Watervliet News

The owners of Maggie's Gift Shop, a long-time store located in downtown Watervliet, is moving to Latham, taking over the former Vanilla Bean.

The former Vanilla Bean is being sold for $400,000 to the owner of Maggie's Gift Shop.

ALBANY, N.Y. a ' Emily Keller, a Watervliet, N.Y., high school senior, has read the four "Twilight" books 28 times.

Scotia-Glenville High senior Pamela Townsend, a big fan of the "Twiilight" novels, displays her ticket stub from the first time she saw "Twilight" the movie last year -- more... Scotia-Glenville High senior Pamela Townsend, surrounded by her "Twilight" memorabilia, at home in Glenville, New York 11/17/2009. Scotia-Glenville High senior Pamela ...

There's the Champlain Bridge and its vital link between New York's North Country and Vermont that was allowed to rot beyond repair.

Study says billions of gallons of sewage overflows are fouling the Hudson River; millions to fix problem By BRIAN NEARING , Staff writer First published in print: Monday, November 16, 2009 ALBANY -- Aging sewer systems in the Capital Region are dumping more than a billion gallons of watered-down, untreated sewage into the Hudson River each year, ...

THE SOLDIER FROM WATERVLIET WHO WAS KILLED IN IRAQ ALMOST 5 YEARS AGO. AS PART OF THE AMERICAN FALLEN SOLDIER PROJECT, ARTIST PHIL TAYLOR PAINTED FISHER'S PORTAIT, AND PRESENTED HIS WORK TO THE FAMILY DURING A CEREMONY IN COLONIE.

AN 18-YR-OLD MAN FROM GREEN ISLAND, WHO ESCAPED FROM POLICE CUSTODY PRIOR TO AN APPEARANCE IN WATERVLIET CITY COURT THIS MORNING, HAS BEEN RE-CAPTURED. POLICE SAY JASON GIBSON WAS LOCATED INSIDE A DRAINAGE PIPE ALONG THE SHORE OF THE HUDSON RIVER IN HIS UNDERWEAR, ABOUT THREE HOURS AFTER HE WENT OUT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE COURTHOUSE.

Three Watervliet men were sentenced to 1-3 years in state prison after pleaded guilty to an attempted drug theft, Albany County District Attorney David Soares said.

ALBANY Dean Holmes, 22, Douglas Holmes, 21, and Brian Bessette, 24, all of Watervliet, NY, were sentenced for one count of attempted burglary in the third degree.

Authorities are searching for an escaped prisoner right now. Reports are he somehow got away from Albany County Sheriff's Department.

The Rotterdam Police Department conducted a DWI checkpoint on Chrisler Avenue in Rotterdam on Oct.

Gary Balfour, left, president of Solid Sealing Technology, watches Michael Taylor in the quality assurance area.

While seeing the Hungerford Rocket Car was the highlight of my recent visit to the New York State Museum , the rest of the museum offered enough exhibits and displays to capture my interest for several hours.

David Bacon was last seen 40 years ago as he left for his factory job. Police suspected he took off without telling anyone and treated it as a missing-person case.

On Election Day New Yorkers must decide if non-violent offenders will be allowed to do work that many non-profits say they can't survive without.

The state Labor Department's Shared Work program was credited Thursday with saving more than 10,500 jobs statewide through the first eight months of the year.

Biaxially textured tungsten nanorods have been grown by oblique angle DC magnetron sputtering using a novel rotation mode called 'two-step rotation'. In this mode, the substrate is given a fast rotation through 180 at 90 rpm and this is followed by a rest period of 30 s. These nanorods are vertically aligned and have a [100] texture normal to the ...

Police arrested a Watervliet teenager Monday after a search of his home turned up an illegal shotgun, drugs and a digital scale, the Albany County Sheriff's Department announced Tuesday.

An audit by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli of some of the first local highway projects across New York state funded with federal stimulus moneys shows that highway departments made sure they got the best prices possible from construction contractors - and took the steps necessary to ensure the contractors were able to do the job.