Rensselaer News

The chairwoman of Schenectady County Community College says a labor requirement overshadowing the school's new Albany classrooms in upstate New York could derail the project if the matter isn't solved quickly.

Large scale manufacturing contract revenue in the first quarter of 2013 increased 14% over the same quarter in 2012 as AMRI saw an 11% increase in overall revenue.

Passengers walk past the taxi stand at the Albany Airport in Colonie, NY Saturday May 11, 2013.

Mary Thibodeau, right, and Myra Fedyniak, both of Albany roll discarded tires as they help clean up garbage along the Hudson River on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at the Resselaer Boat Launch in Rensselaer, N.Y. The Capital District Volunteers group organized the local effort which as part of the 2nd annual Riverkeeper Sweep.

Passengers board vintage railcars preparing to embark for New York City as part of the Grand Central Terminal Centennial Celebration Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the Rensselaer Train Station in Rensselaer, N.Y. Eight vintage railcars enroute to New York City roll through Rensselaer Train Station in Rensselaer, N.Y. / Times Union Eight vintage railcars ... (more)

Community Care Physicians expects to move into its newest building, a $10 million structure at the entrance to the Rensselaer Technology Park, by the end of August, officials said during a preview Thursday.

A group of eight historic passenger rail cars made their way through Rensselaer to Grand Central Station in New York Thursday night for this weekend's Parade of Trains, part of the railroad station's 100th anniversary celebration.

Passengers carrying luggage down the stairs the Amtrak station in Rensselaer, NY Wednesday May 8, 2013.

Troy, N.Y.-Control systems expert Sandipan Mishra, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation .

Currently in his second term as Rensselaer County District Attorney, Richard McNally announces he's running for state Supreme Court Justice.

The city of Rensselaer's mayor, Dan Dwyer, confirms with the NEWS CENTER that he hired a private investigator to take a look into allegations that Department of Public Works employees were abusing their time on the job.

A pilot program to help New York service men and women suffering from traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder will expand to seven Hudson Valley counties including Putnam, Rockland and Westchester.

Troy, N.Y. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty member Riccardo Bevilacqua has been named the recipient of a 2013 Young Investigator Award from the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research .

Site of a new restaurant, 15 Church Street, on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. As part of its 13th annual Big Brew Day, Homebrew Emporium in Rensselaer will donate all of the ingredients needed to brew beer to customers who brew in front of the store on Saturday.

Westchester officials will join together in Ossining Thursday to announce an expansion of a state program that will bring counseling and assistance to military veterans.

Business at Monolith Solar Associates is so brisk that the company will nearly double its 43-person workforce in the next year.

Troy, N.Y. -Computer scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have set a high performance computing speed record that opens the way to the scientific exploration of complex planetary-scale systems.

The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York announces an evening of screenings by EMPAC distinguished artist-in-residence Laurie Anderson featuring a special guest performance with both Anderson and Rensselaer Arts professor and composer Pauline Oliveros .

Troy, N.Y.-Biomedical imaging expert Ge Wang recently joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the John A. Clark and Edward T. Crossan Professor of Engineering, and a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

RENSSELAER, N.Y. A South Glens Falls man faces a slew of charges after he attempted to flee officers in a stolen unmarked police vehicle.