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By Karen Bjornland
Gazette Reporter

These days, when there are skiers on the mountain, there’s usually craft beer on tap in the lodge.
Last year, in keeping with this trend, the Albany Ski & Snowboard Expo debuted a beer garden where visitors could relax and sample about a dozen craft brews.
This weekend, for the 55th annual ski show, the beer garden is not only returning bigger and better, it’s now part of a new name for the event.

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado Boulder just completed a census of creepy crawlies from hundreds of households across the country and found that creatures from more than 600 genera of arthropods live alongside us in our homes.

For those who enjoyed binge watching the brutal backstabbing and dirty political trickery in the Netflix series “House of Cards”, there is much to love in Beau Willimon’s thrill ride of a play, "Farragut North."

By Stephen Williams
Gazette Reporter

The Saratoga Springs City Council has approved a 2017 city budget that holds property taxes steady for next year.

By Stephen Williams
Gazette Reporter

Five people have been arrested after a Jeep struck a pedestrian early last Sunday morning just outside the village, leading to his death, and then fled the scene, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department said.

By Brett Samuels
Gazette Reporter

ViaPort Rotterdam management has launched an investigation after a mall employee wrote on social media about alleged racist comments from co-workers.

The Schenectady Police Department is requesting assistance in locating a missing teenager.

The Indigo Girls stepped on stage at the Egg’s Hart Theater Tuesday night and launched right into “Get Out the Map.”

Bill Cosby's blindness will impede his ability to receive a fair trial and should lead to a dismissal of the sexual assault charges against him, his lawyers argued in court Wednesday.

Even as other voters abandon Trump, veterans remain among his most loyal supporters, an unlikely connection forged by the widening gulf they feel from other Americans.