Troy News

National Grid said today an opossum got into a substation and caused a power outage that affected thousands of customers in Troy late Saturday night.

Early fans of "The Beatles" who would recognize the name of John Lennon's first band, "The Quarrymen," will be pleased to know that the band will be making a rare U.S. appearance at the Arts Center Tuesday ...

Mayor Harry Tutunjian and Rensselaer County Executive Kathy Jimino joined officials of the Rensselaer Land Trust behind Brown's Brewing Co.

Posted By: 21 mins ago TROY, N.Y. -- Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama." The absentee ...

Arguments were heard in Rensselaer County Supreme Court Thursday regarding whether new city charters, created by both Mayor Harry Tutunjian's City Charter Review Commission and the City Council's charter ...

Opening statements have been delayed one day in the murder trial of a New York National Guard member charged with killing two superior officers in Iraq.

The Stuyvesant Greenway Committee will hold a public workshop concerning the town's Comprehensive Plan this Saturday, October 11, from 10 a.m. to noon at Town Hall.

Downtown is about to get into the spirit of things. As a matter of happenstance, Halloween this year coincides with Troy Night Out, held on the last Friday of each month.

Oakwood Avenue between Hoosick and Archibald streets in Troy is still closed due to a water main break -- and DOT officials now say it will most likely be closed through the evening rush.

With tears rolling down her face, a woman accused of killing a former boyfriend was told today she would be freed from jail and allowed to go to a shelter for battered women.

A military court yesterday moved to avoid further delays in the court-martial of a soldier accused of killing two Army officers in Iraq, rejecting a request by defense attorneys to extend pretrial hearings.

Crews are still at work fixing a watermain break on Oakwood Avenue and detours will slow morning traffic.

A military judge has refused to dismiss charges against a soldier from New York who is accused of killing two Army officers by detonating a bomb in Iraq.

The red dinosaur at the John Ray & Sons Sixth Avenue site wore a pink ribbon Thursday for the unveiling of the company's new pink truck painted with a breast cancer awareness message.

A water-main break caused Route 40 to be closed for up to 12 hours, according to an advisory from the state Department of Transportation issued about 8:45 p.m. Saturday.

Roughly 50 members of the Troy Uniformed Firefighters Association gathered at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Friday afternoon for the opening of the $200 million Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center ...

The "Help is Here Express" bus rolled into downtown Friday on the last leg of its statewide tour and made a stop at Unity House Street Ministry at 2431 Sixth Avenue.

TROY Mayor Harry Tutunjian and three Republican City Council members filed a lawsuit Thursday afternoon to knock a Democrat backed charter referendum off the November ballot.

With a more than a $200 million building set to open Friday the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, members of the Troy Uniformed Firefighters Association noted their continued frustration Wednesday ...

The Record. Troy Mayor Harry Tutunjian, left, releases his proposed city budget for 2010 Tuesday at City Hall with Compltroller Deborah Witkowski at his side.