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Colonie Town Supervisor Paula Mahan highlighted infrastructure improvements, park renovations and traffic studies during her State of the Town address at Thursday's town board meeting."Today we're on solid ground and experiencing unprecedented success," she said. "Because of our successful focus on redevelopment, countless vacant or underused sites have been reborn, breathing new life into our commercial corridors... The beauty of it all is that we're retained our hometown feeling."

COHOES -- Cohoes Police are seeking the public's help in finding a 14-year-old girl reported missing.

WASHINGTON _ As yet another final countdown to government shutdown approaches, New York’s lawmakers are split on whether a temporary budget deal _ the fourth since the fiscal year started in October — was the best path to take.Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and other Democrats are apparent “no” votes, leaving continued funding of government operations past Friday midnight very much in doubt.

ALBANY – Echoing themes from her swearing-in ceremony earlier this month, Mayor Kathy Sheehan laid out a list of her accomplishments over the last couple of years and a vision for the city that she described as powerful if not "sexy," in her annual State of the City address to the Albany Common Council.

A woman who helped discredit Supervisor Scott Ostrander's primary opponent has been appointed as his confidential secretary. And the man who openly opposed Ostrander's candidacy has been removed from the town planning board. But Ostrander insists there is no political motivations behind Shannon Doherty's hiring nor Jim Staulters' removal. He also said that he has nothing to do with either.

Enrollment in NY State of Health, the state's online health insurance market, continues to outpace last year's, state officials said Thursday.

ALBANY — Personally identifiable information for at least 52 students across New York, including 10 in Menands, was accessed by an unauthorized user last spring during the state's continued pilot of computer-based state testing, the state Education Department said Thursday.

In the wake of what state officials are calling a "drastic rise" in flu cases, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered the state Health Department on Thursday to work with health facilities statewide to plan for potential surges of patients at hospitals and health clinics.

ALBANY — Mayor Kathy Sheehan is poised to deliver her fifth State of the City speech from City Hall at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2018-19 budget plan has a number of initiatives but one area that is barely touched is the state's gaming industry, which includes horse racing, video lottery/harness track racinos, and now, full-scale casinos.The budget calls for a few changes around the edges of gaming law, including moves to simplify transfer payments and tax rates. And parts of the plan amount to a tacit recognition that the state's new casinos are getting off to a slow start.