Rexford News

It's a cliche. I know, but it's true. It's hard to believe July 4th has come and gone and now, it's serious summertime.

Eric Randall of Albany cruises past the Mohawk River . The Mohawk River Loop is one of the most popular short bike rides in the Capital Region.

The Mohawk River Loop is one of the most popular short bike rides in the Capital Region.

A Life Net helicopter flies from the scene of a small plane crash in the Mohawk River in Scotia, N.Y. while emergency workers in boats continue to search below.

Relatives of a man killed along with his son and another man when their small plane crashed in the Mohawk River say the father's body has been recovered.

Family members of the former Rexford man arrested Friday after he was accused of making death threats against President Barack Obama say they hope their son will finally get help.

Federal investigators yesterday launched a nationwide manhunt for a hulking, gun-toting New Yorker who claimed he is "on a mission to kill" President Obama.

President Barack Obama as he delivered his historic speech at the University of Cairo on June 4, 2009.

ALBANY District Attorney P. David Soares Monday announced that Akiva Daniel Abraham, 43, of Rexford, NY, was indicted by the Grand Jury on one count of Arson in the Third Degree, a Class "C" Felony, one count of Insurance Fraud in the Second Degree, a Class "C" Felony, and one count of Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree, a Class "D" Felony.

Dorothy C. O'Donnell, 84, formerly of Salem, N.Y., New Castle, N.H. and Rexford, N.Y., died Monday, May 25, 2009, at the Schuyler Ridge Residential & Adult Health Center in Clifton Park.

The man accused of burning down Saratoga Winners is facing a widening probe into his business practices and into a fire that destroyed his girlfriend's hair salon last year.

A month after acquiring Saratoga Winners, town police said its owner set it on fire to collect the insurance money.

That word comes from Dominick Patrignani, who heads the union at Momentive Performance Materials Inc.'s Waterford production plant.

The changes were supposed to streamline the process of bringing farmworkers into the country to work in the fields.

The Capital District Transportation Committee included $1.5 million for the project in its Transportation Improvement Program schedule for 2009-14. Ray Gillen, Schenectady County commissioner of economic development and planning, said the project would close a gap in the trail between Washington Avenue and Balltown Road.

Wacky assistant greens superintendent Carl Spackler, played by Bill Murray, never conquers the wily gophers, and he blows up much of the club trying to exterminate them.

A "snapshot." That's how Wilson County Board of Education member Gary Farmer describes the tour board members were given Monday of exceptional children's classes at three of the district's schools.

Monday is Groundhog Day. Pennsylvania's "Punxsutawney Phil" will get the limelight, as always.

CLIFTON PARK A boil water advisory has been issued for customers of the Clifton Park Water Authority after a large water main break near the intersection of Moe Road and Sugarbush Drive.

The former Kem Cleaners, now called Greener Cleaners, is closing three of its stores this month while the company downsizes as part of a Chapter 11 reorganization plan.