Video: Mahan discusses demolition of Blu-Bell Motel
Colonie Supervisor Paula Mahan discusses the long-awaited demolition of the Blu-Bell Motel on Central Avenue in Colonie Tuesday.
View ArticleChristine Benedict, Paula Mahan battle over ethics (updated)
Christine Benedict, the Republican candidate for town supervisor, accused Democratic incumbent Paula Mahan of lacking ethics. If elected, Benedict said she would bar corporations and individuals with...
View ArticleMahan, Benedict spotlight differences in joint appearance
In a joint appearance at the Times Union Thursday, Colonie town supervisor candidates Paula Mahan and Christine Benedict detailed their differences. While Mahan portrayed herself as a hard-working...
View ArticleColonie shutters building after arrest
A massage business and the apartments upstairs has been shut down by the town of Colonie after a woman’s arrest last week on charges of sexually touching an undercover officer. Colonie shut down 302...
View ArticleColonie candidates to debate Tuesday
Candidates for Colonie supervisor and for Town Board seats will debate Tuesday night. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel Albany, formerly the...
View ArticleFollow our Tweets on the Colonie debates
Follow our Tweets from the debate among Colonie Town Board members at 7 p.m. Tuesday and between supervisor candidates Paula Mahan and Christine Benedict at 8 p.m. #Colonie2015 Tweets
View ArticleCandidate retreats from comments on Colonie IDA
During Tuesday night’s debate between the candidates for Colonie town supervisor, Republican candidate Christine Benedict charged that the town attorney and comptroller were paid to assist the...
View ArticleBenedict objects to ‘Greetings from Florida’ mailer
Colonie supervisor candidate Christine Benedict is objecting to a mailer that depicts her as a no-show legislator who misses meetings to sit in the sun in Florida. One side of the mailer from the...
View ArticleVideo: Watch the Colonie supervisor candidates debate
This year, the Times Union editorial board brought the two candidates for town supervisor in for a joint appearance. Supervisor Paula Mahan, the incumbent Democrat, and Republican challenger Christine...
View ArticleCandidate works for firm his running mates criticize
Christopher Carey, a first-time candidate for Town Board, is getting a quick lesson in the rough-and-tumble of politics. Carey, a recently retired police officer, works a part-time job in security at...
View ArticleMahan wins but gets a half-Republican town board
Paula Mahan easily won re-election as town supervisor over Republican Christine Benedict, but the incumbent Democrat will likely have a Town Board half full of Republicans. The GOP appeared poised to...
View ArticlePublic hearing, and possible vote, on Colonie budget Thursday
A public hearing on the proposed 2016 Colonie budget will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in Town Hall. A vote could then follow. The $87.2 million plan is up 2.14 percent, or $1.8 million, but stays within...
View ArticlePost-election job cut in Colonie called ‘worst kind of politics’
Supervisor Paula Mahan is being accused of ‘the worst kind of politics’ for eliminating the job of a member of the Independence Party’s executive committee. The Town Board voted Thursday to transfer...
View ArticleMahan outspent Benedict in supervisor race nearly 2-1
Paula Mahan spent almost twice as much as her opponent did in this year’s election for town supervisor. Mahan’s post-election campaign filing said she spent $53,490.93 in the final runup to the...
View ArticleVideo: Fire companies rework ’12 Days of Christmas’
Colonie’s fire companies performed their own variation on the “12 Days of Christmas” in this youtube video.
View ArticleFormer chief Steven Heider to be honored by Colonie chamber
Former Police Chief Steven Heider will be honored with the Colonie Chamber of Commerce’s Spirit of the Community Award. Heider, who retired last year after 42 years with Colonie police, will receive...
View ArticleTax bill errs on rise in Shaker Road-Loudonville fire costs
Some tax bills in Colonie inaccurately exaggerate the increase in fire department costs, though the amount charged is accurate. The mistake shows taxes for residents served by the Shaker...
View ArticleColonie seeks to regulate clothing bins
The town is looking to regulate those clothing bins that pop up in parking lots. Many of them are placed not by charities looking to donate the used clothes to the needy but by for-profit companies...
View ArticleMahan to give annual State of Colonie address Thursday…twice
Colonie Town Supervisor Paula Mahan will give her annual State of the Town address this Thursday. As usual, Mahan will deliver the speech twice in one day. She’ll begin by delivering it at breakfast at...
View ArticleFollow our Tweets from Colonie’s State of the Town address
Follow our Tweets from Supervisor Paula Mahan’s State of the Town address Thursday morning. Mahan will give her remarks to the Capital Region Chamber of Commerce at the Radisson Hotel on Wolf Road,...
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