Rotterdam News

Congressmen Paul Tonko, Executive Director of the ASA Albany Chapter Janine Kruiswijk and County Legislator Angelo Santabarbara at the first annual Basket Cheese Ball on Friday, Oct.

Lest you have any doubt about who the cops and jail guards like for Schenectady County sheriff, ita s Dom Dagostino, the candidate of the Democratic and Conservative parties, who recently retired after 20 years as a Rotterdam police officer.... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story.

Republicans in Schenectady County took their licks on Election Night losing virtually all the major races.

The Rotterdam Police Department conducted a DWI checkpoint on Chrisler Avenue in Rotterdam on Oct.

Airianna Litts of Schenectady, 3, dressed as a fairy, paints a pumpkin during the third annual Pumpkin Party at the Rotterdam Square Mall in Rotterdam on Sunday, Oct.

The Rotterdam Republicans will hold an open forum for the candidates on Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. at the Rotterdam Senior Center, 2639 Hamburg St.

A few days ago when an anonymous benefactor provided me with the police disciplinary record of a candidate for Schenectady County sheriff, Joe Lazzari, I said I would print particulars of it only if someone provided me with the comparable record of the other candidate, Dom Dagostino, a recently retired Rotterdam police officer.... Subscribers must ...

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, October 23rd 2009. Following last weeks announcement of weekly free download packs for Ship Simulator 2008, game developer VSTEP announces a new free download pack for Ship Simulator 2008 is now available at 'The Shipyard', the online vessel & environment shop for Ship Simulator 2008.

Proctors is going into the television business. The popular downtown theater and arts venue is poised to take over the city's public access station, moving the station from its Broadway facility into the Proctors complex on State Street and expanding opportunities to train aspiring filmmakers -- while keeping the station's original programming ...

New York's homebound population has been forgotten in discussions about the statewide flu shot shortage, a local physician said Friday.

New York's economic agency has approved $3.1 million in grants for projects in Schenectady and in Washington County.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation field officers were seen examining unidentified materials Wednesday on land owned by the Town of Rotterdam, two town employees told CBS 6. The materials were contained in what appeared to be chemical drums, one of the witnesses said, but it was unclear whether the drums had been unearthed at ...

At the League of Women Voters Rotterdam candidates forum Tuesday, Oct. 20, a question-and-answer portion of the event was scrapped for some candidates, prompting objections from Republican Town Board candidates Joe Suhrada and Joseph Signore.

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture, in collaboration with Werner Sobek and engineers ABT, has won the competition for Rotterdam's Stadskantoor, a new building for the city hall that will accommodate municipal services, offices, and residential units.

Brian McGarry, Rotterdam town supervisor candidate and member of the No New Tax Party, has called for a boycott of the League of Woman's Voter debate to be held on Tuesday, Oct.

State police arrested an 18-year-old on Oct. 9 in connection with a burlgary at a Mayfield shop in May 2007.

Railex employs close to 200 in Rotterdam. The company plans to add shipping locations, which will mean more jobs at the warehouse.

Fire broke out overnight in a house on Polsin Drive off Highbridge Road, Rotterdam police said.

A 16-year-old Scotia youth is charged with starting a fire in an abandoned building he'd been living in, Rotterdam police said Saturday.

Posted on: 10/09/09 Written by: Sean Ahern, Contributing Writer email: aherns@spotlightnews.com Rotterdam Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Mobil Station located at 1210 Altamont Ave.