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TROY – Rensselaer County is drawing from its $18 million budget surplus from 2020 to...

Rensselaer County man indicted in Pittstown hammer attack FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Buy PhotoJustice for Megan signs outside the MacLean home on Route 67, Tuesday Sept. 11, 2018 in Johnsonville, NY. Police are unclear how Megan MacLean died before she was found on a trail behind her home on June 4. (John Carl DAnnibale/Times Union)John Carl DAnnibaleShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Duncan MacLean, the 36-year-old widow of a Pittstown woman who investigators said died two years ago with str...

A county grand jury has indicted a Troy man in the killing of 51-year-old Danny Pearson...

May 28, 2021 Photo: Getty Images People of color were hurt by a lack of access to early voting in Rensselaer County according to the State Attorney General. Letitia James has filed a lawsuit after she says the countys board of elections ignored criteria that is required by law when taking into account where early voting sites are set up. She points to a lack of early voting sites in the city of Troy where there is a large number of Black, Hispanic, and low-income voters who rely on public tra...

May 28, 2021 Photo: Getty Images A Troy man pleads not guilty to a second degree murder charge for the killing of an Albany man earlier this month. Damien McCaskey was indicted by an Albany County Grand Jury for the death of Danny Pearson Junior. Back on May 10th, a shots fired report came in from the 300 block of First Street between North Lake Avenue and Judson Street. Upon arrival, officers found Pearson injured inside of a vehicle. He was taken to Albany Med, where he later died. McCaskey...

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May 28, 2021 Photo: Getty Images If youre looking for work or want a new job, the Transportation Security Administration has some positions available. With a busy Summer travel season expected, the agency is hiring new officers at Albany International Airport. Pay starts at 16-dollars and 48 cents per hour for full-time positions, and benefits include paid training, health care and paid sick leave. Plus, anyone who is hired before September 30th will receive a 500-dollar bonus plus an addition...

The FRA has approved the final Environmental Impact Statement for the new Hudson River...

Costco halted the free samples 14 months ago due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Christie Renee Mathwig, 63, of Troy, passed away peacefully at 1:25 a.m. Thursday, May 13, 2021, at Schneidmiller Hospice House in Coeur d’Alene.