07/20/11 ALBANY, N.Y. Congressman Maurice Hinchey and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand have reintroduced legislation proposing a national park designation for the Hudson River Valley from Fort Edward in Washington County to southern Westchester County.
07/20/11 Dougherty County Schools Superintendent Joshua Murfree is urging state investigators not to accept anonymous tips or emails as they investigate whether cheating on state tests took place in the south Georgia school system.
07/20/11 ALBANY, N.Y. A monster plant with flowers the size of umbrellas and sap that causes blisters and blindness is spreading across New York.
07/20/11 PRYFA Hosts Speed, Agility & Cheer Camp The Pearl River Youth Football Association is sponsoring its annual Speed, Agility & Cheer Camp tomorrow-Saturday at Poitevent Park. The free event is open to boys and girls ages 5-13. It runs 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday and 9-noon Saturday. Participants receive lunch after. Pearl River coach Chris Thomas and some Rebel players will demonstrate the latest ...
07/12/11 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a bill that will allow police to stop motorists they see texting while driving.
07/12/11 The Albany Dutchmen (12-14) swept Tuesday's double header against the Newark Pilots (15-12) at Colburn Park. Albany took the first game 3-2 and the nightcap 3-1. By league rule, both games of the doubleheader lasted only seven innings.
07/12/11 Multiple burglaries took place last week in the Central District
07/12/11 The Elmira Pioneers entered play Tuesday night with a 13-13 mark while looking to pick of a victory. The Pioneers would wipe away an early Glens Falls lead in the first when B.J Willis (Southern Indiana) connected on his first long ball of the season.
07/12/11 Three local road construction projects will affect drivers this week. In the Village of Whitesboro, maintenance work on the Route 69 bridge over Sauquoit Creek will include an eastbound, right ...
07/03/11 The Edmonton Energy professional basketball team makes it to the International Basketball League Championship Game but falls to the Vancouver Volcanoes 124 to 116 in a thrilling game.
07/02/11 PORTLAND -- An Albany woman accused of shooting and killing her landlord has told investigators she believed the landlord was a pedophile who sexually abused a 4-year-old girl in his wife's care. The accusation was part of an affidavit filed against 37-year-old Melissa Haley. According to the affidavit filed Thursday in Linn County Circuit Court, Haley told police she shot and killed Derrick ...
07/02/11 The Vancouver Volcanoes into the International Basketball League playoffs needing to win three games over the weekend to secure the championship. And after beating the Portland Chinooks, 105-98, they are a one third of the way there.
07/01/11 By Heather Turner ALBANY, Ore. -- Fourth of July traveling has already got off to a rough start with a vehicle fire and an accident on I-5 Friday morning. So what can you expect for the holiday weekend? Oregon State Police say they'll be increasing patrols to accommodate the travelers. The first incident happened at about 6:40 a.m. when a motorhome caught on fire. "Apparently he was driving down ...
07/01/11 Rosy Mackey of Albany, Oregon, is lookiing forward to a good weekend for her first foray into the Go 4th vendors at Lake Sacajawea. From burl bowls to food and garden and gift specialties she's working to make some order out of chaos to get ready for curious customers along the Nichols Blvd. side of the lake.
06/30/11 Town and village halls get ready for same-sex marriages, By Pamela Chergotis
06/26/11 EUGENE - With each new high jump bar she's cleared this year, Rachel Proteau has had to reassess her goals and expectations.
06/26/11 Colin Cunliffe, left, and Brewter Mccall, right, of Manhattan, celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York on Friday. / The Associated Press
06/26/11 NEW YORK -- Many obstacles still lie ahead for supporters of same-sex marriage, and eventually they will need Congress or the Supreme Court to embrace their goal.
06/26/11 Supporters of same sex marriage celebrate after Senate members voted and approved same-sex marriage at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Friday, June 24, 2011. New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born.
06/26/11 Many obstacles still lie ahead for supporters of same-sex marriage, and, eventually, they probably will need Congress or the Supreme Court to embrace their goal. | 
