Schenectady News

Bank robbery suspects identified

Times Union - Wed Oct 15

Rensselaer County sheriffs deputies have charged two men in connection with a bank robbery at the M&T Bank across from the Schaghticoke Fairgrounds entrance at about 12:48 p.m. Tuesday.

Contracts for October 14, 2008

Department of Defense News - Tue Oct 14

Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., is being awarded a $348,986,474 cost plus fixed fee contract for Naval nuclear propulsion components.A Work will be performed in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Schenectady, ...

Papa John's opens in Latham

Albany Times Union - Tue Oct 14

A new Papa John's pizza restaurant has opened in Latham, the company announced this morning.

Robbed at gunpoint in Schenectady

CBS 6 Albany - Mon Oct 13

He was held at gunpoint and ordered to hand over anything of value. "I reached out my hand to tell him it was all right," said Ashley Lemay of Schenectady, explaining how he was robbed in the Mont Pleasant ...

Gas slips below $3 a gallon

Times Union - Mon Oct 13

For the first time since March, some Capital Region stations are selling gas for less than $3 a gallon.

SCCC should follow principles, make new dorm green

The Gazette - Mon Oct 13

In April 2008, the Schenectady County Legislature passed a comprehensive set of "green energy" resolutions designed to make the county a leader in energy conservation and efficiency standards.

Stageworks/Hudson offers tasty smorgasbord of nine short plays

The Gazette - Mon Oct 13

It's a table of nine morsels served up by directors Billy Kimmel and Laura Margolis and a quartet of fine actors.

Stress from crisis more than financial

The Gazette - Mon Oct 13

A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average during its dip below 8000 on Friday.

Classic Tales of Old Dorp: Boys fought to crank ice cream for socials

The Gazette - Mon Oct 13

The Daily Gazette is reprinting excerpts of the late Larry Hart's long-running column, "Tales of Old Dorp." Hart knew boys liked ice cream, and some later developed a taste for other cold diversions.

Reilly, Wasielewski meet in 109th race

Times Union - Sat Oct 11

For four years, Republicans in the 109th Assembly District have sought a way to counter the appeal of Robert "Bob" Reilly, a Democrat and self-styled citizen legislator who has vowed to give away his lawmaker's ...