Rotterdam-Junction News

Posted on: 06/26/08 Written by: Ross Marvin, Spotlight Staff email: marvinr@spotlightnews.com It's probably the only taste test around where the primary goal is having no taste at all.

The Schenectady County Historical Society is interested in buying state-owned land across the Mohawk River from the 1750s Mabee Farm Historic Site because it is concerned that any development on the vacant land ...

The Daily Gazette received plenty of great stories about dear old Dad. We couldn't use all of them, but with such a wealth of memories, we are printing some excerpts from the nonwinners.

Rotterdam hires water tank engineers In an attempt to move forward with the construction of a new water tank for Rotterdam Junction, the Rotterdam Town Board on Thursday, June 5, hired staff from Barton & ...

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.

He plans to focus on controlling taxes and creating jobs. Blanchfield, 41, is a city of Schenectady councilman first elected in 2001.

Plans outlined for Route 5S Posted on: 05/28/08 Ross Marvin, Spotlight Staff email: marvinr@spotlightnews.com The Capital District Transportation Committee has detailed a number of improvements that could be ...

One man charged Wednesday after State Police chased him into the village of Scotia where he crashed his vehicle into a vacant home Tuesday night, police said.

May 21, 2008 Updated 2:42 p.m. Photographer: Peter Barber Rescue workers remove the driver of a Hummer 2 from his vehicle that crashed into a house at the intersection of Vley Road and Cuthbert Street late ...

“My wife and I used to walk down here. You'd never know that this was here”

Union College student Jude Mason, throws sticks and twigs into a pile while he and other students and members of the Rotary Club got together for the annual spring clean up of the lock in Rotterdam Junction ... via The Gazette

“The further out the proposals, the less concrete they are”

The Schenectady County Board of Elections has proposed consolidating two polling sites at the Pinewood Elementary School on Kings Road with those now located at St. via The Gazette

“I don't feel justice was served. I think the system took way too long. I think 22 years was too long.”

Though sentenced to death in Alabama, in the end it wasn't lethal injection that killed Siebert, 53 - it was complications from pancreatic cancer. via The Gazette

“There have been no changes to the plans that were agreed upon with New York officials in February 2007”

Officials from Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. have denied a Pennsylvania developer's claim the company intends to abandon its compromise agreement to keep jobs in Schenectady. via Albany Times Union

The Mohawk Valley's Two Prime Assets Are Its History and Its Beauty and Both Are in Jeopardy Font The Mohawk Valley's two prime assets are its history and its beauty and both are in jeopardy. via Associated Content

“Fischer's structure, cleverly designed as hotel space that's easily convertible into residences, would be faced primarily in two materials - gray brick and glass . Each of the four faades would be unique, making reference to the site's odd shape.”

The finger-scorching new issue of Vu. , New York magazine's occasional real estate supplement, is filled with goodies, including photos of Bond Street developer Adam Gordon's redonk Jane Street townhouse and an ... via Curbed

Glenn T. Suddaby, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, William G. McMahon, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Marshal James Parmley, New York ... via US Department of Justice Bureau of ATF

“Retailers do not believe piracy is at a maintenance level”

When Shari C. Hyman tried to buy some pirated DVDs of first-run movies last February, she and her friends went to Canal Street, New York City's knockoff marketplace. via New York Times

Accused Of Abusing 27-Year-Old, 18-Year-Old Women Reporting Hazel Sanchez The Manhattan DA announced Friday the indictment of a New York City police officer. via WCBS-TV New York

“I think the retailers are hesitant to move forward until they can really touch it, feel it and look at the building”

Four dilapidated buildings in the heart of downtown Schenectady, N.Y., are tentatively scheduled to be demolished April 12, clearing the way for a proposed $3.75 million retail and office complex. via Business Review

“The whole thing has been mishandled from day one”

The Empire State Development Corp. has a list of 26 companies that it is seeking to remove from the tax-break program. via Press & Sun-Bulletin