Carrie Hanks earns start at national camp’s final scrimmage
Recent Niskayuna graduate Carrie Hanks felt good about her performance at last week’s tryout camp for the USA Field Hockey under-17, under-19 and under-21 junior teams. At least most of it. “The second...
View Article$500 million pledged for power electronics consortium
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and national and local business and technology leaders gathered this morning to unveil the New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium, a half-billion-dollar initiative to...
View ArticleGE to lead statewide power consortium
On Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the creation of a $500 million power electronics consortium led by General Electric in Albany. The state will pitch in $135 million to build the infrastructure...
View ArticleHere’s some of the coverage of GE power electronics consortium event
With $500 million and 1,000 jobs involved, the media interest in Tuesday’s big announcement at GE Research & Development in Niskayuna was understandably high. Here’s some of the coverage: Story by...
View ArticleBackpack causes evacuations at Mohawk Commons
A state police bomb squad was called to Mohawk Commons and some stores were evacuated Thursday after a backpack was left outside a store. The backpack turned out to be harmless, police said, but it was...
View ArticleNiskayuna Babe Ruth stays unbeaten
Nick Insognia, Alec Ritzenthaler and Matt Toy each had a double and a single Monday as Niskayuna cruised to a 12-4 victory over Franklin Township (N.J.) on the final day of pool play in the Babe Ruth...
View ArticleNiskayuna priest admits sexual contact with teen while serving as youth minister
Probation awaits the Rev. James Michael Taylor after he admitted child endangerment — a charge stemming from sexual contact he had with a 15-year-old girl while serving as a youth minister at Corpus...
View ArticleClifford Burns gets 23 to life
Despite tearful statements from all three of his daughters, a Niskayuna man insisted in Warren County Court Friday that he wasn’t guilty of murdering his wife last Christmas Eve, according to a story...
View ArticleNiskayuna High School among nation’s best in Newsweek ranking
Niskayuna ranked 26th, according to the magazine. Among local high schools, Shenendehowa (183rd), Saratoga Springs (293rd) and Bethlehem (398th) also appeared in the Top 500 ranking. A tick more than...
View ArticleJasiewicz, Steck take opposite side of issues in race for 110th Assembly Distri
Assemblyman Phil Steck, D-Colonie, said his re-election race against Republican challenger Tom Jasiewicz for the 110th Assembly District seat is nearly identical to the campaign two years ago, with...
View ArticleNisky boys win soccer Class AA quarterfinal
Kevin Chrisey flicked the ball over his defender, beat both the defender and Bethlehem keeper Liam Doyle on the turn, and headed the ball into an open net with 12 minutes left to carry Niskayuna past...
View ArticleNiskayuna soccer stymies Shaker again
Joe Carosella can’t fully explain it. Neither can his players. Whatever the reason, Niskayuna is the one team that had Shaker’s number during the Suburban Council boys’ soccer season. The Silver...
View ArticleShen defeats Nisky for soccer crown
COLONIE — Same type of goal, same final result as the semifinal. But Shenendehowa’s 1-0 win over Niskayuna on Monday night was the one the Plainsmen have been waiting on for three years, as it gave...
View ArticleRenewed debate over Nisky principal’s moonlighting as NFL agent
A baseball book, a blog post and some harsh accusations are creating a buzz in the town of Niskayuna. “Saving Babe Ruth,” a self-published novel by local author and Niskayuna High School alumnus Tom...
View ArticleNiskayuna teacher to receive Milken award
A $25,000 Milken Educator Award is scheduled to be presented to a Niskayuna elementary school teacher this morning, according to a press release from the state Education Department. The surprise...
View ArticleRickert: ‘School always comes first’
Community members packed the auditorium at Van Antwerp Middle School on Thursday evening to hear how Niskayuna High School Principal John Rickert balances his administrative responsibilities with his...
View ArticleNiskayuna board approves town budget
The Niskayuna Town Board approved two plans Thursday night — one spanning a year and the other a decade. The one-year plan was the 2015 town budget, while the 10-year plan is the town’s new...
View ArticleNiskayuna to buy license plate reader
The Niskayuna Town Board Thursday night accepted a $23,400 state grant for the police department to purchase a license plate reader and a street surveillance camera. The reader will be the town’s...
View ArticleCohoes man admits robbing Nisky gas station
A Cohoes man accused of two Niskayuna gas station robberies as part of a string of business robberies across four counties admitted to one of the Niskayuna robberies Monday. Ismael Maxwell, 26,...
View ArticleNiskayuna boys’ basketball: Win over Saratoga
The Niskayuna boys’ basketball team didn’t care that its opening-night win Tuesday over Saratoga Springs wasn’t the most eye-catching. When the game ended, the Silver Warriors were on the right side of...
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