Troy News Archives

“I believe, as a leader, that I should lead from the front and that I should not ask my Soldiers to do something that I wouldn't do myself”

' "Be Know Do" has been a part of the Army leadership doctrine for more than a decade, and many leaders have interpreted it in many different ways. via KWTX

Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno says a planned $10 million environmental research facility along the Hudson River will advance efforts to study local and global waterways. via Newsday.com

“We're saddened that this occurred on streets that we feel were lawful and under control.”

The shots were fired around 4:45 on 2nd Avenue near 118th Street. Police called it a shootout - one that left bullet fragments and shell casings scattered on the avenue. via CBS 6 Albany

Reports of a man falling into the Hudson River behind the Hedley building in Troy launched a search effort, Wednesday. via CBS 6 Albany

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: April 22, 2008 Armenian National Committee of Albany 6 Grace Street, Albany NY 12205 Contact: Antranig Karageozian Tel: 518-331-8559 Email: ancofalbany@gmail.com Rep. via Groong Armenian News Network

National Grid crews will work in the Collar City into June inspecting manholes and upgrading the electrical system damaged in the fires and explosions on April 13. via Times Union

“There are hundreds of manholes in the city. It will take a couple of months”

National Grid crews will inspect every manhole in the city in response to the explosions and fires that rocked underground utilities Sunday, a company spokesman said today. via Times Union

“It was going pretty good, the kitchen was pretty heavily involved”

A kitchen fire damaged a 12th Avenue house Wednesday evening and injured the owner's dog. via Times Union

“It looks like it's been in the river for a long time”

A car was pulled from the Hudson River this afternoon after it was discovered by a State Police dive team that was training, Troy Police said. via Times Union

“For what it's worth, I do think this will and is changing. With electronic bill pay and electronic bank statements, we mostly only get junk mail. ...”

David Zetland said: "1) If you want to save the environment, cut out Fiji Water. via Treehugger

“Much larger agencies have much larger budgets to recruit. Seattle now has been advertising in New York City trying to attract officers from New York City”

"This is a great day for me," said Troy Police Sergeant Adam Mason. "It's a career goal I set for myself ever since I started with the department back in 1997. via Capital News 9

Microelectronics and Materials Physics Laboratories, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, and EMPART Research Group of Infotech, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4500, Oulu FIN-90014, Finland, ... via Today's Chemist At Work

Prosecutors in the murder trial of a man accused of killing two Army officers in Iraq will appeal a court decision that prevents them from using potentially incriminating statements made by the accused to the ... via Journal News

About a month and a half ago we told you about a new program that will deal with students skipping out on school in Troy and Lansingburgh. via Capital News 9

“The woman's body that was found in Menands was 30, 35 feet from someone's back door, and they didn't realize it was a body”

The Find Jaliek Task Force will lead a search for the missing boy Saturday. Jaliek Rainwalker, 12, of Greenwich, disappeared Nov. via Times Union

Hudson Mohawk Indymedia has produced a definitive account of the whirlwind of events surrounding Wafaa Bilal's controversial art exhibit, "Virtual Jihadi." "Art a Terrorism" goes beyond the sound bites to find ... via Internet Archive

“Though we have the strongest police department in the Capital District, recent incidents in the Troy Police Department have shown that having a Police Objective Review Board could benefit the residents of Troy”

The city's Police Objective Review Committee will be revived with new members after failing to meet for the last six years. via Times Union

“We've been investigating any leads in our search for Jaliek.”

Police and family members aren't the only ones looking for Jaliek Rainwalker, who has been missing for 5 months. via Capital News 9