Guilderland News

Massoud Sharif, a Guilderland sixth-grade student, wins the Greater Capital Region Spelling Bee at Proctors Theatre in Schenectady, New York, on Tuesday, Feb.7, 2012.

Markers with the letters GAR, which stands for Grand Army of the Republic, stand by the grave sites of soldiers who served in the Civil War at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Guilderland, N.Y. ALBANY, N.Y. - Nearly 150 years after the last fusillade of the Civil War, historians, authors and museum curators are still finding new topics to explore as the ... (more)

Five people were hospitalized Friday, including a 20-year-old city woman who faces a host of charges after allegedly lying to officers after crashing her car in an attempt to get away from them, according to police.

A 20 year old Schenectady woman is facing 8 charges including 5 reckless endangerment charges after she smashed her car into a telephone pole at the intersection of Howard and Francis Street.Before that accident a little after 4 in the morning,Aisha Pounds had concealed her identity to officers about a petty larceny warrant out on her in ... (more)

A Colonie Tae Kwon Do instructor is facing more sex charges Friday involving the rape of a local girl, police say.

Here are some facts you should know about the holiday celebrated on the last Monday of May.

Some of the 560 students from kindergarten through fifth grade at the Guilderland Elementary School dance together to Beyonce's "Get Moving," as part of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move campaign, on Thursday May 24, 2012 in Guilderland, NY.

Altamont police officer Melanie Parkes rides Humphrey as she carries the American flag at the head of the annual Memorial Day parade on Main Street, on Sunday May 20, 2012 in Altamont, NY.

Niskayuna and Shenendehowa will meet again to decide the Section II Class A boys' lacrosse championship.

I enjoyed "In an up/down state of mind," May 10, and have a proposed solution to obtaining the definitive answer to: "Where does upstate New York begin?" Look at the historical origin of each county.

The school district is warning parents after a man knocked on doors and posed as a school official conducting a survey.

Frank Commisso on Monday bowed out of the crowded Democratic primary for the 109th Assembly District - a race in which many considered him a front runner - igniting a renewed fight for the party's endorsement as county Democrats meet later this week.

Tristen Jarvis, 16, of Niskayuna plays a Jimi Hendrix version of the Star Spangled Banner during 2nd Annual National Anthem tryouts for the Tri-City ValleyCats 2012 baseball season on Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland, N.Y. Jarvis plays bass for the Empire Youth Orchestra.

The Tempered Blues, from left, Charles Hughes of Slingerlands, George Adams of Guilderland, Warren Jones of Altamont, Leo Muzzy of Ithica and Paul Bleichner of Williamsport, Penn., pose outside Hughes' suburban Slingerlands home Saturday April 21, 2012.

Customers inside Carhartt's first upstate store's grand opening at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland Thursday May 3, 2012.

It is a house in Albany that law enforcement say was far from being a home for a local wife and mother, it was much more like a prison.

BOE ELECTION: Kevin Schaefer , Christine Richardson , Nancy Fodera , Donna Miter Proposition #2- School District Buses and Vehicles.

The Albany Police Department arrested a man for DWI Tuesday night after he crashed into seven cars and refused to stop for the police.

Boys from Troop 2 and Pack 27 of Albany get ready to pour buckets of water on State Street so Albany High School seniors dressed in Dutch costume can scrub the street during the 2012 Tulip Festival Street Scrubbing Friday, May 11, 2012 in Albany, N.Y. Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings walks with the Tulip Queen court and finalist during the 2012 Tulip ... (more)

The black bear found in a Schenectady tree on Thursday was released into the woods on Friday morning.