Scotia News

Schenectady County water contest a matter of taste Posted on: 07/01/09 Jackie Sher email: news@spotlightnews.com On Thursday, July 2, municipalities from around Schenectady County including Scotia, Glenville, Rotterdam and Niskayuna will compete for the title of best-tasting water at the Schenectady County Green Market.

Three teenagers were taken into custody Wednesday, accused of using a truck and tow straps to rip equipment out of the ground at a playground in Burnt Hills.

Military a tradition in Glenville family Posted on: 07/01/09 Jackie Sher email: news@spotlightnews.com A Glenville family with a military tradition that spans generations was reminded of a tragedy, and also their family pride, when Glenville town historian, Joan Szablewski, recently came across some obituaries in old editions of the ...

Organist Anne Marie Bordeau and the St. Mary's Echo Choir harmonize during the final mass at St.

While most folks were celebrating the first day of summer with a Father's Day picnic or round of golf, Kaitlyn Ross and Videographer Victor Lopez were doing their best to stay warm in below freezing temperatures.

Glendaal students raise money to buy mosquito nets for African children Posted on: 06/24/09 Jennifer Farnsworth, Contributing Writer email: news@spotlightnews.com Armed with the statistic that malaria kills a child in Africa every 30 seconds, Glendaal Elementary Teacher Trish Roeser felt that this year she would pick this epidemic as her lesson in ...

Residents at the county nursing home were forced to wait to use the bathroom, sometimes so long that they relieved themselves in their beds or on the floor, because of a shortage of workers, according to a state Health Department report that resulted in a $20,800 federal fine.

Elsie Maddaus enjoys a lunch with her son Allan and other friends on the campus of Union College recently.

Title: GOV. SIGNS LAW REQUIRING ANTI-BULLYING EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS Governor Ted Kulongoski signed a bill into law Friday that cracks down on bullying and harassment in schools.

Brian McCann resigns from Scotia-Glenville school board Posted on: 06/17/09 Jennifer Farnsworth, Contributing Writer email: news@spotlightnews.com Scotia-Glenville Board of Education member Brian McCann left his position earlier this month after serving for a year saying it was difficult to balance his new position as principal of Guilderland High ...

AP - Police divers will be back in the Mohawk River to resume their search for a 41-year-old man believed to have died with two other people when their small plane crashed into the water and sank.

Police scanners are reporting that there is small plane crash in Scotia around 2:30 this afternoon.

A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says a small plane has crashed into New York's Mohawk River with three people aboard, and at least two have died.

APF shelter gets creative Posted on: 06/11/09 Jennifer Farnsworth, Contributing Writer email: news@spotlightnews.com As people lose jobs, relocate, refinance and re-prioritize, sometimes pets are left behind.

Northeastern Fine Jewelry , the Tri-City ValleyCats and two of Angelo Mazzone's restaurants have teamed up for what is being billed as a a oegive your dad the worlda package.

Superintendent Susan Swartz sent a letter home to parents on Wednesday regarding the situation.

Police are investigating a serious accident in Scotia. Around 3:30 p.m., Saturday, police said a car and a pick-up truck collided at the corner of Glen and Mohawk avenues, near Collins Park.

Carmela DiGiorgio, a volunteer at the Scotia-Glenville senior meal site, was crowned the Rose Queen by Mayor Brian Stratton and Assemblyman James Tedisco in Schenectady's Central Park Rose Garden on Friday morning.

Several hundred members of the Army and Air National Guard units from across New York are gathering at an upstate military facility for an emergency preparedness exercise.

A city man police say sparked a four-vehicle chain-reaction crash this morning that snarled rush hour traffic on the Western Gateway Bridge was ticketed for tailgating.