Watervliet News

Four people were charged Thursday at a fixed DWI sobriety checkpoint at Thruway Exit 23, State Police said Friday.

"Gus's Hot Dogs is a MUST stop for anybody in the area. My entire family loves this place.

The hot dog is a traditional favorite on the Fourth of July. It's hard to imagine a July Fourth cookout without a few hot dogs thrown on the grill.

It took 35 years, but a Watervliet police officer who was injured during an arrest has made it to the state's Memorial Wall of officers who died in the line of duty.

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A city man who served less than a year in jail for supplying a handgun in the 2005 murder of Amanda Burns was sent back to jail Friday by a judge angry that he had not yet found a job.

School is almost out in the Capital Region and parents are racking their brains over what their kids will do with themselves until September.

JUN 13 -- Multi-agency crackdown "Operation Family Tree" leads to the largest drug seizure in the Capital Region in recent history: nearly 20 pounds of cocaine with a street value in excess of $1 Million and ...

Captain Phillip Esposito and Staff Sergeant Alberto Martinez went to war together, two very different soldiers from the same New York National Guard unit.

Walter Smiley is led into the Schenectady County Jail following his arraignment Wednesday.

A New York state appeals court says police don't need a warrant before placing GPS tracking devices on the vehicles of potential suspects.

The warrantless use of a global positioning device on a vehicle by police does not violate a driver's right to privacy under either the U.S. Constitution or the New York state Constitution, an upstate appeals ...

A Troy man is charged with second-degree rape on allegations he had sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Police said James Spears, 48, of 219 Vermont View Drive, entered the bank about 9:20 a.m. demanding cash.

Colonie school budgets pass Posted on: 05/29/08 Ariana Cohn, Reporter email: cohna@spotlightnews.com With little opposition in both districts, the North Colonie and South Colonie central districts' budgets were ...

Fire at Vacant Building Posted: A fast moving fire at a vacant building in Troy gave firefighters a pretty tough time late Sunday afternoon at Madison and First Streets.

Workers continued to tear down the historic Rensselaer Iron Works building today as smoke still rose from the roof.

There's no break from rising gas prices this holiday weekend as prices spiked significantly overnight.

Buying local is easy, with dozens of farmers markets in the area. In addition to bigger markets in Saratoga Springs, Troy and Menands, weekly or bi-weekly markets are held in towns throughout the region.

Bridget and David Brizzell love their land. There can be no doubt about that. It's obvious in how they describe the property, 22 acres not far from Albany International Airport.