Upstate New York News

Dramatic video shows the July 30th explosion that obliterated an Old Forge home sending debris flying hundreds of feet into area water.  Photos of the aftermath are as equally mind-blowing.  It truly is miraculous that there weren't any serious injuries. Autho...

I love that Whitehall, New York is the self-proclaimed "Bigfoot Capital of the Northeast."  I love even more that the small town in Washington County officially adopted the hairy mythological beast as their official animal.  Residents have embraced it and so have out-of-towners who come to the Adirondacks in search of any evidence that may prove that this elusive, social distancing maste

Ahhh Summertime in Central New York.  Can't you just hear your kids already?  "Im bored!"  "What's for lunch?"  "Can I have a snack?"  "How come we never doooo anything?" Now that school is pretty much a wrap for the summer, most kids (that may or may not repeat the above statements several thousand times) will be looking for something to do while parents wr

A Cobleskill man with a long history of violence, agression and sexual deviance killed a man on Tuesday afternoon when he intentionally rammed the victim with his car.  During the savage outburst, he also killed two dogs and displaced many others when the vehicle he was driving smashed through a Cobleskill hotel and into the room of the motel where both the victim and the perp had been living. ...

Surrounded by the floral scents and tropical aromas of an oasis of wonderful candles, a local couple melted more than hearts when they got engaged inside Crossgates Mall Memorial Day Weekend at - you guessed it - a Yankee Candle. According to a story by our friend Kristi from the Times Union, Caylan Nugent, a nurse, said "Yes" when Shaquille Collins, the man she'd been dating for two yea

I have so many questions but first and foremost: aren't airplanes locked when they sit idle at the airport? Sheriffs say a man was able to slip past security at Albany International Airport in the early hours Monday morning and after going unnoticed, he inexplicably found his way inside an unoccupied airplane...

Some people who have already been to the Great Escape in Lake George this spring have snapped photos of this nostalgic attraction, hoping to preserve a childhood memory.  Right now it just looks as if it's "temporarily closed," but this oldie but goodie is permanently retired.

It's so tragic to think that some sicko would take aim at a beautiful and innocent animal and actually have it in their heart to pull the trigger of a large-caliber rifle to shoot it dead.  Just one week ago, GNA was invited out to Cobleskill, NY for the launch of the Schoharie County Eagle Trail and it was truly a special day for all of us involved.  As the bald eagle population in the area and t

Back in mid-February I learned about the soaring bald eagle population in Schoharie County and I started counting down the days until I'd be able to see these majestic, powerful and strikingly beautiful birds up close. The article I wrote back in February was useful spreading the word about this very unique opportunity we're lucky to have in the Capital Region as well as to encourage you to submit

Imagine trying to get in the front door to your home, car, or in this case a hunting cabin, only to learn that someone had rigged it to explode upon opening. Something like this would be terrifying at the least, catastrophic - or perhaps even deadly - at the worst.  But that's what happened when the owners of an Adirondack cabin tried to get inside.  As a result, one Rotterdam man has been arreste