Michael Goot

NSH USA Corporation is moving forward with a new manufacturing assembly building. It will be located next to the company's headquarters and manufacturing facility in Menands. The new facility will be 18,000 square feet and feature a 40-ton capacity overhead crane.

Regional Food Bank preps for Thanksgiving meals Video Player is loading. This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color Transparency Background Color Transparency Window Color Transparency Font Size Text Edge Style Font Family End of dialog window. Regional Food Bank beginning Thanksgiving dinner preps after taking over for Equinox. The Regional Food Bank is beginning preparations for its big Thanksgiving dinner distribution. The organization is preparing to cook 150,000 meals for 30,000 people across six local counties. The food bank took over the meal from Equinox. “A lot of those will go to homebound seniors, people that are unhoused, homeless, so that they can still enjoy a hot meal on Thanksgiving. So people who live alone, who can't get out, we'll deliver the meals to them or give them out through senior services or senior living homes, and then the rest people can pick up a meal,” said Dominick Purnomo, a member of the Regional Food Bank board. Every month, the regional food bank hosts a drive-through distribution event that serves hundreds of people.

It's unique to have someone's life's work memorialized in a museum while they're still here to talk about it. ormer Lake George Mayor Bob Blais is unique. The remarkable story of the once longest tenured mayor in the country is the subject of a new exhibit at the Lake George Historical Association Museum. When Bob Blais became mayor of Lake George in 1971, Nixon was in the White House and platform shoes were on our feet.

The Jennings Creek fire is expected to be fully contained by the end of the weekend, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation. The fire near the New York-Jersey border is holding at 90% contained and 80% controlled. About 40 total firefighters are on scene including some from Montana, addressing hot spots.

Schenectady Police are investigating a report of a 11-year-old girl who was approached by a vehicle with a masked man driving. It happened at around 8:40 a.m. in the area of Winston Place and Albany Street. A man followed the girl for several blocks and made several gestures for her to get into the vehicle, police said.

A Greene County man was sentenced on Friday to 9 years in prison for having child pornography – including nearly 300 images of toddlers and infants being sexually abused. Drew Caswell, 26, of Cairo, previously admitted that he used a file-hosting service to download child pornography. He then distributed multiple images and video files by posting them to a social media site, the U.S Attorney’s Office said.

A local insurance company has undergone another expansion. Northeastern Insurance has more than doubled its current office space at 1214 Troy-Schenectady Road in Latham. The company's previous office held 25 employees, and the expansion has added an additional 25 desks. Northeastern Insurance completely gutted and renovated the space next door that was previously occupied by NexGen Indoor Golf Center.

A 73-year-old Mechanicville man was sentenced on Friday to 1 to 3 years in prison for what was at least his third DWI conviction. Edward J. Young was arrested on July 11 by Saratoga County Sheriff’s deputies in Malta. He was operating driving a vehicle drunk. Young did not have an ignition interlock device and his driver’s license was revoked, police said.

A Milton woman has admitted to violating an order of protection. Tina M. Kravetz, 36, pleaded guilty in Saratoga County Court on Friday to aggravated family offense. Kravetz was arrested on July 21 after sheriff’s deputies said she contacted a person who had a court order against her.

State Police cracking down on impaired, unsafe driving during Thanksgiving holiday Video Player is loading. This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color Transparency Background Color Transparency Window Color Transparency Font Size Text Edge Style Font Family End of dialog window. Police cracking down on drunk drivers ahead of the big Thanksgiving weekend. State Police are cracking down on impaired and unsafe driving during the Thanksgiving holiday. Extra patrols will be out from Saturday, Nov. 23 through Dec. 1. There will be sobriety checkpoints and additional patrols. During last year's enforcement period, troopers arrested 178 drivers for DWI, issued 4,349 speeding tickets and 362 tickets for distracted driving. The Thanksgiving impaired driving enforcement initiative is funded by the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC). The GTSC and the New York State STOP-DWI Foundation remind motorists that their “Have a Plan” mobile app , is available for Apple, Android and Windows smartphones. Allen Beckner