Saratoga Springs News

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. Reports of a natural gas odor at Shenendehowa's High School East led to a partial evacuation Tuesday morning.

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. A Troy man appeared in court twice on the same day for allegedly stealing computer merchandise.

The Saratoga Springs Board of Education will tour the Division Street School at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday before convening for the regular board meeting at 7 p.m. at the school.

Legendary guitarist and Israel 'goodwill ambassador' Steve Vai is making good on a promise to return to Tel Aviv with his full band 'I'm going to come back here again and I'm going to bring my band," said an exuberant Steve Vai at the end of a two-hour-plus guitar master class he gave to a rapt sold-out audience in 2010 at Tel Aviv's Mann ... (more)

A pair of Pileated Woodpeckers forage around an oak tree Monday, March 10, 2014, in Clifton Park, N.Y. A bicyclist rides along the bike path on a warm Sunday afternoon, March 10, 2013 in Albany, NY.

Mark H. Tyler of Lincoln Avenue pleaded guilty in January to third-degree criminal sale and thirdx-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, a felony, and misdemeanor drug possession, according to the office of District Attorney James Murphy .

The Funding Store is seeking a NY licensed Mortgage Loan Originator for its Broadway, Saratoga Springs, New York Home Office.

If you didn't act fast enough to snag tickets to see Goo Goo Dolls do their acoustic thing at The Egg's Swyer Theatre in Albany on Wednesday, April 9, well, it looks like you're out of luck because that show is now officially sold out.

This weekend we saw some signs of spring, the auto show came back to down, and a Cuomo challenger paid a visit.

Spring brings the opening of four new exhibits to The Center for Contemporary Art.

SPOKEN WORD/MUSIC : David Greenberger: Theater of One @ Skidmore College's Tang Museum , Saratoga Springs.

"We're at a 97 percent occupancy rate with waiting lists" for some buildings, said Sarah Reginelli , director of economic development at Capitalize Albany Corp. The shift is in its early stages.

City officials are working on repairing a water main break on 15th Street between Hoosick and Hutton.

MUSIC : Cowboy Junkies @ Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center , Great Barrington. The sublime vocalist Margot Timmins and her band conjure up their haunting songs.

The commander of the New York Army National Guard 's famous "Fighting 69th" will give a talk on the book he wrote about the unit's service in the Iraq War.

The town board approved the request for Kenneth Lawton, councilman, and Darlene Nygren, clerk, to attend newly elected officials training.

After allegedly seeing a stranger rifling through her purse this week in the Saratoga Senior Center, the facility's executive director chased him out of the building and across downtown.

The Hall of Fame Nominating Committee selected jockeys Chris Antley, Garrett Gomez, Craig Perret and Alex Solis; Thoroughbreds Ashado, Curlin, Kona Gold and Xtra Heat; and trainers Steve Asmussen and Gary Jones.

The Saratoga Springs City Council voted 5-0 against a casino at the harness track , for all the good it will do and for whatever it's worth.

Police in upstate New York say a would-be thief being chased on foot picked the wrong getaway route when he ran to a hotel where law enforcement officers were attending a conference.