Rensselaer County News

The Hudson River Valley Greenway announced the designation of two sites and the award of three grants to expand and improve the Hudson River Greenway Water Trail at a recent Greenway Board meeting.

Troy Fire Department Capt. Dave Paul speaks as firefighters hold a news conference to raise safety issues about the chemicals and other dangers at the RPI campus after a more... A view of the Jonsson-Rowland Science Center on the RPI campus in Troy on Tuesday a day after a fire Monday night in one of the labs.

An RPI student suffered buns and a number of Troy Fire fighters were evaluated after a two-alarm fire on the campus of RPI Monday night, authorities said.

VAN RENSSELAER ELEMENTARY IN THE CITY OF RENSSELAER IS THE LATEST SCHOOL IN THE AREA TO BE INUNDATED WITH ILLNESS.

Jenn's commenters got a little frisky this morning over a remark one of her readers made about Kate Gosselin's "East Greenbush hair." Ohh, smack to my Rensselaer County peeps .

The Rensselaer County Department of Health issued a warning today that two rabid red foxes turned up in the county.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Wednesday announced the guilty plea of a former state tax department employee for illegally possessing sensitive personal data of hundreds of New Yorkers and using some of that information in an elaborate identity theft scheme.

Rensselaer Police located Edward Wade Stevens at his home in the city of Rensselaer.

A 70-year-old man is facing charges in Rensselaer County after being accused of pouring maple syrup into a woman's gas tank and then fighting with state police when they arrived on the scene.

ON CRASH INVOLVING ATV'S IN RENSSELAER COUNTY. OFFICIALS IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CONFIRM TWO 17-YEAR-OLD BOYS WERE KILLED IN LAST NIGHT's CRASH IN SCHAGHTICOKE.

Some residents in Rensselaer County are living in one of the most uniquely American cities in the nation.

The drama at the Capitol has been likened to a soap opera, but it has some very real life consequences -- especially if you're a homeowner in Rensselaer County.

Sen. Hiram Monserrate, a downstate Democrat, holds a press conference yesterday outside the Senate chambers.

A Shenendehowa middle school student has the swine flu, the New York Health Department confirmed Thursday.

AP - A man from Troy has been arrested in the death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter.

A 20-year-old man was taken into custody Thursday after a resident allegedly saw the man breaking into a home and called police.

The New York Senate's Democratic conference has gone to court to challenge the coalition that claims it seized control of the chamber in a parliamentary power grab on Monday.

Senior leaders from GE Healthcare and GE Global Research joined state and local leaders as well as officials from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute over the weekend for the grand opening of GE Healthcarea s new, state-of-the-art digital mammography production facility at the Rensselaer Technology Park.

The Rensselaer County Sherriff's Office confirms two people are being brought to Samaritan Hospital as a result of a two car accident in the Town of Schaghticoke.

Rensselaer County Executive Kathleen Jimino plans to run for re-election this November.