10+ hour, 33+ min ago   (258+ words) COLONIE - The corner property at Albany Shaker and Osborne roads is getting a chance at a new use with a 5,852-square-foot QuickChek mini-mart and a multi-pump fuel dispenser. Town of Colonie Planning Board voted unanimously to approve the proposed site…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (238+ words) Flicka, 3, waits for her fur-ever home at the Friends 4 Pound Paws Inc. shelter. One of the many cats available for adoption at the Friends 4 Pounds Paws Inc. shelter in Gouverneur. A female domestic short hair, “Babs,” has been at the…...

18+ hour, 33+ min ago   (159+ words) SCHENECTADY — Patrons walked around, looking over art work at the 75th Annual Stockade Villager's Outdoor Art Show, Saturday. Sidewalk chalk entices patrons to show their creativity at the 75th Annual Stockade Villager's Outdoor Art Show Saturday, September 12, 2026. Luciano Pereyra, 5, left, and his…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1148+ words) Some people I know have an uncanny knack for hunting Northern New York black bear. Why Goony LaDuke seems to get a bear every year. The LaDuke family are still eating bear meat on the fourth of July every year....

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (763+ words) The healthcare affordability crisis is crushing everyone, but it has become downright calamitous for small businesses. Survey after survey after survey shows that employers expect healthcare costs to rise nearly 10% on average in 2027, a figure that could be twice as…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (516+ words) TUPPER LAKE — Among the various reports from elected officials aired at last month’s delayed town board meeting were some very positive comments from Councilman Owen Littlefield, who serves on the town board’s golf course committee. He said the recent Pro-Am…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (145+ words) TUPPER LAKE — The Tupper Lake Town Board accepted without comment Town Clerk Mary Kay Strack’s annual tax collector’s report for the period from Jan. 1, 2026 to Apr. 1, 2026. Total taxes collected by Strack this year was $5.181 million, plus total interest of interest…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1658+ words) Students in Homeschool New York’s Adirondacks/Albany Chapter take part in a group project. In June, police found the bodies of four children — Harper, 13; Hudson, 11; Gavin, 10; and Gracelynn Harmon, 10 — along with their grandmother, Amy Steadman, and mother, Sarah Myers, inside…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (799+ words) Dr. Aaron Mail, in purple sweatshirt in the middle of the back row, with the students from a Timbuctoo session. The Adirondacks Mountains, New York’s most important climate asset, is under threat from climate change. Warmer winters and reduced snowpack…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (554+ words) FILE - A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. AMSTERDAM — Two men were detained Wednesday morning by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Phillips Street in Amsterdam, according to city officials. Mayor Michael…...