http://www.spotlightnews.com/spotlightnews/ Spotlight News is news that affects the reader: local events, local taxes, local politics, local schools, local business, friends and neighbors. en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:56:11 -0500 General Society A state appellate court has upheld Christopher Porco's 2006 murder conviction. Porco will continue serving his two consecutive sentences of 25 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268423771 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268423771 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:32:25 -0500 General Society Capital District students will compete at Proctors Theaters on Monday, March 15, for the 2010 Capital Region Spelling Bee. The 5 p.m. event http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268422345 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268422345 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:29:17 -0500 General Society David Harper announced that he won the nomination of the Saratoga Springs and Wilton Republican Committees on Friday, March 12. The former Assistant http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268422157 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268422157 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:06:48 -0500 General Society Incoming North Colonie superintendent D. Joseph Corr channeled the nation's founding fathers at a meet-and-greet at Shaker High School on Thursday, http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268420808 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268420808 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:01:46 -0500 General Society New Scotland's size cap law was defeated at a Thursday, March 11 special meeting of the Town Board at Voorheesville High School. Due to a protest http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268420506 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268420506 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:51:55 -0500 General Society Saratoga Springs City Police arrested a New York City man early on the morning of Friday, March 12, after investigating suspicious activity in the http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268416315 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268416315 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:13:56 -0500 General Society A grant made to TransFair USA has local fair trade advocates hoping their movement will be picking up steam in other communities. Anna McMahon of http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268414036 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268414036 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:06:27 -0500 Law William Godlewski, 30, of River Road, Rotterdam, was arrested on charges of possession of sexual performance of a child and promotion sexual http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268406387 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268406387 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:04:05 -0500 General Society Saratoga County Sheriff's Deputy Donald Harder III will likely face jail time come May. Accused of sexual abuse by four women between June and http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268337845 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268337845 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:48:26 -0500 General Society Billy Jack Batease, 29, of 1107 Barrett St., Schenectady was arrested by Glenville police on charges of robbery in the second degree, assault in the http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268329706 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268329706 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:34:06 -0500 General Society For more than 30 years, war has torn the country of Afghanistan apart, bringing devastation and misery to the third world nation and rendering http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268325246 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268325246 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:46 -0500 General Society The Town of Colonie Zoning Board passed a variance to allow a Verizon cell phone tower at the Loudonville Presbyterian Church in June 2008, an issue http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268256706 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268256706 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:27:01 -0500 General Society Emergency workers on Wednesday, March 10, plunged into the Normanskill to retrieve a fly fisherman who had become stranded in the middle of the http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268252821 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268252821 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:13:07 -0500 Government The Schenectady County Legislature unanimously approved resolution for the purchase of real estate in the town of Rotterdam to be used for baseball http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268241187 http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1268241187