Waterford News

Tests by the state Department of Health have found low levels of PCBs in the drinking water of the Hudson River towns of Waterford, Stillwater, Halfmoon, Poughkeepsie, Green Island, Rhinebeck and Port Ewen.

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 ...

Construction on a new 12-unit apartment complex on Mercer Street may start as early as spring since it is close to receiving final approvals from the Planning and Zoning boards, officials said.

The search continues for a missing Watervliet Man. According to police, Keith O'Hara, 35, hasn't been seen since Thursday afternoon.

Businesswire India Posted online: Monday , July 14, 2008 at 16:36 hrs Updated On: Monday , July 14, 2008 at 16:36 hrs Jonathan D. Rich, President and CEO for Momentive Performance Materials Inc., announced ...

Town Councilman L. Scott Cuomo died this weekend from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle collision about two weeks ago.

There's word that Momentive Performance Materials will move its headquarters from Connecticut to Rensselaer County.

You can help 33 people left homeless by a raging fire in Waterford that struck in May.

Irish music plays in the background as boaters drift smoothly into their docks. Customers stroll the brick-lined walkway, bags heavy with fresh produce, meats and wine while Mary Stalker, the market manager, ...

A City Court judge on Monday upheld the constitutionality of a county law banning sex offenders from making their homes within 1,000 feet of schools and day-care centers.

Assemblyman Roy McDonald listens as Waterford leaders worry about water. They want the town's drinking water during the Environmental Protection Agency's Hudson River dredging project to come from Troy and they ...

A Mechanicville man is facing charges after police said he scammed an elderly Waterford couple.
Police said Joshua Baranowski, 22, went to the couple's home and told them their chimney was in need of repairs and that it would cost them $1,200. Two estimates revealed that the work he did actually only totaled $50, with materials.

High gas prices are putting a new twist on the fun for many boaters this summer, but it's too soon to tell whether they'll be keeping some folks off the water entirely, state canal watchers say.

The pleasure boat "Bandwagon" emerges from under the Union Bridge on New York's Hudson River.

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. is in line for $65 million to $95 million in tax credits and tax exemptions as a result of legislation passed by the state Legislature Tuesday.

A Saratoga County woman has admitted she placed put a 2-year-old boy's feet in scalding bath water last October.

Halfmoon opens first leg of canal path Posted on: 06/11/08 Ashley Lucas, Clifton Park-Burnt Hills reporter email: lucasa@spotlightnews.com In honor of National Trails Day, Saturday, June 7, the Town of Halfmoon ...

A babysitter who purposely scalded a little boy in her care pleaded guilty today.

Two men have been charged with stealing street signs from the scene of a recent fire, police said.

Voters will vote on the Waterford Public Library's budget on Wednesday, which, if approved, would allow the facility to expand its DVD collection and add new books to the children's section.