Green Island News

One Green Island, New York, resident's Lottery bonanza could be a financial nightmare for the village's tiny school system.

Green Island Union Free School District English teacher Jodie Lanchantin, at right, with ninth graders Wednesday May 23, 2012.

Moody's Investors Service said Tuesday that it has downgraded $17.5 million in bonds issued by the Green Island Power Authority .

Voters in the Capital Region have a little more time to head to the polls tonight to decide school district budgets, board candidates and a variety of propositions.

Ruthie McAvoy, 10 months, center, and her sister, Margot, 2, right, wait for their mother, Rose, to vote on the school budget on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at Bethlehem High in Bethlehem, N.Y. At left is election inspector Neil Brown.

Green Island Mayor Ellen McNulty-Ryan was livid by a statement we published today, charging she was aware that Jack Brown collected over $17,000 in pension payments while working without disruption as chairman of the Green Island Power Authority.

James Arthur Highsmith , 34, of 180 5th Ave. and Kenita Hoke, 44, of the same address, were arrested on lower Hudson Avenue in Green Island, the sheriff's office said.

Local political leaders vowed on Wednesday to protect jobs at Watervliet Arsenal and Benet Laboratories amid plans for sweeping reductions in Department of Defense spending.

Due to an early morning vehicle accident which caused significant damage to Green Island Power Authority infrastructure, all power is presently out from Market Street and south for the next several hours.