Scotia News

Walgreens eyes Glenville location Posted on: 08/06/08 Jennifer Farnsworth, Contributing Writer email: news@spotlightnews.com As Walgreens is walking away from Rotterdam, they are now looking to build in ...

Another month of summer left, and your entertainment budget is already depleted? So what's a music fan to do? Well, put your wallet away, and head out to enjoy an absolute bonanza of free concerts taking place ...

UPDATED Aug. 1st, 10:22 a.m. A 43-year-old Amsterdam man was arrested Thursday night after he robbed a gas station and attempted to flee.

A man and a woman already charged in connection with a Colonie bank robbery at Corporate Woods are now facing more charges for two other bank robberies in the area.

Guilderland police arrested Christi Fraser, 35, and Charles Slade, 37, both of Saratoga Springs, on Thursday for the July 9th robbery of the First National Bank ofScotia on New Karner Road and the July 19th robbery of the Pioneer Savings Bank on Western Avenue.

Stefanie Glass, a member of the Neighborhood Environmental Coalition, picks up a piece of trash in Scotia early Tuesday evening.

Fortitech, a global company that manufactures custom nutrient premixes, broke ground on a $4.5 million distribution center at the Schenectady County Airport in Glenville earlier this month after closing on the property on Thursday, July 17.

The Daily Gazette is reprinting excerpts of the late Larry Hart's long-running column, “Tales of Old Dorp.” Today, Hart gives correspondent Neil B. Reynolds center stage; Reynolds writes about a memorable automobile ride of 100 years ago, and familiar places of Scotia seen along the way. One landmark mentioned, the Max Schmidt Block, has been replaced by a CVS drug store and parking lot. This column excerpt was originally published Nov. 20, 1984.

"Food prices are going to escalate. They need to," Lloyd Evans, an Annapolis Valley farmer and the president of Horticulture Nova Scotia, said in a recent interview on his nearly 200-hectare farm in Wilmot, ...

Scotia-Glenville school board names leadership Posted on: 07/25/08 Jennifer Farnsworth, Contributing Writer email: news@spotlightnews.com Margaret Smith of Scotia will continue as the Scotia-Glenville Central ...

Problems with trash collection at the Flint House in Scotia have led the president of Friends of the Flint House to create a video, which is posted online at youtube.com, titled “Friends of The Flint House Massacree.”
In the video, a song detailing Cindi Pytlovany’s version of the events that led her to drop off a bag of garbage at the Department of Public Works, plays over still images of the Flint House.

Theatre Workshop, the Colonial Little Theatre playwrights group, has announced plans for its 2008-09 season.
"Good Fences," a two-act play by John Birchler of Scotia, will be presented as a staged reading Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 16 at 2 p.m.

James Buhrmaster, a Scotia businessman and Republican congressional candidate, collected more than 11 times the campaign donations of his Republican challenger over the past three months.

July 21, 2008 Updated 3:02 p.m. ALBANY - Police have charged 33 people from the Capital Region with defrauding the state's unemployment insurance trust fund out of more than $116,000. 33 charged with ...

Lonnie Hojnacki of Scotia studies gravestones during a tour at Vale Cemetery on Sunday.

The state has postponed indefinitely efforts to finish gaps in the 524-mile long Canalway Trail System, including a six-mile gap between Rotterdam Junction and Amsterdam.

About 100 Teamsters went on strike Wednesday at a handful of concrete plants around the Capital Region, affecting an unknown number of construction jobs.

Cranesville's holdings include concrete plants in Albany and Scotia. Callanan runs Clemente Latham Concrete in Troy and Valente Gravel in Wynantskill.

When a close-knit community loses one of its own, the outpouring of support can be overwhelming. The Saturday, July 5, death of Adam Pytlovany, 25, as a result of a motorcycle accident had just that effect on the village he called home.

The Schenectady County jail inmate accused of assaulting seven corrections officers, sending four to the hospital, admitted to felony assault Tuesday.

In return for his plea, Christopher N. Ingalls, 22, of Scotia, received six months in jail and five years probation. He was released because of time already served.

The Village of Scotia will begin hosting its first farmers market from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, with two local growers, John and Linda Berger and Clifford Bard, setting up shop in the parking lot next to the fire department on Mohawk Avenue.

Kathy DeMarco, of the clerk’s office in Scotia, said the village is very excited to be hosting the market from now through the end of October.

A Scotia man is awaiting a payout of $1.1 million after a state Supreme Court judge ruled last year that a Pennsylvania tool company is responsible for an accident that partially blinded the man.