waste water treatment facility.

The Great American Pet Festival runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds.

Dawn Perry, Bob Duncan, Dave Koenes and Gus Turnbull, residents of Powerhouse Road in Schaghticoke, want Brookfield Renwable Power, which owns a deterioated section of more... Dawn Perry, Bob Duncan, Dave Koenes and Gus Turnbull, residents of Powerhouse Road in Schaghticoke, want Brookfield Renwable Power, which owns a deterioated section of ...

Stephen Cooper A was never fond of his son, and his lack of affection grew deeper over time, like the shine on a barber's razor strop.

With the season winding down, it won't be long before we'll be out with shovels in tow, digging our summer bulbs.

There are plenty of questions after an early Friday morning fire heavily damaged a Schaghticoke house - a tragedy the family was fearful might happen.

State Police cited 10 people for underage drinking at the Schaghticoke Fair over the Labor Day weekend.

Robert Hall of Saratoga Springs unloads a Whiteface Hereford calf at one of the barns at the Schaghticoke Fair with help from his granddaughter Kimberly Hall, 17, more... Robert Hall of Saratoga Springs with his prize Whiteface Hereford "Miss Kay" at the 190th Schaghticoke Fair.

Little more is known about a deadly ATV crash in Columbia County Saturday. It happened that afternoon on Harrington drive in the town of Austerlitz when three children took the vehicle for a ride in a driveway.

Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States and is always celebrated on the first Monday in September.

Authorities say a Hoosick couple used an unusual technique to break into homes during a burglary spree: They sent an 11-year-old girl squeezing through windows and a doggie door at the places they hit.

A Hoosick couple who forced an 11-year-old girl to squeeze through windows and doggie doors to help them break into homes is being looked at for similar crimes in other counties.

An 8-year-old boy crashed the ATV he was driving this afternoon and suffered head and neck injuries but is expected to recover, the child's aunt said today.

A St. Lawrence County man was killed while riding his ATV on Sunday, the same day that twin brothers from Schaghticoke died while riding their four-wheelers. Dennis J. Martin, 48, of Louisville, was riding his 2001 Polaris Sportsman 400 on a trail when he failed to negotiate a curve, colliding with a group of trees.

A 70-year-old man is facing charges in Rensselaer County after being accused of pouring maple syrup into a woman's gas tank and then fighting with state police when they arrived on the scene.

ON CRASH INVOLVING ATV'S IN RENSSELAER COUNTY. OFFICIALS IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CONFIRM TWO 17-YEAR-OLD BOYS WERE KILLED IN LAST NIGHT's CRASH IN SCHAGHTICOKE.

Firefighters and two steel contractors quickly put out a fast-moving fire this afternoon in the wall of a classroom at Birchwood Elementary School.

The Rensselaer County Sherriff's Office confirms two people are being brought to Samaritan Hospital as a result of a two car accident in the Town of Schaghticoke.