Menands News

It's about more than just mail. For some, it's about losing business. When the United States Postal Service announced it would be looking into closing several post offices nationwide, residents who use post offices in the areas recommended for closure began coming together throughout the Capital District and in other parts of the country to defend ...

In what might be a last chance before any changes are made, public information sessions will be held for four Capital Region post offices scheduled for possible closing.

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.

"I've been fighting this H1N1 flu but I've gotta get back to work, I need the money." Twenty two year old Adrian Teasley of Menands has spent the last six days struggling through the Swine Flu, an illness that has already taken at least two lives in the Capital Region.

Kevin Rose, left, vice president of operations at Alteris Renewables, and employee Dan Orsini install a solar panel at a house in Waterford.

The sounds of spooky organ music and scary stories filled St. Paul's Church in Troy on Saturday.

This is not about haunted houses, the woods at night or graveyards. It is not about dank basements or cobwebby attics or city morgues.

Do any of your readers or perhaps yourself know of where I can purchase Tasso Ham? I'm surprised supermarkets don't carry it , but Adventure in Food Trading in Menands has tasso on its products list .

I was wondering if you knew where I might find seafood sausages? I used to get them at Price Chopper but they don't carry them anymore, and the nice folks at Adventures in Food Trading in Menands have stopped carrying them as well.

A Troy mother is angry. Her 8-year-old son was left unattended on school bus for more than an hour and a half.

Albany's William Francis almost forgotten after serving in black Massachusetts unit made famous in Civil War movie By DENNIS YUSKO , Staff writer First published in print: Saturday, October 3, 2009 MENANDS -- Civil War historians researching Albany Rural Cemetery have discovered the grave of an Albany soldier who helped lead the Union Army's first ...

The National Guard and a group of Civil War re-enactors are dedicating a new marker at the grave of a New York soldier who fought in a famous all-black regiment from Massachusetts.

The 21st President of the United States was remembered Monday at his gravesite in the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands.

An Albany investment firm with hundreds of customers that claims ties to European banks is under federal investigation for possible fraud, court records show.

Eric Guenther recently paid a $1,000 fine for selling kangaroo meat more than a year after he voluntarily stopped carrying the product.

Even as state lawmakers moved this year to legalize the sale of most kangaroo meat in New York, the Department of Environmental Conservation was raiding and fining businesses under a largely ignored ban on the sale of all kangaroo meat -- enacted 36 years ago as a result of an apparent misunderstanding.

A man and his duffle bag of dirty laundry caused some tense moments Monday for officers stationed along President Barack Obama's motorcade route, city police said.

Author Gregory Maguire charmed the black-tie guests at Proctors Saturday night with stories about how "Wicked," the hit musical based on his book, entertains audiences throughout the world, from Germany to Japan.

Critical reaction to Jay Leno's new show is mixed, but this much is clear: The program is popular at WNYT.

Poor oversight enabled more than $62,000 in earmarked funds to go unaccounted for, said New York's Inspector General Joseph Fisch.