Bethlehem News

Officials today confirmed the death of an 85-year-old woman who was hit by a car Friday in Bethlehem.

Bethlehem Police are investigating an accident at 412 Kenwood Ave in Delmar in which an elderly woman stepped off a curb and was struck by a car.

Gov. David Paterson is calling back the Legislature on Tuesday to address the state budget gap, and he also put legislation on same-sex marriage, reforms of public authorities and a government spending cap on the agenda.

With all districts reporting, both candidates in the race for Town of Bethlehem supervisor agree that the outcome of the election is too close to call.

What follows are unofficial results of the Tuesday, Nov. 3, general elections. For complete election coverage, check back at www.spotlightnews.com, see the Thursday, Nov.

The race for Supreme Court in the 3rd Judicial District has heated up with allegations by Republicans that Kingston City Court Judge James Gilpatric, the Democratic candidate, violated judicial ethics by donating to political parties.

Several readers have asked for a listing of trick-or-treating hours for the area's municipalities.

Elections officials will open 11 Working Families Party primary absentee ballots cast in Bethlehem at 1 p.m. today at the Albany County Board of Elections.

STONY POINT - Standing at Route 9W and Main Street, Town Supervisor Phil Marino invited a black SUV to drive to the north end of the Route 9W bridge shortly after 12:30 p.m. Monday.

Metro Mattress is opening two more stores in the Albany, N.Y., region, bringing its total in the area to seven.

The fall season brings a bevy of traditional imagery to mind - vibrant colors, brisk mornings and, of course, Thanksgiving and the other bounties of the harvest season.

Test cameras on Brewster and other upstate school buses have found dozens of motorists who illegally passed stopped buses, prompting calls to expand the pilot program statewide.

Bethlehem elementary schools will not get cell towers after all. For months, the district was considering putting a cell tower on two of its elementary schools and another one near its maintenance garage.

ALBANY -- A New York transportation group is releasing the results of a pilot project that used digital license plate readers to apprehend drivers who passed school buses illegally.

The Bethlehem Police Department is investigating an armed robbery at a Trustco bank that occurred Monday night.

Police are searching for two men in connection with a robbery at the Trustco Bank at 167 Delaware Ave.

Bethlehem police say a woman who went to a church Sunday around noon, looking for financial assistance saw that no one was around and helped herself to the money on the collection plate - about nineteen hundred dollars.

A consultant believes wireless companies don't pay communities enough money for leasing their properties They dot the landscape in rural areas and city streets, poking up from suburban water towers and urban skyscrapers.

As a kid, you probably kept a diary. Chances are, it was a small private book that you kept under lock and key, or at least hidden under your pillow.

Students in the Bethlehem and Ravena school districts who are hoping to gain an experience abroad through the Rotary Club of Delmar's Youth Exchange Program have until Friday, Oct.