Local News

Saratoga track opens for 140th season   
The clubhouse has been spruced up, the food choices have been expanded and the horses are ready to run as Saratoga Race Course opens its 140th season today...

 Giveaways a big draw to track   
 'Sam the Bugler' starts 16th season    
 
Stillwater worries about water, PCBs   
The Town of Stillwater wants to get another water source before the dredging starts in the Hudson River...
 
Cuomo invites consumer complaints   
He calls himself the "people's lawyer." State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo invited people to unload their legal problems Tuesday during a community forum...
 
Former local priest pleads guilty to rape   
A Franciscan priest with ties to our area pled guilty in Boston Tuesday to raping three teenage boys in Massachusetts. But the judge suspended his prison sentence and placed him on probation for 5 years....
 
Bald eagle dies after getting tangled in tree
A young bald eagle found hanging upside down from a tree in Pittsfield after getting its leg tangled in nylon fishing line has died...
 
Man busted for large amout of LSD   
There were thousands of music lovers on hand for a three-day festival in Mariahville and police say an Oregon had more than enough LSD to go around -- about 14,000 hits of acid...
 
Groups remind ex-cons they can vote   
The Civil Liberties Union is joining with other groups to make sure everyone entitled to vote can do so. That includes people in jail accused of serious crimes...
 
Dad gets 20 years for severe abuse
A Schenectady man has been ordered to spend 20 years in prison for nearly killing his daughter.  Lamar Smith was sentenced Tuesday for violently shaking his 23-month-old daughter...
 
Housing project unveiled in Hudson   
Gov. Paterson joined the mayor of Hudson Tuesday morning to unveil a 70-unit "workforce housing project..."
 
NY prohibits smoking by people fighting addictions
Drug addicts, gamblers and alcoholics trying to kick their habits in treatment facilities won't be allowed to use tobacco under a new regulation that goes into effect across New York...
 
Bruno named CEO of consulting firm   
Former state Sen. Joe Bruno didn't waste time lining up a new job for himself. He's been named the new CEO of Latham-based CMA Consulting Services...
 
Man who claimed police abuse arrested for rape
The man at the center of a police brutality investigation in Schenectady was arrested again Monday night -- this time on allegations of rape...
 
Sch'dy tries new anti-gun measures   
More than $900,000 in Operation Impact money is going to fight crime in Schenectady County. Some of that will help the city try a new way to get guns off the street...
 
PCBs found in drinking water from Hudson River
The state Health Department said it has found PCBs in the drinking water supply for Stillwater, Halfmoon and Waterford...
 
State accuses junkyard of polluting   
A Hudson Falls junkyard owner is on the defensive after the state attorney general announced a lawsuit accusing the business of reckless pollution...
 
Health Dept.: Stillwater wells safe despite PCBs
The state Health Department found PCBs while testing village wells in Stillwater.  Deputy Mayor John Murphy says the levels are below state standards that would prompt action and the water remains potable...
 
Mom, teen charged after girl found
A toddler in Queensbury is in foster care she was spotted crossing Route 9 by herself.  A teen is accused of molesting the girl and police say her mother knew about the abuse...
 
Skelos calls Glens Falls a 'model city'   
The state's new Senate majority leader toured Glens Falls Monday and called it a model city for the rest of the state...
 
Gillibrand wants to make sure vets get benefits
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-Hudson, wants to make sure the government provides veterans the benefits they're entitled to...
 
Sch'dy awarded crime fighting funds   
Schenectady County is getting more than $900,000 from the state to expand crime-fighting efforts...