Alplaus News

Kathy Boyle, most recent post-office manager, on Saturday, April 28, 2012, at the Alplaus Post Office in Alplaus, N.Y. The Alplaus Residents Association hosted a party to honor former postmasters and reminisce and say goodbye to the hamlet's beloved post office.

They marched up Alplaus Avenue, well, sauntered, really. This wasn't Occupy Albany or Boston or Wall Street, but they moved with similar conviction, preparing to occupy a most revered spot in their precious hamlet.

Authorities say the body of a man taken from the Mohawk River Wednesday evening near the Rexford Bridge is that of a white man who was at least six feet tall.

The Capital Region Maritime Center could get the break it needs if a nonprofit organization looking to expand its programming decides to put roots there.