VOORHEESVILLE — The Bates family is sending one child to college this week while their second child follows his sister’s path through Tech Valley High.

When the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation last month issued its revised and much awaited 900-page report on hydraulic fracturing, the department’s commissioner, Joseph Martens, said in a statement, “This report strikes the right balance between protecting our environment, watersheds and drinking water, and promoting eco

ALTAMONT — Half-a-dozen different sounds filled the sheep and goat barn as Nancy Morey moved methodically down a long table, judging the piles of fleece set on top of it.

ALBANY COUNTY — Rensselaerville is joining more than 30 towns across the state that have taken note of the potential for hydraulic fracturing.

ALBANY COUNTY — Federal Judge Lawrence Kahn has heard testimony for a suit brought by three Albany minority women who claim that the county’s redistricting plan denies them an equal opportunity to vote for representatives.

VOORHEESVILLE — Three women died in front of St. Matthew’s Church yesterday morning when a sport utility vehicle crashed through the building’s portico.

Decorating cupcakes and baking brownies take center stage

ALTAMONT — Dozens of tiny, sweet canvasses will be available for practice before the official Sugar Girls Sweets cupcake contest is judged.

RENSSELAERVILLE — A silent story can be the most stirring — pictures unfolded from newspaper pages have framed our idea of what war looks like over the last century.

VOORHEESVILLE — After wresting an engagement ring from his pregnant fiancée’s finger, Richard T. Kurtz kicked her in the stomach, according to a release from the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.