Rexford News

An upcoming public hearing on the proposed hospital in Halfmoon may decide the project's fate.

A backhoe operator was rushed to the hospital by helicopter Saturday after both he and the rig fell 70 feet off a cliff overlooking the Mohawk River in Rexford.

A 70-year-old man driving a bucket loader plunged off a cliff on Riverview Road in Rexford.

State police are looking into how a backhoe fell about 80 feet down a steep hill close to Riverview Road in Rexford and trapped the operator.

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According to scanner reports, the 31-year-old man fled in a 2004 red Nissan Maxima on Nott Street and Van Vranken Avenue, continuing onto Aqueduct Road and across the Rexford Bridge on Route 146 at about 7 p.m. ...

Rising gas prices could prove a boon for two distressed parts of the upstate economy: manufacturing and agriculture.

Nancy Laustsen: Director of children's ministries at Faith Baptist Church on Glenridge Road, Rexford.

Panel mulls rec plans for Parklands Posted on: 06/13/08 Ashley Lucas, Clifton Park-Burnt Hills reporter email: lucasa@spotlightnews.com After public outcry about a proposal to put at least 10 soccer fields on a ...

I called my dad today to wish him a happy Father's Day, and we talked for an hour or so.

On the evening of May 21, I went for a bicycle ride. That's nothing new - ' I love to bike and do a lot of it - ' but this ride was different.

Many people -- teachers, parents, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Michael Jordan -- could be seen as role models in today's society.

Two men were charged Wednesday in connection with cutting down 300 trees on state-owned land along the Mohawk River to improve river views from their nearby homes, State Police said. via Times Union

“We're doing what we can to make sure that we put manpower in place so that it doesn't happen again”

Here's one of the downsides of the growing love affair between Capital Region commuters miffed by high gas prices and the Capital District Transportation Authority: With annual ridership closing in on 14 ... via Times Union

Sue Plasberg of Rexford, N.Y., writes: "I am appalled at the number of people who are writing the contraction 'it's' instead of the possessive 'its.' Is there anything we can do to educate people?" Dear Sue: ... via Detroit Free Press

Gearity Professional Development School is one of eight elementary schools in the nation to be named a Model School by the International Center for Leadership in Education. via The Plain Dealer

“They sent it to the court in Clifton Park, which is where I live”

Cerkowski had a dispute with a man and she wanted to take him to small claims court. via Times Union

The Jeep Northeast Outdoors Show will showcase an eclectic mix of family entertainment, Friday through Sunday, at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center. via Capital News 9

“The story needs to be fanciful enough to be entertaining and the science needs to be realistic enough to be plausible”

Whether your heart flutters at the movie theater may have a lot to do with hormones - and this has little to do with the person you're sharing a tub of popcorn with. via Chicago Tribune

“The thing about the arts is, when a child has problems and he enjoys the arts, they pull him out of my class”

What good is knowledge if you don't have the wisdom to apply it? That was a central theme Tuesday as teachers from St. via St John Source