Rotterdam News

The VMJR Cos. in Glens Falls is the general contractor for the Schenectady County Public Library expansion.

Republican Assemblyman George Amedore has formed an exploratory committee for a state Senate run, according to papers filed with the State Board of Elections.

Paper Battery Co. in Troy has received a $200,000 investment from Eastern New York Angels LLC, a local "angel" fund.

Three city residents are facing felony drug charges after they allegedly were found with more than a pound of marijuana in Schenectady County.

Schenectady Ski School instructor Freddie Anderson, 91, who has been skiing since she was 3 years old, skis at Maple Ski Ridge on Wednesday Feb.

Elyse Duma, daughter of Cheryl Davis-Duma, 45 Williamsburg Terrace Pittsfield, has been named to the dean's list for the fall 2011 academic term at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I. Dean's list requires a grade point average of at least 3.2 for the semester on a minimum of 12 credits.

A local Air Force Cadet will return home Thursday after a two-year deployment and is surprising her younger sister at school.

Schenectady County sees a nice uptick in it's sales tax revenue. Collections grew by nearly 8 percent in 2011.

Diabetic test strips buyer Brian "Jake" Tucker, of Rotterdam, talks to Times Union reporter Paul Grondahl at the Colonie Library parking lot Wednesday, Dec.

Police arrested a man Saturday after he evaded cops in his speeding car, crashed into another car and then tried to run away, authorities said.

A proposed redrawing of state Senate district boundaries would create another area Senate seat and cause Republican Sen.

The Rotterdam Town Board on Wednesday, Jan. 11, heard the findings of the Five Corners Transportation and Land Use Linkage Study undertaken by BFJ Planning, based out of New York City.

An emotional response Thursday afternoon, as the community steps up to help a family left in need by a fire.