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.

New jobs needed to keep economy afloat — IDAs must be accountable

Lysenkos volunteer at Appalachian clinic

VOORHEESVILLE — Dr. Steven Lysenko handed a mirror to a woman who sat before him in a dental chair.

High-tech group home to be built in Westmere

GUILDERLAND — A home using smart technology to help people with disabilities live independently, one of the few such group homes in the country, is planned for Guilderland.

GUILDERLAND — Hope is on the rise for the Karner blue butterfly, a native species of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve that has been on the federal endangered list for decades.

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.

GUILDERLAND — A 55-year-old Guilderland woman was arrested Tuesday for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl.

Video shows appropriate arrest

Harder arrested under Leandra’s Law

GUILDERLAND — A Guilderland man was arrested on Tuesday in Albany, after, police say, he drove drunk with two minors in the car, hit a curb, and then abandoned the damaged car with the children still in it.

Pucci slated for permanent appointment as commissioner