Mark S. Schmidt of Altamont was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after being arrested in 2017 in an underage-sex sting.

Shopping on sites like Craigslist, with classified ads, peaks leading up to the holidays and police advise meeting in a well-lit, populated area for transactions — perhaps at a police station.

ALBANY COUNTY — “I guess this is technically a letter of apology,” Judge William Carter said to Jamie Bonkoski in Albany County Court Tuesday morning. Bonkoski had pleaded guilty on Oct.

ALBANY — Robert Keenholts Uhl, known as Bob to his friends and family, died at home on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. He was 92.

GUILDERLAND — A man wielding a handgun stole cash and cigarettes from the Mobil gas station at 3605 Carman Road on Friday, police say.

Two months after opening a hotel in front of Crossgates Mall, the mall owners are proposing building a complex of 222 residential units just west of the mall, on Rapp Road.

ALBANY COUNTY — Dennis Grant, who had five previous burglary-related convictions, pleaded guilty to another one on Friday. He had tried to break out of jail in 2009 after an earlier burglary arrest.