When Michael Raucci heard food pantries around his hometown of Mechanicville were having trouble keeping the shelves stocked, he decided to take responsibility for Thanksgiving dinners for as many people as possible.

The outboard motor on the small flat-bottomed boat carrying two General Electric contractors on the Hudson River became disabled Tuesday and the powerless boat went over the Thompson Island Dam, a state police investigator said Thursday.

Many of those attending a public forum Thursday on conceptual plans for the 151-acre Garnsey Town Park on Route 146 said they liked what the planning committee has done over the past year.

Skidmore College officials, looking for ways to avert a $4 million recession-caused deficit by 2011, are offering faculty and staff an early retirement incentive.

A kidnap suspect will be subjected to an ultra violet lamp as Saratoga County prosecutors look for gang tattoos that aren't visible to the naked eye, according to District Attorney James Murphy III.

People who want to donate to a reward fund for a beagle found bound with duct tape have a place to send money now.

The owner of the Good Times Lakeview Restaurant has been going through some rough times lately, but she said the act of a good Samaritan on Friday saved her business and restored her belief in keeping a positive attitude.

The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts in Ballston Spa have moved a homeless shelter for women veterans project closer to reality with donations of $15,000 each.

The city school district has filled two key administrative positions that will be vacated at the end of the year by long-time employees, district officials said Tuesday.

Saratoga County has received almost $3.4 million to rebuild the Stewart’s Dam Bridge in Hadley, according to Public Works Commissioner Joseph Ritchey.

Following a lengthy public hearing, the Charlton Town Board decided not to decide the issue of whether to change the way assessments are determined for property owners.

A sluggish single family home market in the enlarged city school district has district officials predicting a slight enrollment decline over the next five years.

Santa Claus might have been a little warm in his big red suit and cap sitting in the last float of the town’s Holiday Parade.

Youth Squared, a volunteer organization focused on the youth of the Capital Region, hosted its first “Holiday Community Giving Fair” Saturday.

Saratoga County prosecutors want permission to check a kidnapping suspect under a black light to look for hidden gang tattoos.