Albany News Updates Provided by News 10
Sunday April 22, 2012 
Vermont is embroiled in a debate over ending the philosophical exemption that allows parents to have their kids skip childhood immunizations required for attending school.
The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking people across the state to help biologists learn about summer bat colonies in buildings through a program called "Got Bats?"
State forest rangers would train more volunteers to help with search-and-rescue operations under a bill approved by the New York Senate, following unsuccessful searches for two young men in the central Adirondacks.
A convicted felon was arrested on Saturday for weapons possession in Fort Plain, police say.
Hamburg Street in Rotterdam is reopened after a vehicle accident Saturday night, police say.
The Vermont Agency of Transportation is urging motorists to be extra careful when driving through work zones on roads and highways across the state.
Schenectady County Legislator Angelo Santabarbara has announced he'll run for the new 111th Assembly District.
The date-night movies "Think Like a Man" and "The Lucky One" finally have knocked "The Hunger Games" off its No. 1 box-office perch.
Homeowners and city leaders gathered in Schenectady on Sunday for the Key to the City program.
A fundraiser was held on Sunday in Clifton Park for a young couple killed in an alcohol related car wreck.
