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Filled with adrenaline, Nadine M. Hair dashed into the Albany Street building without anyone from her assigned firetruck only to head back out slightly embarrassed about her rookie mistake.

Schenectady County water contest a matter of taste Posted on: 07/01/09 Jackie Sher email: news@spotlightnews.com On Thursday, July 2, municipalities from around Schenectady County including Scotia, Glenville, Rotterdam and Niskayuna will compete for the title of best-tasting water at the Schenectady County Green Market.

Three teenagers were taken into custody Wednesday, accused of using a truck and tow straps to rip equipment out of the ground at a playground in Burnt Hills.

Todaya s water tasting competition ended in a deadlock between the city of Schenectady and the town of Rotterdam.

Organist Anne Marie Bordeau and the St. Mary's Echo Choir harmonize during the final mass at St.

"This is the biggest retail development in 20 years in downtown Schenectady and the tide has really turned," said Schenectady County Legislature Chairwoman Susan Savage.

Plan would cap school district contingency budgets Posted on: 06/24/09 Charles Wiff, Spotlight Staff email: wiffc@spotlightnews.com Voters and officials in school districts everywhere are bound by the same rules: school districts have two chances to present a palatable budget to voters.

A 46-year-old man has been taken into custody for allegedly stealing at least three catalytic converters from the salvage yard near a home he owns.

When state Labor Department officials gathered at noon in front of the Railex distribution center at the Rotterdam Industrial Park, they had some company: people who had recently lost their jobs.

As a result of the sleuthing, two Rotterdam teens are now facing felony charges.

This Stock Building Supply store in Rotterdam will have new owners in the coming weeks, a Stock Building official said.

Assemblyman George Amedore and Assemblyman James Tedisco are introducing the School Budget Vote Fairness Act, which will ensure that contingency budgets do not exceed previous budget increases.

Rotterdam police identified the suspect as Kyle W. Myers, of 2933 Woodbridge Ave.

The Appellate Division affirmed a lower court ruling denying an injunction property owner Sync Realty had sought to prevent Galesi from cutting off the housing areaa s sewer service.

Stock Buliding Supply, a Rotterdam business, is closing its doors at its Duanesburg Rd.

ELIMINATING ALL 156 JOBS. IT'S PART OF THE COMPANY'S REORGANIZATION PLAN, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY A BANKRUPTCY COURT JUDGE THIS WEEK.

Members of the Saratoga County Sheriff's office, including Investigator Mike Zullo, left, and Sheriff James Bowen, far right, listen to Warren Powell's sentencing more... Barbara and Joe Tasick, parents of Mary Ann Powell, listen as their former son-in-law Warren Powell is sentenced for their daughter's murder.

CBS6 has learned there is one reported case of the H1N1 virus at Jefferson Elementary School in the Schalmont Central School District.

The proposed expansion will encompass all of the key business districts within the city, around 22 acres of property within Glenville, approximately 122 acres near Interstate 88 and Interstate 90 in Rotterdam and major sections of the Rotterdam Corporate Park, including its small business center.