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Niskayuna's electric buses working, but district needs more time
3+ week, 1+ day ago (840+ words) NISKAYUNA " In anticipation of the New York state mandate, the Niskayuna Central School District has two electric buses in its 94-bus fleet. It's a start, and Superintendent Carl J. Mummenthey said the district will be going to the voters to purchase…...
'Thrilled': Metroplex awarded $6 M infrastructure grant for GE Vernova Niskayuna campus
1+ week, 6+ day ago (532+ words) The direct air capture system at GE Vernova's Niskayuna research facility. The GE Research campus in Niskayuna. NISKAYUNA " As a boost for its proposed $96 million investment in Niskayuna, GE Vernova's Advanced Research Center buildout project will get $6 million in infrastructure…...
State grants move electric school bus fleets forward for Saratoga County districts
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (536+ words) FILE - Taconic Hill Superintendent Lynette Brunger, left, looks at the inside of an EV bus charger at the Shenendehowa Central School District in August 2024. SARATOGA COUNTY " School districts in Saratoga County were awarded more than $2 million through The Environmental Bond…...
EDITORIAL: Expand time for damage claims on potholes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (435+ words) You might not know this, but if your car is damaged by a pothole or other dangerous condition on a state road, you might be eligible to get compensation from the state for repairs. Under existing law, if the state…...
New York Senate rallies for 15% boost for upstate public transit systems
2+ week, 1+ day ago (223+ words) The Senate's one-house included a 15% increase to State Operating Assistance (STOA) from last year's enacted funding. This would mean an additional $75. 8 million for upstate public transit systems, bringing the total to $1. 09 billion. The New York State Assembly's one-house included a…...
EDITORIAL: Toll relief bill is a welcome approach
2+ week, 1+ day ago (518+ words) Now here's something you don't see every day " especially in New York, where the state constantly has its hand in our wallets by imposing state taxes, county taxes, municipal taxes, sales taxes, income taxes, registrations, fees, surcharges and penalties. State…...
Chatham-Hudson bus route extended through May 2027
2+ week, 4+ day ago (404+ words) A Columbia County Public Transportation bus. COLUMBIA COUNTY" The county bus route that runs from Chatham through Ghent, Greenport and ends in Hudson has been extended through May 2027. The route was originally launched in June 2025 as a pilot program but…...
State rejects Dallas" appeal to keep decorative crosswalks, sets deadline for removal plan
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (546+ words) A pedestrian crosses a rainbow painted crosswalk at Cedar Springs Road and Throckmorton Street on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, in Dallas. (Angela Piazza/The Dallas Morning News/TNS) DALLAS " Dallas" decorative crosswalks may have run out of pavement. In a newly released…...
Runway collision kills two pilots at New York airport
3+ week, 1+ day ago (630+ words) An Air Canada Express CRJ-900 sits on the runway after colliding with a Port Authority fire truck at La Guardia Airport in New York, on March 23, 2026. Air Canada Express flight AC8646 originated from Montreal and collided with the fire truck during…...
Mexican president inaugurates new elevated highway in Tijuana near US-Mexico border
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (708+ words) SAN DIEGO " For more than two years, thousands of drivers traveling along Avenida Internacional in Tijuana, one of the city's busiest corridors running parallel to a section of the U. S. -Mexico border fence, have witnessed the construction of a large-scale elevated…...