Rotterdam News

The Rotterdam Town Board on Wednesday, May 23, approved by a vote of 4-1 a contract with Open Stage Media for this year totaling $5,000 that solidifies OSM as the public access provider for the town.

The fourth annual Migrating Forms festival of film and video is about the movies and nothing but the movies.

Darlene Zeh is confident she will be able to check off one thing on her bucket list after spurring a community effort to remodel the Rotterdam Boys & Girls Club located at 721 Curry Road.

In a weed-choked field behind an industrial park, 20 train cars and locomotives have been sitting and rusting for almost a decade.

Never-used bullet train cars at the Glenville Business and Tech Park Thursday, May 31, 2012 in Glenville, N.Y. Engineer seats in a never-used bullet train car at the Glenville Business and Tech Park Thursday, May 31, 2012 in Glenville, N.Y. Passenger seats in a never-used bullet train car at the Glenville Business and Tech Park Thursday, May 31, ... (more)

Rotterdam police tell NEWS10 that they have received numerous calls reporting a bear walking through the western part of the town Thursday night.

Bobby Mallozzi , a partner in the family-owned restaurant and catering company, said the arrangement adds one more banquet venue for popular booking dates.

Severe weather late Tuesday afternoon hampered efforts to rescue a 19-year old Amsterdam man who went underwater in one of the city's section of the Mohawk River.

Started in Town of Florida, traveled east about 4 miles, crossing through Amsterdam and Cranesville before falling apart around Glenville SCHENECTADY TORNADO: June 24, 1960 Went from Rotterdam to Niskayuna Winds reached 200 mph 9 injured, 27 homes destroyed, 1,500 other homes damaged STOCKBRIDGE TORNADO: August 28, 1973 Columbia SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - ... (more)

ITR America, headquartered in Hobart, Indiana, is one of the largest suppliers of undercarriage and repair parts for excavators, crawlers and other heavy equipment for the construction industry.

A Colonie Tae Kwon Do instructor is facing more sex charges Friday involving the rape of a local girl, police say.

Price Chopper vice president of facilities Benny Smith inside the frozen foods warehouse upgraded to save $64,000 annually at their Rotterdam facility Tuesday May 22, 2012.

It was not a good way to wake up for one Rotterdam household. A car went off the road and through the house around 1 a.m. Police said they're not sure what caused the car to leave East Campbell Road.

Police in Rotterdam are investigating a robbery that took place at the Mobil gas station on Altamont Avenue Wednesday night.

A Target employee and his girlfriend have been arrested after the sheriff's department says the two exchanged counterfeit bills for items while he was working as a cashier.

The Stewart's at Franklin and Nott Terrace in Schenectady shut down briefly Thursday morning after a car crashed into the side of the building.

Celeste Sodano talks about the shoddy fence job on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at her home in Niskayuna, N.Y. John and Pat Tibbitts, who live in Latham, say they hired James Messmore, owner of Affordable Fence, to construct a backyard fence in 2006.

Lightfair served as the backdrop for the announcement of several annual architectural lighting design award programs including the 29th Annual IALD International Lighting Awards.

Jennifer Guy, a graduate from the Ellis School of Nursing, with her daughters Madison Williams, 3, left, and Jada Williams, 9, before commencement exercises on Friday, May 11, 2012, at Mallozzi Ballroom and Catering in Rotterdam, N.Y. Jennifer Guy, right receives her diploma from Christine Cioffi, chair of Ellis Medicine Board of Trustees, during ... (more)

Money that was originally earmarked to protect the Rotterdam and Schenectady wellheads along the Mohawk River from flooding will instead be used to demolish two dilapidated houses that have stood derelict near the Great Flats Nature Preserve for more than a decade.