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ELITE PTAS' SHADOWY FUNDS

Sep 7, 2008 10:18 am

Faced with overcrowded classes and limited school budgets, some of the city's wealthiest PTAs are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire their own teachers on the sly. The powerhouse par...

DISGRUNTLED RIDERS THROW MTA UNDER THE BUS

Sep 7, 2008 8:11 am

The big wheels keep on rolling but not often enough or on time, according to fed-up bus riders who slammed local service citywide with a C-minus. According to 22,109 riders responding to the first L...

APPLE IS RIVER CITY

Sep 7, 2008 8:11 am

Tropical Storm Hanna tore through the city with torrential downpours yesterday, turning streets into rivers, delaying flights for hours and leaving thousands of people without power. More than 3 inc...

MIKE: ALL IS 'FOE'-GIVEN IN QNS. RACE

Sep 7, 2008 8:11 am

Bloomberg heaps praise on Maltese as "the best person to represent Queens and New York City....(he has) a long record of delivering," in a letter set to be sent to voters in the district, w...

BIOPSY SHOCK IN 'WTC DEATH'

Sep 7, 2008 8:11 am

Mayor Bloomberg dismissed NYPD Detective James Zadroga as "not a hero," and the city contended that he had died as a result of drug use rather than from toxic air after working at Ground Zer...

ASTRO-'NOT' PARK SALE

Sep 7, 2008 8:11 am

Want to buy a 275-foot-high space tower? It's only $99,000. How about a water ride for $199,000? Coney Island's iconic Astrotower and the Water Flume are just two of 10 Astroland Park rides posted...

SEGWAY NO WAY TO PATROL, SAYS COP IN LAWSUIT

Sep 7, 2008 8:11 am

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's Segway scooter program is shaping up to be more dangerous for cops than the villains they're chasing - the two-wheeled gyro-powered gizmo ended one cop's 12-year career...

PIERLESS NUPTIALS

Sep 7, 2008 8:11 am

Serious structural damage to pilings underneath the Chelsea Piers has caused two high-end catering halls to shut their doors - and ship their weddings elsewhere. The Lighthouse and Sunset Terrace, t...

TWICE MISSING

Sep 7, 2008 8:11 am

A Harlem teacher who disappeared more than a week ago went AWOL for three days last year, a police source said yesterday. Hannah Upp, 23, missing since Aug. 29, had been disciplined last year by Thu...

TKTS JOB SCALPS CITY FOR $11M

Sep 7, 2008 8:11 am

The architecturally stunning new TKTS outlet scheduled to open in Times Square this month is $11 million over budget, The Post has learned. And the rebuilt operation, which sells discount, same-day ...

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Waterford Tugboat Roundup Postpones Fireworks

Sep 6, 2008 9:17 pm

A spokesperson from the Waterford Tugboat Roundup wishes to let all know that the fireworks scheduled tonight have been canceled. The fireworks have been rescheduled for Sunday, September 7 at 8pm.

Teens Pulled Over in Car Registered to Police Chief

Sep 6, 2008 8:17 pm

Two teenagers driving a car registered to the Colonie Police Chief, Steven Heider, are now facing drug charges after after being pulled over Saturday morning. The car is Heider's daughter's car, not h...

Rensselaer Flood Victims prepare for rain

Sep 6, 2008 8:02 pm

Every sound of cracking wood, every shovel and log hauled away is putting members of the group, Neighborhood of Associated Hollowship closer to protecting their homes. About two dozen Rensselaer city ...

Rollover near Exit 10 on Northway

Sep 6, 2008 6:37 pm

Dispatch has confirmed that there is a rollover accident near exit 10 on the Northway I-87. According to Saratoga County Sheriff's, a green Ford Explorer flipped over onto the vehicle's roof. The sing...

Gov Paterson Survives on Colbert Report

Sep 6, 2008 6:37 pm

New York Gov. David A. Paterson has survived an appearance on Stephen Colbert's television show, which often leaves political leaders eating their own words.

County DPW chief seeks funding

Sep 6, 2008 5:17 am

Schenectady County's Public Works Director Joe Ryan is hoping for two things this weekend: A new source of money to fix roads and a weather forecast that leaves his county alone.

Locals look for spotlight as 'Taking Woodstock' begins production

Sep 5, 2008 10:17 pm

The casting call starts with a photo. And wearing purple fringe and a flower in her hair, Maura Arraj of Northampton, Mass., has certainly dressed the part.

Tricycle stolen from disabled Albany man

Sep 5, 2008 10:17 pm

"Life isn't really fair," says 52-year-old Jeff Elsbree. It's a conclusion the disabled Elsbree, who works at Albany's Senate Research Services clipping news articles, has come to after a di...

Paterson calls for zero growth NY budget

Sep 5, 2008 8:32 pm

ALBANY, N.Y. New York Gov. David Paterson is telling state agencies to draft zero-growth budgets to fend off a $5.4 billion deficit projected for the coming fiscal year.

Albany Riverfront Jazz Fest moved to rain location

Sep 5, 2008 4:32 pm

The M & T Bank's Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival has been moved to its rain location, the city announced Friday. The city said the possibility of storms on Saturday required the change to an indoo...

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Utilities scramble to restore power after Hanna

Sep 7, 2008 6:25 pm

Utility companies are scrambling to repair power lines damaged Saturday night by Tropical Storm Hanna.

Flooding closes three stores in Orange Plaza

Sep 7, 2008 6:10 pm

WALLKILL -- Emergency crews have evacuated three stores in the Orange Plaza due to flooding conditions.

Minivan plows into Westchester home

Sep 7, 2008 4:40 pm

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- Most people use the door.

Hanna causes some flooding, flight delays in NYC

Sep 7, 2008 4:26 pm

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tropical Storm Hanna dropped a month's worth of rain within hours Saturday, flooding highways, delaying flights and halting the U.S. Open Tennis tournament. But officials reported no ...

Powerful Hurricane Ike looms as trouble for Gulf

Sep 7, 2008 4:10 pm

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- Powerful Hurricane Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the U.S.

Small-town politicians sound off about Sarah Palin

Sep 7, 2008 6:32 am

It is a heck of a leap from being a gun-toting hockey mom to vice president or even president.

Students need lessons in do-it-yourself house repairs

Sep 7, 2008 6:31 am

I recently rebuilt the stone front steps to our house.

NYC braces for Tropical Storm Hanna

Sep 6, 2008 9:10 pm

NEW YORK (AP) -- Emergency officials say they're anticipating flooding and gusty winds as Tropical Storm Hanna approaches New York City and Long Island.

Reader photos: Submit your flood photos or videos

Sep 6, 2008 4:26 pm

If you have photos or videos from this weekend's storm send them in to us and we will publish them online to recordonline.com.

Region spared full brunt of storm

Sep 6, 2008 12:40 pm

Tropical Storm Hanna skirted across the Hudson Valley Saturday afternoon and evening, but the fast-moving system appeared to do little damage as it sailed into New England.

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Firm seeks tenants for 4 city sites

Sep 7, 2008 2:21 pm

LOCKPORT -- A Getzville firm has been chosen to seek out tenants for the four renovated buildings the city owns on Canal Street, Mayor Michael W. Tucker said late last week.

Lots of music, less harmony

Sep 7, 2008 2:20 pm

NIAGARA FALLS -- When the city's Tourism Advisory Board first met more than two years ago, its members lamented a shortage of concerts and events in Niagara Falls since the Festival of Lights ended.

TV ads in the Davis-Kryzan-Powers race have little use for the facts

Sep 7, 2008 1:36 pm

If you fall for Jack Davis' television ads, you may think Jon Powers is a special-interest fat cat who's taking money from corporations like General Electric when he's not hanging out at Rick's Tally-...

Top defense attorney Joel Daniels shuns accolades

Sep 7, 2008 1:34 pm

Former Niagara Falls Mayor Vince Anello found out that FBI agents were poking into his business dealings, including a $40,000 no-interest loan from a prominent developer.

DiPietro says Volker has served for too long

Sep 7, 2008 1:31 pm

Running under the banner of reform, David J. DiPietro hopes to turn his opponent's Albany experience -- 36 years of it -- into a liability.

3 violent crimes in recent weeks, including 2 rapes, have UB students, officials on edge

Sep 7, 2008 1:28 pm

Just two weeks into the fall semester at the University at Buffalo, the school's Main Street campus and the neighborhood around it have been the scene of three violent crimes.

Iannello, Mesi seek dueling inquiries

Sep 7, 2008 1:27 pm

Joe Mesi wants the district attorney to investigate Michele Iannello, and Iannello wants the attorney general to investigate Mesi.

Winner in 143rd will be pro-labor

Sep 7, 2008 1:21 pm

It's safe to say the winner of the race for the 143rd Assembly District seat will be a Democrat from Cheektowaga, just as usual.

DNA tags suspect in string of break-ins

Sep 7, 2008 1:20 pm

The wonders of DNA and fingerprint evidence -- combined with the expanding database for convicted felons -- have helped Town of Hamburg police solve a rash of burglaries involving the attempted thefts...

Holocaust author's touching children's story is being retold

Sep 7, 2008 1:16 pm

Forty years ago, Gerda Weissmann Klein wrote a touching children's book as a birthday gift for 6-year-old Jenny Innerfield, a developmentally disabled neighbor in Kenmore.

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VVS rises above Phoenix

Sep 6, 2008 7:01 am

PHOENIX - A dramatic ending in the first half, and a punishing defense in the second, helped Vernon-Verona-Sherrill's football team open the year with a 21-7 win against Phoenix at Fulton's field.

Police Blotter Sept. 6

Sep 6, 2008 1:47 am

* Eric S. Graham, 25, of Broad Street, Oneida, was arrested on a family court warrant. He was arraigned and held at Madison County Jail on $5,000 cash or bond.

State gives up on Lenox Avenue developer

Sep 6, 2008 1:32 am

ONEIDA - Many people are saying the strip of Lenox Avenue between Lowe's and Wal-Mart doesn't look finished. They're right. The state road still has orange construction site barrels on the curb at the...

Craft show opens Sept. 6 in Oneida

Sep 6, 2008 1:31 am

ONEIDA - Today marks the first day of the Madison County Historical Society's Craft Days at Cottage Lawn and local vendors are all ready to show off and sell their creations.

Harvest dinner Sept. 27 in Bouckville

Sep 5, 2008 7:32 pm

BOUCKVILLE - The Bouckville United Methodist Church will hold a harvest dinner on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the church, Route 20.

Chicken barbecue Sept. 6

Sep 5, 2008 7:32 pm

ONEIDA - The Oneida First United Methodist Church will hold its annual fall chicken barbecue on Saturday, Sept. 6 from 11 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. or until the 500 dinners are sold out. The menu includes ...

Bake sale Sept. 19-20

Sep 5, 2008 7:31 pm

VERONA - The Verona United Methodist Church will hold a bake sale and luncheon on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19 and 20 at the church. Homemade pies will be available whole of by the piece. All types o...

KAC Coffeehouse's season opens with David Mallett

Sep 5, 2008 7:17 pm

CLINTON - Maine singer and songwriter David Mallett returns to the Kirkland Art Center Coffeehouse to open the fall season on Friday, Sept. 12 at 8 p.m.

Kids Club event Sept. 13

Sep 5, 2008 7:17 pm

ONEIDA - The City of Oneida 4-H Kids Club will perform some general clean up along the Erie Canal Towpath on Saturday, Sept. 13.

Spaghetti dinner Sept. 10 in Chittenango

Sep 5, 2008 7:17 pm

CHITTENANGO - The Chittenango American Legion Post 1287 will hold a spaghetti dinner on Wednesday, Sept. 10 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Legion, 707 Mohawk St.

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DEC rangers call off search in woods for Quinn; now called a missing person

Sep 5, 2008 3:51 pm

KEENE - The state police no longer consider Jeremy Quinn to be lost in the woods and are now classifying him as a missing person. An extensive three-day search for the 38-year-old Keene man whose tr...

Quinns' disappeaance has impact on Keene community

Sep 5, 2008 3:51 pm

KEENE VALLEY - The disappearance of Jeremy Quinn, 38, a well-liked member of the Keene community who was last seen around 7 a.m. Tuesday, has cast a pall over his Keene and Keene Valley community. M...

Finalists to compete for LP Idol title Sept. 9

Sep 4, 2008 6:21 pm

LAKE PLACID - It's been narrowed down to three, each of whom will be singing for the first-place prize of $1,000 during the Tuesday, Sept. 9, State Farm Lake Placid Idol contest at the Lake Placid Cen...

Essex Co. to ask state to OK sales tax hike

Sep 4, 2008 5:51 pm

ELIZABETHTOWN - The Essex County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution Tuesday to seek state approval for a half-percent county sales tax increase from 7.75 percent to 8.25 percent. If the state Le...

Keene man missing, rescue workers continue search

Sep 4, 2008 5:51 pm

KEENE - After nearly 24 hours of searching, dozens of forest rangers, state police officers, firefighters and other volunteers have not found Jeremy Quinn, a 38-year-old Keene resident who mysteriousl...

Harvesting ginseng in the Ad'ks

Sep 4, 2008 5:51 pm

LAKE PLACID - If you said Sept. 1 was Labor Day, you'd only be half right. It's also the official start of the ginseng harvest, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. New ...

Local News for Poughkeepsie, NY from PoughkeepsieJournal.com

Lottery numbers for Saturday, 9/6

Sep 7, 2008 5:13 am

Mid-day 4: 8868 Sum: 30

County police forces predominantly white

Sep 7, 2008 5:01 am

As Dutchess County's population becomes more diverse, police forces within it remain almost totally white. Of all the county, city, town and village agencies in Dutchess, only 2 percent of the 540 off...

Fire evacuates apartments

Sep 7, 2008 4:56 am

Sixteen families remain displaced this morning after a three-alarm structure fire destroyed a building at a Town of Poughkeepsie apartment complex Saturday.

A real heart to heart

Sep 6, 2008 5:09 am

When Bob Renaud, the president of the local Mended Hearts chapter, visits hospitalized heart surgery patients each Monday, he brings them a red, heart-shaped pillow.

Share life stories, preserve family memories

Sep 6, 2008 5:06 am

Listening to the personal life stories of his grandparents is important to Jeffrey Keels. Not only does he learn some valuable life lessons, he also learns more about his family. He says it gives him ...

Family File

Sep 6, 2008 5:03 am

A new program for teens is being offered through Vassar Brothers Medical Center's Kids with Chronic Illnesses support program.

Family briefs

Sep 6, 2008 5:01 am

CARMEL - A six-session workshop series for parents of children with special needs, infancy through age 21, will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Sept. 11, 16, 18, 23 and 25. The session...

Mediation training available

Sep 6, 2008 4:36 am

The Mediation Center of Dutchess County offers its 35-hour "Basic Mediation" training for people who are interested in learning mediation for personal or professional development as well as ...

Living Right

Sep 6, 2008 4:35 am

For those looking to improve their health and fitness, Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck has two upcoming programs to get you started:

Local News from The NY Times

Good Eating | Park Avenue South: Rare Pleasures

Sep 7, 2008 5:25 am

New York makes room for virtually all tastes. And if beef is what you crave, Park Avenue South can help.

The Voice: The Semisweet Smell of Success

Sep 7, 2008 5:24 am

Ali Afzal talks about what it takes to be in the perfume business and how the economic downturn has affected him.

Randalls Island: On the Water, a Tight Fit and Nervous Boaters

Sep 7, 2008 5:23 am

For boaters, navigating the narrow Bronx Kill can be tricky.

Brooklyn Heights: Haircuts He Has Known

Sep 7, 2008 5:22 am

A Brooklyn Heights barber knows his customers and talks about a few famous ones.

Chelsea: A Venerable School, and a Future Hotel

Sep 7, 2008 5:21 am

The city has approved the sale of Xavier High School?s unused air rights to a developer who plans an adjacent hotel at 31 West 15th Street.

Urban Studies | Drilling: The Zentist Will See You Now

Sep 7, 2008 5:19 am

A dentist says his methods are rooted in ?a conscious effort to remove the dental aspect at our practice.?

The City Visible: Hands That Speak, Hands That Rhyme

Sep 7, 2008 5:18 am

On the Bowery, reciting poems in another kind of language.

New York Observed: Along the Tracks of Her Mind

Sep 7, 2008 5:16 am

The Brooklyn Circle. The Chelsea Spur. The Lobster Local. These are the subway routes New Yorkers really need.

F. Y. I.: Skyscrapers Old and New

Sep 7, 2008 5:14 am

How tall does a building have to be to be a skyscraper?

Dispatches: Soon, It Won?t Even Pay to Walk

Sep 7, 2008 5:13 am

Soon, all riders on the Staten Island Railway will have to pay $2 to get both on and off trains.

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