September 17, 2013

CASTLETON'S VILLAGE-WIDE GARAGE SALE

VILLAGE-WIDE GARAGE SALE – our annual village wide garage sale will be held Saturday, September 21st. Applications to be on the map are available at Village Hall. 

Check out photos from previous years.



September 15, 2013

East Greenbush man dies in climbing accident

Posted at: 09/13/2013 9:48 AM | Updated at: 09/13/2013 5:55 PM
By: Dan Bazile

NEW SCOTLAND -- Ronald Czajkowski, 44, of East Greenbush, fell 120 feet to his death early Friday morning at Thatcher Park, according to police.
The Indian Ladder trail at Thacher State Park.
 
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"He had a harness rope with him. It appears it was human error as far as attaching it to the anchor point on top of the cliff," said Captain John Layton, from the Albany County Sheriff's Department.

Layton said Czajkowski, who had very little experience climbing, came to the park just around sunrise. He said it appears the victim did not have the proper knot on the rope as he was trying to rappel off the cliff.


"He's only been climbing a few times. It's a new thing for him. It's only been over the last few weeks," Layton said.

September 13, 2013

India Gang Rape Case: 4 Men Sentenced To Death

By SHIVANI RAWAT and KATY DAIGLE 09/13/13 11:33 AM ET EDT AP



NEW DELHI -- An Indian court Friday sentenced to death
four men for the gang rape and murder of a young New Delhi woman, ordering them to the gallows for a brutal attack that riveted India, where it became a symbol of the widespread mistreatment of women and the government's inability to deal with crime.


Fire devastates Jersey shore

AP PHOTOS: Fire devastates Jersey shore towns hard-hit by Superstorm Sandy


Furious efforts to restore a Jersey shore boardwalk hard-hit by Superstorm Sandy last year were undone Thursday by a wind-whipped fire that wiped out more than 50 businesses in Seaside Park and Seaside Heights. Firefighters worked for hours to bring the 6-alarm blaze that began in a frozen custard stand under control.

U.S. consulate in Afghanistan attacked

BREAKING NEWS: 

U.S. consulate in Afghanistan attacked

Updated: Friday, September 13 2013, 04:44 AM EDT  

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The State Department says all U.S. personnel are safe after Taliban militants attacked a U.S. consulate in western Afghanistan Friday morning.   The attackers used a car bomb and guns to battle security forces just outside the compound in the city of Herat. It was not entirely clear whether any attackers managed to breach the facility, but at least two Afghans were killed along with five alleged militants.   The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.   Insurgent strikes have shifted in recent months. Once concentrated in the country's south and east, they now frequently occur in the north and west, which had been the more peaceful areas in years past.   Herat, the site of Friday's attack, lies near Afghanistan's border with Iran and is considered one of the better developed cities in the country, with a strong Iranian influence. 

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September 12, 2013

Oil spill disrupts traffic near ICC









Written by Emilia Teasdale  
Thursday, 12 September 2013 12:40

KINDERHOOK--State Police are investigating a fuel oil spill at the intersection of Route 9 and Route 9H where a tanker apparently rolled over at about 12:30 p.m. today (September 12).

The traffic circle will be closed until further notice. Police advise motorists to seek alternate routes. A State of Emergency has been declared for a two mile area around the accident site.

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September 9, 2013

Former NFL star's area home damaged after party of 300 teens

Posted: Sep 09, 2013 4:00 PM EDT
STEPHENTOWN, N.Y. - A vacant Rensselaer County home belonging to a former NFL star was trashed after police allege 300 teens broke in, converting the old farmhouse into a wild party house.
Former New England Patriots player Brian Holloway tells NEWS10 ABC he was in Florida on August 31st when he received word that his vacant Stephentown farmhouse was the scene of a large party.
Holloway says he received word of the party from his son, who saw notifications about the party on Twitter, getting tweets that a break-in was going on at the home including drugs, alcohol, and destruction of property. 
The police were called to the scene, where they allegedly found the yard full of cars and around 300 teenaged people running from the home and barns on the property.
Investigators with the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office documented the damage finding walls spray painted, windows broken, floors scuffed by beer kegs and soaked with urine. 
But Holloway says that isn't even the worst of it. He says someone stole an eagle statue that was part of a memorial for his stillborn grandson and very important to his family.