4+ week, 1+ day ago   (504+ words) ALBANY - A new poll indicates Democrat Blake Gendebien has a slight lead over Republican Anthony Constantino in the race for New York's 21st Congressional District seat, a result that Constantino's campaign has strongly disputed. The poll, conducted by polling firm SurveyUSA…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (38+ words) Yahoo Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to introduce emergency legislation to stop the early release of hundreds of prisoners in England and Wales....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (148+ words) Local officer cadet Grant Rinckey earned the Army Parachutist Badge after completing a rigorous, three-week Airborne School course at Fort Benning, Ga. He finished five parachute jumps from a C-130 aircraft at 1,200 feet, including a night jump, and can now wear…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (317+ words) A $1.5 billion investment from the Swiss company Octapharma, expected to bring 1,500 high-paying jobs, is in jeopardy tonight as the York County Council prepares to vote on pulling incentives for the deal. This decision could derail Octapharma's plan to build its…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (722+ words) ALBANY - A candidate to be New York's next fiscal watchdog submitted campaign finance records with hundreds of errors, including overstating his donations and spending and mislabeling numerous contributors as his spouse. That candidate, Adem Bunkedekko, is trailing well behind the…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1075+ words) ALBANY - There will be no Sunday Advent or Christmas Masses at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in North Albany this year for the first time since the late 1800s. But there is still a parish community determined to celebrate the…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (284+ words) The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority will inaugurate train service between New York City’s Grand Central Terminal and Albany next spring, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday. The MTA’s train service will fill in for reduced Amtrak service on the Hudson…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (384+ words) ALBANY - Amtrak has agreed to restore all suspended or combined Empire Service trains between New York's Penn Station and the Albany-Rensselaer Station by early March. Last year, Amtrak began reducing commuter trips between Albany and New York City due to…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (865+ words) Newly promoted New York Naval Militia Rear Adm. MaryEtta Nolan, of Greenfield Center, assumed command of the New York Naval Militia during a ceremony last month at the state Division of Military and Naval Affairs Headquarters in Latham. Nolan is…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (406+ words) Construction has officially begun on a new $1.7bn public health laboratory for the Wadsworth Center in Albany, New York. The new facility will consolidate five existing sites in the Greater Albany area into a single location on the W. Averell Harriman Campus....