Schuylerville News

An EPA letter sent to residents who live along the Hudson River is warning them of the potential for PCB-contaminated soil.

The letter, dated Aug. 4, advises residents to avoid tracking in mud and dirt from possibly contaminated areas.

The string of break-ins happened early Wednesday morning at the Country Club Plaza.

A fledgling neighborhood watch now has a leader and more than a dozen volunteers.

America's self-proclaimed most historic village is preparing for a week's worth of events spotlighting the moniker.

For the second time this month, a trustee has resigned from the Village Board. Michael Hughes, a five-year Schuylerville trustee whose term was set to expire in April, said this morning he will leave his ...

This weekend, people here will celebrate Schuylerville's place in history as the place where the battles that marked the turning point of the American Revolution were fought.

Residents in the village have had their fill of loud noise late at night and graffiti on and around their historic sites, not to mention vandalism.

Village officials here are hoping federal emergency aid will help them pay for repairs to a residential street that collapsed over the weekend when heavy storms hit the region.

SCHUYLERVILLE - A second neighborhood watch organizational meeting will be held tonight at 7 p.m.
Village representatives said two Saratoga County deputies will be on hand to aid in the discussion. Additionally, Cindy Hatin of Glens Fall, who formed the Glens Falls Neighborhood Watch program, will also speak.

We're about to find out how good the town of Wilton is at assessing property. The answer could make a measurable difference in property taxes in the South Glens Falls, Saratoga Springs and Schuylerville school school districts.

An unprecedented number of significant property owners have sued the town to reduce their assessments - challenges that could cost taxpayers in the South Glens Falls, Saratoga Springs and Schuylerville school ...

An unprecedented number of significant property owners have sued the town to reduce their assessments - challenges that could cost taxpayers in the South Glens Falls, Saratoga Springs and Schuylerville school districts hundreds of thousands of dollars.

A Schuylerville trustee is remaining mum about her motive for resigning. Margaret Ditch, elected to the Village Board three years ago, said Wednesday that her resignation was effective July 18.

Suburbanization and a wave of second-home purchases are making housing difficult to afford in the Capital Region's outlying areas, according to a state report being released today.

The 1951 Wards tractor reared up onto its hindquarters like a stallion in an old Western movie.

It's that time of year again when I put in a plug for my old hometown fair. The Saratoga County Fair in Ballston Spa continues through Sunday.

SCHUYLERVILLE -- Former high school soccer star Ashley Hamel wasn't oblivious about her collegiate options as a small-town athlete, but she wasn't about to give up her Division I dream either.

A year after graduating, Hamel has proven herself in her respective circles -- starting at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and for the Adirondack Lynx semi-pro team -- yet hardly anyone in the area knows about her.

Greenwich High School senior Elizabeth Ruland earned a 2008 Jonathan Foster Memorial Arts Incentive Award of $250. Ruland has performed with the Greenwich High School Drama Club, Schuylerville Community Theatre ...

MDRecovery last week filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Boston primarily to regain access to its laboratory in a former Schuylerville high school.

With the creditors denying MDR officials access to the premises of Saratoga Labs, the Boston firm sought a court order reestablishing its control over the property. MDR acquired the Schuylerville lab more than a year ago from the defunct DrugRisk Solutions.

Last July, a group of investors led by Arrow Financial Corp. Director Kenneth Hopper sued MDR President Frederick Marden in state Supreme Court in Warren County, claiming he mismanaged his company and breached his fiduciary duties. A month later, the case was moved to U.S. District Court in Albany.

Hopper was a chairman of DrugRisk and now serves as chief executive officer and chairman of ExCel BioScience, a national toxicology lab. Hopper was also the owner of Saratoga Labs’ predecessor, Northeast Toxicology, a forensic toxicology lab. He owns Adirondack Eye Physicians & Surgeons, a Glens Falls practice and a Saratoga Labs creditor, according to court documents and Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

A local company with more than 30 years in business has closed its doors. Established in 1974, Path Truck Lines, located on East Lake Road in the town of Dunkirk, shut down its local operation on Friday.