When most folks hear the word prophet, they think of major figures in history that have stirred the world, upset the status quo, and lived dangerously as a result.

The new Hudson-Berkshire Beverage Trail will open on April 10 and 11 with a tasting event event called Pasta & Sauce, with all trail businesses open from noon to 5 p.m. both days.

The Nassau County Legislature was set to vote Monday on the nomination of an upstate lawyer with a six-figure federal tax lien to be the new county attorney.

VALATIE, COLUMBIA COUNTY - A Valatie woman is scheduled to appear in Kinderhook town court next month for allegedly falsely receiving more than $47,000 in services from the Ichabod Crane school district for her child.

VALATIE Ichabod Crane athletic director Paul Thompson believes a move to the Colonial Council is necessary, and the leaders of the league agree.

For 40 years, Carol Ann Hochbrueckner, of Laurel, N.Y., has hosted a cookie swap party.

There was some nervousness at first, but in the end, the similarities between the New York Army National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division Soldiers and their Japanese hosts outstripped the differences.

As retail experiences go, they were as different as it gets: I walked into Key Foods and found a bone-in rib steak in the refrigerated section, packaged in a Styrofoam container and covered in plastic.

A vacant, 10,000-square-foot building in East Greenbush, N.Y., has been purchased by a church for $1 million.

A vacant, 10,000-square-foot building in East Greenbush, N.Y., has been purchased by a church for $1 million.

An upstate teen died in a car crash while driving with a learner's permit he'd obtained only ten days prior.

Just 10 days after he received his learner's permit, a Columbiaville teenager died -- and two of his teenage passengers were injured -- when he lost control of his car on a road near the Hudson River late Monday, deputies said.

A mother and son were arrested Sept. 21 following a robbery at Hannaford's Plaza on State Route 9 in Kinderhook, according to a statement released by State Police Livingston-BCI. Police said Cody A. McGuire, 23, of Leeds, N.Y., and Bonnie G. Riverburg, 47, of Valatie, allegedly used a pocket knife and assaulted a victim before stealing the victim's ...

Three men have been arrested for selling a handgun stolen from a Valatie home, the Columbia County Sheriff announced today.

The Data Interchange Standards Association has launched an online testing and certification service for providers, payers and vendors migrating to the HIPAA 5010 standards for electronic claims and related transactions.