Cohoes News

Another July has come and like clockwork Pastor Charlie Muller is out at an Albany park giving out free lunches to needy children who might be hungry.

Michael Marks, 51, of Cohoes, was sentenced to seven years in prison on a guilty plea to one count of attempted kidnapping in the first degree, a Class "C" felony.

The long-delayed second phase of the Harmony Mills apartment renovation in Cohoes, N.Y., is moving forward.

The Red Cross says they are aiding a family of seven after the roof of their home collapsed.

Fire consumed a portion of the city's architectural and culinary history Friday morning.

Chuck Fetekes says the timing of the fire at his Lansingburg eatery couldn't be much worse - 4th of July weekend and a day after floodwater at another of his locations in Cohoes cost him half a day that he could have spent preparing to open a new shop in Saratoga Springs.

Troy firefighters battle a raging fire that, firefighters say, got its start in Hot Dog Charlie's eatery on 2nd Avenue in the city's Lansingburgh section.

The clean-up from Wednesday night's flash flooding continued through Thursday, especially in Cohoes.

This from Andrew Block, Director of Community Relations City of Binghamton: City Wins 1st Place NYCOM Award for Second Straight Year -Binghamton the first city to post back-to-back awards for Management category- BINGHAMTON, NY - " Mayor Matt Ryan announced today that the City of Binghamton's Restore NY Program has won first place in the category ...

Retirement costs for the city of Cohoes total more than $1 million. "We get used," says Cohoes firefighter Shawn Morse.

For 13 years Pastor Charlie Muller has brought his free lunch program to inner city Albany children every summer.

COHOES It is now legal in the City of Cohoes to get the boot. The Cohoes Common Council has approved a local ordinance that includes immobilization devices to assist the city in an effort to encourage parking ticket collections.

Two men are facing charges after police said they were dealing drugs in the City of Watervliet.

Opinions clash over drug law Posted on: 06/24/09 Dan Sabbatino email: sabbatinod@spotlightnews.com A recently passed Albany County law permitting county employees to purchase medicine from a Canadian distributor, CanaRx, is illegal, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

A group of proud veterans is making strides in their quest to erect a monument honoring all Cohoesiers who have served this nation's military.

Ian White's morning commute from Albany to Troy begins with the splendor of the Hudson River.

Albany County District Attorney David Soares has announced the preliminary results of the sobriety enforcement initiative that took place throughout the county Thursday night.

When John Bove decided to open a restaurant in Malta in the early 1980s, theme restaurants were all the rage.

State Park Police arrested 34 individuals, including those charged with sexual abuse and felony assault, and wrote 58 tickets for alcohol and traffic violations at last weekend's Dave Matthews Band concert in Saratoga Spa State Park.

Hudson River Community Credit Union has scheduled a groundbreaking for the branch it's planning in Cohoes.