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An Amsterdam man is facing charges related to an alleged attack involving a beer bottle last weekend, police said.

A city teen is accused of possessing a stolen car and a forged $10 bill, authorities said.

By Brett Samuels
Gazette Reporter

The first slot machines were wheeled into Rivers Casino and Resort Tuesday morning, as the facility approaches its February opening.

By Ned Campbell
Gazette Reporter

Tax levy could grow by 1.77 percent, if vote passes

Beyoncé, Drake, Rihanna and Adele lead the nominations for the 59th annual Grammy Awards, the organization behind the ceremony announced today.

Of the nonnative animals crawling, buzzing and slithering across the American South, very few are officially designated "crazy."

From September to December 2015, Tyler Parkervest was arrested four times, all stemming from these claims, the Orange County Register reported. He was charged with multiple felonies, according to police.

*Found ViaPort tree in a dark, vacant store
*Glad to have bakery under its new owners
*Trump’s Carrier deal just corporate welfare
*Keep up fight against Trump’s sexist ways
*Thankful for people who stopped to help

By Steven Cook
Gazette Reporter

Schenectady County Family Court Judge Mark Powers is now expected to win in his bid to become a state Supreme Court justice, according to numbers released Monday.

The warehouse where at least 36 people died in a massive fire Friday night was essentially “a potential crime scene,” officials said Monday, as they worked on the grim scene during an effort that has stretched on for days. A Capital Region native has been identified as an apparent victim of the warehouse fire.