Colonie News

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A 10-year veteran of the U.S. Army on Wednesday became the first woman from the Capital Region to die in Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to her family.

The South Colonie Central School District community is mourning the death of 1998 Colonie Central High School graduate Amy Seyboth Tirador who was reported to have died from non-combat related injuries in Iraq on Wednesday, Nov.

As the numbers started to come in one by one at 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, Colonie Democrats were climbing a ladder to write the results in each district on poster board-sized papers so that everyone at the Colonie Democrats headquarters, on Wolf Road, could see.

A soldier from Colonie has become the first woman from the Capital Region to die in the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts, according to family members.

Menands residents who pay Menands Union Free School District taxes could be faced with school taxes 8 percent higher or more after the Colonie Town Board passed a resolution unanimously on Thursday, Nov.

Colonie Center and the New York Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. invites everyone to Colonie Center on Nov.

The candidates for Colonie town supervisor got some last minute campaigning in this Election Day.

Consuelo T. Leonard, of 169B Vandenburg Place, Walkill, is charged with burglary and petty larceny in the theft of a check from Good Shepard Lutheran Church on Albany Shaker Road.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

THE COLONIE TOWN SUPERVISOR'S RACE WAS A NAIL BITER, BUT IN THE END INCUMBENT PAULA MAHAN PULLED IT OUT TO WIN HER SECOND TERM -- FENDING OFF A CHALLENGE FROM REPUBLICAN MIKE HOBLOCK.

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.

Mike Keane fills out his ballot before casting his vote in a new optical scan machine today.

The Colonie Police Department arrested a woman for allegedly using several different aliases and lies to gain access to churches and commit grand larceny.

The only bid for the Stony Creek Reservoir came in less than half what the town of Colonie had wanted as a minimum.

From the office of New York's representative from the 21st congressional district: "Congressman Paul Tonko announced today that the Department of Energy has awarded the Town of Colonie an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant worth $661,900. Under the federal EECBG Program, which is being funded for the first time by the American Recovery ...

Traditionally you have to wait until Black Friday to take advantage of the doorbuster deals and big bargains, but this holiday season is proving to be different.

Two men held up the Gulf Station at 1113 Central Ave. Thursday night, according to the Colonie Police Department.

Matt Hamilton ran for a pair of touchdowns as ColA onie beat Albany, 32-7, Thursday in a Class A crossover game.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

COLONIE POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THE APPARENT DROWNING DEATH OF A 5-YEAR-OLD. POLICE SAY A MAN LIVING ON ELAINE COURT CALLED 911 THIS AFTERNOON -- AFTER FINDING HIS SON UNDERWATER IN A BATHTUB, UNCONSCIOUS.

This week, all of Colonie's 62 hotels and motels were asked to make a final decision on whether or not to take sex offenders under the town's new licensing guidelines.