Schenectady County News

How sweet it isn't: Homeowners need to be aware spreading cocoa-bean mulch in their gardens can be toxic to dogs.

A 35-year-old city man whose capture in the spring yielded one of the largest drug busts in Niskayuna, apologized in court for the crime before being sentenced to eight years in state prison.

Schenectady County is holiding its annual Summer Night Festival in downtown Schenectady Friday night and to accomodate the event the Schenectady Police Department is announcing the following road closures: ...

The city is paying most of the $65,000 salary for a new county-city affirmative action manager under an arrangement Councilman Joseph Allen continues to criticize.

Melford Perkins this morning became the 16th person to plead guilty in a Schenectady-based ring that sold narcotics trafficked from Long Island to the Capital Region.

A City Court judge Monday denied bail for a Schenectady man charged with the July 6 shooting death of 30-year-old Anthony Ruiz.

Ruiz, 30, was killed inside an apartment at 527 Hattie St. the evening of July 6, police said.

S-G summer programs aid in academic success Posted on: 07/09/08 Jennifer Farnsworth, Contributing Writer email: news@spotlightnews.com Summer school is no longer for just middle and high school students who ...

Albany County may not have been itching to crow about its victory this week when an Albany City Court judge upheld the constitutionality of a county law banning some sex offenders from living near schools and ...

Scotia mourns former chief's son Posted on: 07/09/08 Jennifer Farnsworth, Contributing Writer email: news@spotlightnews.com When a close-knit community loses one of its own, the outpouring of support can be ...

Christopher Ingalls is taken to the Schenectady County jail after a hearing in County Court on Tuesday.

July 8, 2008 Updated 11:29 a.m. SCHENECTADY - Two Schenectady women who admitted beating and robbing an elderly woman last fall were sentenced today in Schenectady County Court.

The Schenectady County Legislature will have its first crack at SCCC's request today when it sets a public hearing on the college's proposed $22,091,200 budget.

More than 4,400 National Grid customers in Schenectady County are without power this evening after a Rotterdam resident cut down a tree that fell onto power lines.

A collective gasp rose from the packed courtroom, and Rebecca Polomaine's husband buried his face in his hands as a judge sentenced her to 18 years in prison for abusing a little girl entrusted to her care.

John Phillip Sayers says he feels like he's been given a new lease on life and he has the gunshot wounds to prove it.

Ishmael Robinson said he froze in fear after seeing a man standing inches from him inside a packed diner get shot twice before he himself was grazed by a bullet in the stomach.

A city woman was sentenced to 18-years in state prison this morning for abusing a child she was babysitting, but not before she insisted she loved the youngster and would not have caused her harm.

Schenectady County considers naming a poet laureate Posted on: 07/02/08 Spotlight Newspapers email: news@spotlightnews.com Like Robert Frost, who once canonized the rolling hills and forests of New England, one ...

Posted on: 06/26/08 Written by: Ross Marvin, Spotlight Staff email: marvinr@spotlightnews.com It's probably the only taste test around where the primary goal is having no taste at all.