Albany News Updates Provided by News 10
Sunday May 06, 2012 

Columbia County Sheriff David Harrison, Jr. reports that on Friday at 10:56 a.m. 911 dispatched Sheriff's Patrols to a residence on Main Street in Philmont for an altercation where a female victim was being threatened by a person with a handgun.

Due to an early morning vehicle accident which caused significant damage to Green Island Power Authority infrastructure, all power is presently out from Market Street and south (the entire south end of the Village) for the next several hours.

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A total of 20 firearms were returned during a gun buyback program in Troy on Saturday.

The Kinderhook GOP is endorsing Roy McDonald to represent the 43
rd District in the New York State Senate.
Washington County Sheriffs say a small plane tipped over in Jackson on Sunday.
Almost halfway through a $600 million state program supporting stem cell research, eight medical schools around New York are reporting progress on projects such as replicating liver cells and eradicating leukemia cells.

When President Obama comes to New York Tuesday as the leader of the free world, he will immediately become the second most popular Democrat in the state, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Vermont lawmakers have dropped an effort to help tradespeople get work and kept an opt-out for parents who don't want to get their kids vaccinated while wrapping up their 2012 session.
Vermonters can fish for free one day next month.

The lawyer for a Vermont woman charged in the killing of a prep school teacher is considering whether to seek a separate trial.
On Sunday Republican Rich Patierne announced his candidacy for a position on the Schenectady City Council.
Volunteers walked on Sunday at Corporate Woods in Albany for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk to Cure Diabetes.

Hollywood's superhero summer has arrived with a vengeance.
Orange Street Cats raised funds on Sunday for a cat rescue organization that was destroyed in a fire.

A motorcyclist was transported to a hospital after an accident with a car in Colonie on Sunday.