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Schenectady County News

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14 hrs ago | Sunherald.com

Sweet-scented cocoa mulch can harm dogs

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

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Chocolate

19 hrs ago | Times Union

Schenectady man sentenced in drug case

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.

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY, Niskayuna, NY, State Prisons, Illegal Drugs

Fri Jul 18, 2008

CBS 6 Albany

Road Closures in Schenectady for Summer Festival

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: ...

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Times Union

County- city pay deal draws critic

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.

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Times Union

16th guilty plea in Schenectady drug ring

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.

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY, Long Island University, Drugs

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Times Union

Bail denied in Schenectady shooting death

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

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY, Violent Crime, Clifton Park, NY

Sun Jul 13, 2008

The Gazette

Suspect arrested in Hattie Street slaying

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

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Saratoga County, NY, Clifton Park, NY

Niskayuna Journal

S-G summer programs aid in academic success

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 ...

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Related Topix: Scotia, NY, Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY, Glenville, NY, Education Etc.

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Times Union

Sex offender law passes a legal test

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 ...

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Related Topix: Albany County, NY, Albany, NY, Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Niskayuna Journal

Scotia mourns former chiefA's son

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 ...

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Related Topix: Niskayuna, NY, Glenville, NY, Scotia, NY, Colonie, NY

Tue Jul 08, 2008

The Gazette

Scotia man admits to attack on jail guards

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

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY, Scotia, NY

The Gazette

Women who robbed elderly Rotterdam woman sent to prison

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.

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Related Topix: Rotterdam, NY, State Prisons, Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY

The Gazette

County balks at college increase

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.

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Times Union

Over 4,000 without power in Schenectady County

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.

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Related Topix: Rotterdam, NY

Sun Jul 06, 2008

Times Union

Caregiver gets maximum for abuse

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.

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Related Topix: Schenectady, NY

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Times Union

Burglar freed after pleading guilty

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.

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Related Topix: Schenectady, NY, Home Listing, Home

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Times Union

Schenectady shooting victim testifies

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.

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Related Topix: Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY, Drugs

Times Union

Schenectady woman gets 18 years for abusing baby

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.

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Related Topix: Schenectady, NY, Albany Metro

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Niskayuna Journal

Schenectady County considers naming a poet laureate

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 ...

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY, Libraries, Arts, Poetry

Niskayuna Journal

Rotterdam water deemed best in Schenectady County

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.

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Related Topix: Rotterdam, NY, Niskayuna, NY, Rotterdam-Junction, NY, Albany Metro, Schenectady, NY

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