May 10, 2013 — Former NY prison camp gets $241,000 auction bid. Ex-state lawmaker gets 1 year in NYC fraud case. Lawmakers go undercover in NY corruption probe. EPA, other US agencies expand urban waters effort.

Vt. US Rep. to talk of need to reform ethanol law. Vermont Senate to take up campaign finance. Provincial parks open in southern Ontario.  Go to full article

May 09, 2013 — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Motorists who travel the New York State Thruway are being advised to be alert for deer on the highway this spring.

The Thruway Authority and state police Troop T have issued their semi-annual "antler alert" to remind motorists that deer are more active in May and June. Officials say the most deer-vehicle collisions on the Thruway occur during the next two months and October through November.  Go to full article

May 09, 2013 — Gov. proposes that casino revenues be spread around the surrounding counties. The body of Edward Whitfield III, who drowned in the Black River during the unsuccessful rescue of a child, has been found. Limited racing is back at Vernon Downs following a quarantine on sick horses.

Phillipine authorities are seeking the extradition of a former Marine arrested in connection to a double murder. A Keeseville man is convicted in a fatal 2012 assault. A Schuyler County jury has convicted a woman in a shotgun slaying in Dix. Two NYers have plead guilty to a string of bank robberies across NY and Massachusetts.  Go to full article

May 08, 2013 — ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) Lawmakers in the northern New York county that's home to Lake Placid have approved a measure requiring bars to close an hour earlier.

The Press-Republican of Plattsburgh reports that the Essex County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to change the legal closing time from 4 a.m. to 3 a.m. The measure now goes to the State Liquor Authority for final approval.  Go to full article

May 08, 2013 — Governor Cuomo is holding a tourism summit in Albany today. Sen. Chuck Schumer proposes a rapid response team to control invasive species infestations. A St. Lawrence County jury has found Anthony LaLonde guilty of the murder of Ralph Lawton. The wreck of a houseboat near Oswego holds clues to the fate of a Clayton man missing since 1972. New York's industrial development agencies created 36,000 jobs in 2011, according to Comptroller DiNapoli. And the Vermont Senate passeda preliminary vote to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana yesterday.  Go to full article

May 07, 2013 — ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Gassing up twice a week in New Jersey? Hiring Turdo the magician? Buying smoked meats for Christmas presents?

A review by The Associated Press shows that's all part of the questionable use of campaign donations that can buoy lawmakers' lifestyles and buy support back home.  Go to full article

May 07, 2013 — Sen. Gillibrand outlines her priorities for the Farm Bill, due before her comitte as early as this week. Thirty-two high NY officials have been arrested over the last seven years on corruption charges, four in the last four weeks. The DEC warms people to stay off muddy trails in the High Peaks to prevent damaging erosion.

In Schenectady, building inspectors say dozens of homes are near collapse; and a Mohonasen H.S. teacher is wearing the same outfit each day, to make a point about bullying. Two marines are dead in Afghanistan, shot by an Afghan trainee. A utica driver's license was found to have been suspended in 26 different jurisdictions. The Vernon Downs racetrack is placed under quarantine for a horse virus.

Vermont's legislature has yet to vote on physician-assisted suicide and drivers licenses for migrant workers as session end approaches. A day-long hunger conference is underway in Burligton, and the forest fire season is underway in Ontario.  Go to full article

May 06, 2013 — NEW YORK (AP) New York Sen. Charles Schumer says the ability for making an untraceable and undetectable gun with a 3D printer is "stomach-churning."

The senator on Sunday displayed a photo of a plastic gun made by a Texas company using the 3D printer technology.  Go to full article

May 06, 2013 — Fire danger is high throughout the region. A tourism summit will meet this week in Albany. A natural gas hub facility planned for the Finger Lakes, draws fire from fracking activists. The identities of three people killed in an Oswegatchie crash on Friday have been released. A motorcycle car-collision in Plattsburgh claimed another life on Friday.

"Good Samaritans" in Burlington saved a woman from assault by a purse snatcher. Shots were fired in a Swanton domestic dispute, and a physician-assisted suicide law is back before the Vermont Senate.  Go to full article

May 03, 2013 — Prison time for upstate NY man in 140 mph crash. NY court OK's force feeding prison hunger striker. NY vets raise banner similar to `Don't Tread' flag. Vermont governor to pick up litter for Green Up Day.  Go to full article