Cohoes News

From left, B.S. Nanoscale Engineering students Samuel LaGasse of Niskayuna, Leigh Lydecker IV of Newburgh, Nicole Palmer of South Glens Falls and Michael Briggs of Cohoes gather around a computer in a lab at Albany NanoTech Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Albany, N.Y. They are the first undergrads to graduate from Albany NanoTech.

COHOES, N.Y. Cohoes residents began their spring cleaning Saturday during Cohoes Hazardous Waste Day which coincided with its annual Spring Clean Up Day.

Cohoes Hazardous Waste Day, coinciding with the city's annual Spring Clean Up Day has residents getting a head start on their spring cleaning.

The newest case for Apple's iPhone comes from the combination of a San Francisco startup and a paper mill in upstate New York.

The Cohoes School Board will discuss allegations against the high school principal, Joe Rajczak, who is accused of buying "Harmful or potentially harmful items such as weapons, firearms, knives, explosive substances or devices, fireworks, etc., are prohibited on school property," says the schools Tonight's meeting will be held at Cohoes Middle ... (more)

The Cohoes High School principal accused of buying 500 rounds of .22 caliber ammunition on school property will not face criminal charges, police say.

Cohoes High School Principal Joe Rajczak will not face any criminal charges for his alleged purchase of ammunition on school grounds.

Mike Hoffman , the owner of Turf Hotels, has joined a development rush in the city with a bid to build a four-story hotel at the site of the vacant Weathervane Restaurant.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. A man who made threats to a Skidmore College student saying he would "shoot her and then kill himself" has pleaded guilty in court.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to freeze Long Islanders' energy rates for three years as part of a proposal to end operating control of the Long Island Power Authority.

Police are investigating the principal of Cohoes High School after he reportedly bought ammunition from a former student in the school's parking lot earlier this month.

New details out of Troy where a third teen has admitted to taking part in the robbery and stabbing death of Takim Smith.

Superintendent Robert Libby says Cohoes City School District and the Cohoes Police Department are investigating the alleged purchase by high school principal Joseph Rajczak in the parking lot of the school on May 1st.

Casey Boudreau, 10, of Mechanicville enjys fried dough at the 28th Annual Waterford/RiverSpark Canal Festival at the Waterford, NY Harbor Visitor Center Saturday May 11, 2013.

Katie Aman of Saratoga Springs throws a soft ball during the Special Olympics Spring Games South at HVCC's McDonough Sports Complex in Troy, NY Saturday May 11, 2013.

To say there was disappointment at the State Capitol on Monday might have been an understatement.

For Malgo, Gosia, and all the other wonderful Polish TE members, this is the Tadeusz KoA>ciuszko Bridge in Cohoes, NY.

Firefighters at the scene of a blaze at 90-92 Manor Ave. in Cohoes, N.Y., on Saturday, May 4, 2013.

On May 3rd, the State Police in Cobleskill arrested Connor Casabonne, age 20, and Bryan Lemoine, age 20, for two counts of burglary in the second degree.

Fire swept through a house Saturday, forcing an injured woman to crawl out through a second floor window and take refuge on the roof.