Rensselaer News

TROY A 36-year-old man was indicted on numerous counts Thursday for a spree of armed holdups of stores in September and October.

It's a proposal that many residents of the City of Rensselaer and Town of North Greenbush refuse to let pass.

RENSSELAER, NY Yankee Trails World Travel has announced that bus tickets are available for Tuesday's Super Bowl Parade in New York City.

The Hells Angels of Troy, New York celebrated Groundhog Day at their annual bash this year on Saturday, February 4. Some 300+ walked through the doors of the Leonardo DaVinci Lodge in Rensselaer to claim their lobster, shrimp & scallops, and enjoy the company of their friends in the biker community.

Marie Walker of Cohoes was promoted to in-charge accountant at the Albany office.

Newswise - Troy, N.Y. - More than 1,000 area students, families, teachers, and community organizations are expected at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Saturday, Feb.

Newswise - Troy, N.Y. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is launching a new undergraduate major in sustainability studies through the School of Humanities Arts, and Social Sciences.

A Volkswagen Beetle was found submerged in the Mill Creek on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.

Gary Robusto of Guilderland, dressed as a leprechaun, greets the parade goers during the annual St.

Construction of CityStation South on the south side of Ferry Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues will begin in February, according to officials at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy.

Connor J. Blake, a 2011 Watchung Hills Regional High School graduate and a freshman at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., has been named to the Dean's List for the Fall 2011 semester.

Ryan Gilbert, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation.

Jury selection began Monday at the burglary trial of a 60-year-old man who spent almost 37 years behind bars for killing a Rensselaer nightclub owner in 1973.

The Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reappointment has suggested adding another district to the Senate, and dramatically redrawing Senate lines in the Capital District.

Newswise - Troy, N.Y. - Neil Rolnick, composer and professor of music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will embark on a new project - a piece for pianist Vicky Chow - with support from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University.

Robert Palazzo, former provost at RPI, will visit the UVM campus today as a candidate to replace Dan Fogel as president.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute computer scientist Carlos Varela has received seed funding from the US Air Force to help make flight data as updated, active, and accurate as possible.

Newswise - Troy, N.Y. - Nuclear safety expert Peter Caracappa, the campus radiation officer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will visit Capitol Hill Friday to brief congressional staffers on radiation and radioactivity.

Newswise - Troy, N.Y. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson and three top researchers from the Institute have been invited to deliver an "Ideas Lab" presentation at the World Economic Forum Jan.

An organization dedicated to preserving farmland in eastern New York is announcing the completion of a conservation project involving more than 1,200 acres along the Vermont border.