http://www.spotlightnews.com Providing up to the minute local news in your community... 24/7 en-us Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:07:50 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) Three weeks after the Town of Colonie posted an request for proposals for the sale of the town's portion of the Stony Creek Reservoir, approximately http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tD1255377968t4ad38c30d1e89 http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tD1255377968t4ad38c30d1e89 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:15:40 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) Glenville Police are currently investigating a scam involving elderly victims, where suspects pose as relatives requesting money. According to the http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tK1255356787t4ad33973e8ea7 http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tK1255356787t4ad33973e8ea7 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:44:23 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) Police in the Town of Bethlehem are reporting that a 48-year-ol Glenmont man suffered fatal injuries while riding an ATV on Sunday, Oct. 11. The http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tR1255351414t4ad324764d377 http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tR1255351414t4ad324764d377 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:19:33 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) The Guilderland Central School District has sent the following letter home to parents regarding the suicide of a student at the high school, http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tJ1255119424t4acf9a4059787 http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tJ1255119424t4acf9a4059787 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:43:45 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) Albany County Executive Mike Breslin released a 2010 county budget proposal on Thursday, Oct. 8, that would cut jobs, increase the tax levy by 5.9 http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tJ1255113740t4acf840c29ebc http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tJ1255113740t4acf840c29ebc Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:13:43 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) Rotterdam Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Mobil Station located at 1210 Altamont Ave. on Saturday, Oct. 3. According to the http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tU1255111978t4acf7d2a3d5a2 http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tU1255111978t4acf7d2a3d5a2 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:57:42 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) After a short public hearing, the Colonie Town Board lowered the speed limit from 40 mph to 30 mph on Pollock Road on Thursday, Oct. 8, after hearing http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tL1255049309t4ace885d8f574 http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tL1255049309t4ace885d8f574 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:57:35 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) The Town of Rotterdam received a $40,000 grant from the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation to make needed improvements to http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tC1255028161t4ace35c18e262 http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tC1255028161t4ace35c18e262 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:32:34 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) Capital Lyceum, an independent and non-sectarian secondary school was announced by Mayor Brian Stratton, Schenectady County Legislators and local http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tB1255026683t4ace2ffb43fd6 http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tB1255026683t4ace2ffb43fd6 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:10:50 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) The Bethlehem Central School District's idea of erecting a cell tower on district property to bolster the budget had a group of area residents http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tX1255025379t4ace2ae3d50c3 http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tX1255025379t4ace2ae3d50c3 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:33:14 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) National Grid reports that there are power outages in the following towns: In Scotia and Glenville, there are 31 power outages. Power is expected http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tI1254943683t4accebc3b1708 http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tI1254943683t4accebc3b1708 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:43:06 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) Spotlight Newspapers, the Capital District's award-winning community weeklies, was purchased Oct. 1, by Community Media Group LLC. The transaction http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tN1254940892t4acce0dc77f6b http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tN1254940892t4acce0dc77f6b Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:42:55 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) The Niskayuna Parent Teacher Organization's website has gone green for the month of October. Niskypto.org hopes to streamline the movement of http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tA1254940851t4acce0b3bb201 http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tA1254940851t4acce0b3bb201 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:42:51 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) On Wedneday, Oct.7 at about 10 a.m. a Saratoga Springs Police Officer was injured in a motor vehicle crash on Route 9 South approximately 100 feet http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tR1254940684t4acce00c15c50 http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tR1254940684t4acce00c15c50 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:08:59 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) On the heels of a successful 2009 race meet at Saratoga Race Course, The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will expand the 2010 season by four http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tJ1254938526t4accd79e011bf http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tJ1254938526t4accd79e011bf Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:50:11 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) The Voorheesville Central School District will hold a special election on Tuesday, Oct. 20, to vote on the creation two separate reserve funds; one http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tA1254937467t4accd37b920ea http://www.spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tA1254937467t4accd37b920ea Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:58:38 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) A group of Bethlehem residents opposed to the construction of cell phone towers on Bethlehem Central School District property plan to hold a http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tT1254934642t4accc8725e1e9 http://spotlightnews.com/247/article.php?article_id=tT1254934642t4accc8725e1e9 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:15:07 -0700 Local Updates (24/7) The Schenectady Fire Department is investigating the source of a five-alarm fire at 1624 Union St, Schenectady on Tuesday, Oct. 6. 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