Schenectady NewsLocal news for Schenectady, NY continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Urban, rural communities lack supply of affordable produce- July 5, 2008 Veggie Mobile worker Paul Barrett helps customer Christina Coughlin in Albany, N.Y., on May 9. With the rapidly climbing cost of food and fuel, states and nonprofit groups are finding ways to get healthy food ...http://www.topix.net/schenectady/2008/07/urban-rural-communities-lack-supply-of-affordable... Woman gets 18 years for assault on child- July 5, 2008 Rebecca Polomaine, 31, of 475 Alexander St., was given her sentence at an emotional hearing that included statements by both parents of Riley Gilbert.http://www.topix.net/schenectady/2008/07/woman-gets-18-years-for-assault-on-child?fromrss=... Schenectady man pleads guilty to murder- July 5, 2008 A city man told a judge this morning that he was "retaliating" when he chased another man into a DeGraff Street home last year and killed him in a fusillade of bullets.http://www.topix.net/schenectady/2008/07/schenectady-man-pleads-guilty-to-murder?fromrss=1 Schenectady Man Sentenced for Shooting Former H.S. Basketball Star- July 5, 2008 LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE 26-YR-OLD SCHENECTADY MAN WHO SHOT A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STAR TO DEATH IN APRIL OF 2007.http://www.topix.net/schenectady/2008/07/schenectady-man-sentenced-for-shooting-former-h-s... City crews can't keep up - Residents are taking charge- July 3, 2008 People in the Stockade section of Schenectady say they're tired of watching graffiti vandals mark up their neighborhood, so they decided to do something about it. "We want to make it look nice so they will want to move to the area but things like that happen," explained Carmella Ruscitto of the East Front Street Neighborhood Association. The City's General Services Commissioner says his crews are overwhelmed with painting over the spray paint and it's tough to keep up.http://www.topix.net/schenectady/2008/07/city-crews-cant-keep-up-residents-are-taking-char... Local historian, Don Rittner, has taken on a new challenge- July 3, 2008 Building the perfect replica of a Dutch ship isn't enough to keep county Historian Don Rittner busy. Now he wants to fix up an old locomotive for the county's bicentennial. "That ship, whew!" Rittner said. "That's from scratch. This, this is restoration."http://www.topix.net/schenectady/2008/07/local-historian-don-rittner-has-taken-on-a-new-ch... Vespa Schenectady Creates a Buzz- July 3, 2008 Wasps are invading Schenectady just in time to help take the sting out of the high price of gas! Vespa, which is Italian for Wasp, has landed in Schenectady and is now open at 1401 Erie Boulevard. The Chamber of Schenectady County celebrated its arrival with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, July 1, 2008.http://www.topix.net/schenectady/2008/07/vespa-schenectady-creates-a-buzz?fromrss=1 Friends and family of R. Polomaine call her a "good Mom"- July 2, 2008 Lisa Gilbert's tragedy has touched us all. But friends and family of Rebecca Polomaine are overwhelmed with her "extreme" sentence, claiming that she's always been a "good Mom" to her own four children. Prayer writes: "Yes a tragedy did happen,but I do not believe that Mrs Polomaine is soley to blame. There is only speculation of her wrong doing." "I have known Becky all of her life & believe in my heart that she is a great Mom and deserves to raise her children. Now we have before us a...http://www.topix.net/schenectady/2008/07/friends-and-family-of-r-polomaine-call-her-a-good... Convicted killer gets 70 to life- July 2, 2008 Omari Lee, 27, convicted of shooting a former Schenectady High School basketball player to death was sentenced today to 70 years to life in prison.http://www.topix.net/schenectady/2008/07/convicted-killer-gets-70-to-life?fromrss=1 Schenectady teacher named Mrs. New York America- July 2, 2008 A 33-year-old Schenectady teacher was chosen as Mrs. New York America on Tuesday night. Kerry Lyn Boettcher topped a field of eight other married women from across the state at the RIT Inn and Conference Center. The women competed in interview, evening gown and swim wear categories.http://www.topix.net/schenectady/2008/07/schenectady-teacher-named-mrs-new-york-america?fr... |