Watervliet News

“This opportunity will not adversely affect our ability to continue to provide high quality drinking water to our residents. It will serve as a source of new revenue.”

The city hopes to raise revenue by selling water from its reservoir to suburban Albany County communities, city officials said. via Times Union

“These are issues that we have raised for years, and now the city is finally going to have to look at them”

The city's race to expand its Rapp Road dump in the environmentally sensitive Pine Bush may have hit a bump in the road. via Times Union

“We've had lawyers involved in the last couple of months, and there's not been one word of response”

The company cited unspecified economic difficulties in a filing last week with the state Department of Labor, which said 50 jobs would be cut. via The Business Review (Albany)

A six-month investigation targeting middle- and upper-level drug dealers in the Capital Region has resulted in 16 arrests, according to police. via The Gazette

A man facing drug charges allegedly teamed with second person to torture a state witness -- searing his face with a glowing hot fork -- in an attempt to scare him into recanting his testimony. via Times Union

“Once you get their ads, you can't be mean to them.”

Chris Garretson-Persans cried when her husband drove her over the Congress Street Bridge into Troy for the first time 21 years ago. via Times Union

January 31, 2008 at 11:34 am by Betsy Feldstein Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Joseph Landy joined as a home mortgage consultant at its Latham office. via Albany Times Union

“She came in twice for interviews, and Tuesday was her first day in the office. When she didn't come in today (Thursday), we tried to reach her at home, no answer. We tried to reach her on her cell, no answer.”

This week, a young woman from Watervliet began work at a law firm, having been picked as the best and brightest of two dozen candidates for a paralegal's job. via ParalegalGateway's Weblog

Two people are dead after their car crashed into a barn along a rural Albany road. via WCAX-TV Burlington

Frank Sloane, 22, of Loudonville was arrested by Watervliet police, with assistance of Colonie police, for several commercial break-ins in September 2007. via CBS 6 Albany

“No other argument has influenced Alco to date. So it appears that brute force is the only language it can understand”

Steelworkers at Schenectady's American Locomotive Co. wanted another $2 a day. The company told them, in figurative terms, to take a walk. via The Gazette

“Anything short of professionalism cannot and will not be tolerated”

Schenectady recruits urged to help improve troubled department By LAUREN STANFORTH , Staff writer Click byline for more stories by writer. via Times Union

The state of the Capital Region Fresh off his second State of the State address, Governor Spitzer is preparing for his "State of Upstate" address, which is scheduled for Wednesday morning in Buffalo. via Capital News 9

“No, it was pretty one-sided after that, brother”

A motorcycle club president accused of murdering a man in a South End alley last summer portrayed himself Monday as a tough guy from the Bronx but insisted he acted in self defense in the fatal stabbing outside ... via Times Union

There is no word yet on what started a fire at a storage facility in Watervliet, but investigators say it was not intentionally set. via Capital News 9

“We welcome the oversight from the comptroller. It's good to have outside groups come in and take a look and help us do a better job at what we're supposed to be doing, which is being stewards of the taxpayers dollars”

A state audit raises a red flag in the Watervliet City School District. The State Comptroller's office found the district may have overpaid its former superintendent by more than 20,000 dollars. via Capital News 9

“In Sackets Harbor, it has caused the complete rejuvenation of our Main Street business district. In the last five to 10 years, we've seen a lot of people preserving their homes in a real historic way”

P. Thomas Carroll picked up the rubber hammer and tapped the huge church bell, filling the Burden Iron Works Museum with a deep ringing sound. via Times Union

“We're out to make some memories”

Fireworks explode over spectators gathered for First Night Saratoga Monday, Dec. via Times Union

“Apparently, he was in bed sleeping and she burst into the room”

A 39-year-old woman was badly burned early Wednesday in a blaze that damaged a historic home built by America's first Shaker community. via Times Union