Watervliet News

Gordie Johnson thought he had things figured out during his days attending Watervliet High.

A Watervliet man suffered serious injuries after he was struck by a car on Central Avenue early this morning.

Redemption Church of Christ is hosting a FREE one day prophecy conference Saturday March 13, at its meeting place at 1511 Sixth Street in Watervliet NY between 10am and 4pm.

Union College freshman Tom Swanton runs the partially snow-covered outdoor track at the school in Schenectady.

Five counties in the Albany, N.Y., region will receive state grants to build new or refurbished docks on the Hudson River.

The reconstruction of Van Rensselaer Village is under way. The development for folks with low incomes is getting an $18 million facelift that will demolish parts of some buildings, reduce the number of apartments from 100 to 80, and take away the complex's barracks-like appearance.

Since the 1920s this region has been known for a handful of places that serve mini hot dogs, produced by local butcher shops and served on custom-made three-inch hot dog buns.

Three fire departments were called to extinguish a house fire that started at 9 Schuyler St., just before 6 p.m. Cohoes, Watervliet and Green Island firefighters were at the scene of the fire, which they said started in a clothes dryer in a rear area of the home and didn't spread within the house or to nearby homes, according to Cohoes Capt.

A 22-year-old Watervliet man was arrested early Sunday morning when he arrived intoxicated at State Police barracks to pick up his brother, who had also been arrested for being intoxicated.

We're two hours into the New York State Wrestling Championships at the Times Union Center and so far things are going as expected.

Scott Christianson got interested in Charles Nalle, Troy's most famous fugitive slave, in 1991 when he moved into a house in Sand Lake that was used as a stop on the Underground Railroad.

The Nativity of the Mother of God Russian Orthodox Church in Colonie is accepting prepaid orders for hand-dipped chocolate-creme-filled eggs, pelmeny , golubtsy , vareniki and kulich .

Imagine being surprised by a million-dollar tax bill, and you've got a pretty good idea of why some county officials are none too happy with the Hudson River Black River Regulating District.

You don't need an advanced computer chip to do the math here: One new corporate headquarters plus 190 or more new jobs equals good news for the Watervliet Arsenal.

Dressed in a purple Duanesburg Wrestling polo with yellow coach's credentials hanging around his neck, Joe Bena takes a seat in a folding chair on mat II for the first of the Eagles nine quarterfinal matches at Friday afternoon's Section II Qualifiers at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

A major player in the nanotechnology industry has announced it will be relocating its North American headquarters from Texas to the Capital Region in New York in a move expected to generate more than 250 new jobs in the area.

Phillips Hardware and Passonno Paints, two family-owned retailers in the Albany, N.Y., region, are teaming up at a new store in Schenectady.

The Albany County Stop-DWI program held its second DWI-sweep of the year from 10 p.m. on Friday, Feb.

The cities of Cohoes and Watervliet will dive into their joint study of the future of their fire departments.

Gov. David Paterson has quietly recommended a new member of a state board with vast regulatory authority over New York's racing and gambling industries.