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SARATOGA SPRINGS
Saratoga Springs City Council opposes Housing Authority salaries
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Saratoga Springs City Council rejected salaries Tuesday for the Saratoga Springs Housing Authority’s executive director and other staffers, a nonbinding resolution that some council members hope will send a statement to the authority even if it has no effect on the salaries.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Delayed negotiations frustrate Montgomery County union leader
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Labor contract negotiations in Montgomery County are running six months late, and union leader Eddie Russo is getting frustrated.
SCHENECTADY
Family Tire owner putting it in park
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
For 27 years, Bill Glock earned the trust of his customers at his business, the Family Tire and Auto Service on State Street in downtown Schenectady. Glock recently announced he will be retiring, relocating and selling his business to Warren Tire, another family-owned and locally operated automotive service.
SCHENECTADY
Grant buys breakfast for Schenectady students
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Every student in the Schenectady City School District will be served a healthy breakfast daily during the 2013-14 school year thanks to a $300,000 grant through the American Association of School Administrators/Walmart Foundation School Breakfast Initiative.
SCHOHARIE
Agencies to return to Schoharie County offices
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Roughly two dozen county employees displaced by Tropical Storm Irene will be heading back to work in Schoharie after nearly two years in other quarters.
SARATOGA COUNTY
Saratoga County supervisors OK Finch Paper’s purchase of landfill
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Finch Paper’s purchase of the unused Saratoga County landfill was approved overwhelmingly Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors.
CAPITOL
Official: Legislative deals made on casinos, women’s rights
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders struck deals Tuesday night to authorize four upstate casinos and to allow separate votes on a women’s rights package including an abortion proposal that appeared to have been blocked in the Senate, according to a senior administration official.
CLIFTON PARK
Clifton Park woman accused of using another's identity to get cable TV
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
A Clifton Park woman was charged today with identity theft after state police she used someone else's identity to open an account with Time Warner Cable.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
NYRA board selects Kay as new CEO
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Racing novice Christopher Kay was tapped Tuesday as the unanimous choice of the New York Racing Association board of directors to be the organization’s new president and CEO, effective July 1.
SCHENECTADY
Four alleged prostitutes, two alleged clients arrested in Schenectady
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
State and local police arrested six people Monday on prostitution charges in Schenectady.
GLOVERSVILLE
Gloversville man allegedly possessed stolen laptop computers
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Police say a Gloversville man simply said “You got me” to officers who saw him carrying a stack of laptop computers down the street at 2 a.m. Sunday morning.
ALBANY
Comptroller’s report critical of Colonie, Saratoga County
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Two dozen municipalities were designated as fiscally stressed by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s Fiscal Monitoring System, which is designed to give early warnings of potential financial problems by assessing 23 financial and environmental indicators to rate a municipality’s fiscal condition.
MALTA
Conservatives back Klotz for supervisor
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Saratoga County Conservative party has endorsed town councilman Peter Klotz over incumbent Paul Sausville for Malta town supervisor.
WILTON
Man charged with public lewdness at Walmart
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
A 24-year-old man was charged with public lewdness after police said he exposed himself to a female customer in Walmart.
