Selkirk News

Reports from the scene of a house fire in Delmar indicate that a 15-year-old boy may have suffered critical injuries in an explosion that ignited the blaze.

RANDOLPH - When people read accounts of a train hitting a car stuck on tracks, it's easy to envision a locomotive smashing into a bus, causing a shower of sparks and twisted metal, similar to what happened in Harrison Ford's "The Fugitive.'' That's not what happened to the Fiszer family.

Posted: 2009-12-16 Member Since: 2009-09-30 Student from Springville-GI superintendent's former district speaks out Ravena graduate speaks out The Springville-Griffith Institute Board of Education recently received a letter from Melissa Hamilton, a graduate of Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk school in a small town outside of Albany, S-GI Superintendent ...

Albany County legislators are battling over the budget process in the wake of the Monday, Dec.

The Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Central School District will be extending the school day for elementary school students beginning in January, the school district announced Wednesday.

Town-level plan first of its kind in Albany County The Bethlehem Town Board voted unanimously to adopt an Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan on Tuesday, Nov.

After a week of relatively balmy weather, it might seem like winter will never reach the Capital District.

Army Specialist Ryan M. Goes, 22, of Selkirk, died Tuesday, November 3, 2009, at home surrounded by his family.

The fall season brings a bevy of traditional imagery to mind - vibrant colors, brisk mornings and, of course, Thanksgiving and the other bounties of the harvest season.

Colonie police say a man is in custody in connection with a hit and run Friday - a case that sent one of the department's invetsigators to the hospital.

Kate Lenz had 11 service points, nine kills and five aces to lead Saratoga Catholic to a 3-0 sweep of Fort Plain Monday in a Western Athletic Conference match.

Sounds like you are a little shallow. I'm glad to see that you have better things to do besides judging others based on their appearances.

In 2004, aliens descended on the region -- in a manner of speaking -- when Steven Spielberg took his production of "War of the Worlds" to Greene County.

Fresh apples in the cafeteria at Caroline Street Elementary School during lunchtime at the Saratoga Springs' school Thursday, Sept.

Peter Ten Eyck of Indian Ladder Farms is hoping that area school children will get a taste of his apples every school day.

Residents' effort to save Selkirk bridge mounts Posted on: 08/31/09 Jarrett Carroll, Spotlight Staff email: carrollj@spotlightnews.com After getting little to no response from the county and state on saving the Route 52 bridge in Selkirk, Christine Frankovic has started collecting signatures on a petition to save Ben's Bridge.

Bethlehem making plans for capital projects Posted on: 08/24/09 Jarrett Carroll, Spotlight Staff email: carrollj@spotlightnews.com Bethlehem's New Salem Water Plant in Voorheesville needs to be replaced.

Bethlehem making plans for capital projects Posted on: 08/24/09 Jarrett Carroll, Spotlight Staff email: carrollj@spotlightnews.com Bethlehem's New Salem Water Plant in Voorheesville needs to be replaced.

Henry Hudson Park home owned by town to be destroyed Posted on: 08/19/09 Jarrett Carroll, Spotlight Staff email: carrollj@spotlightnews.com This town-owned home at 157 Lyons Road in the Henry Hudson Town Park is slated to be destroyed after a unanimous Bethlehem Town Board decision.

Cedar Hill used the Hudson to keep cool Posted on: 08/18/09 Jarrett Carroll, Spotlight Staff email: carrollj@spotlightnews.com The history of the Hudson River along Bethlehem's banks is as rich as the men who once harvested its icy waters.