SCHENECTADY — Thirty-year Schenectady Fire Department veteran George Burns has been selected to serve as the city’s new fire chief, succeeding former chief Donald Mareno.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office on Thursday identified the two women who died in a Pittsford house fire last month.

Much of the Eastern U.S. braced for a renewed round of harsh, soggy weather on Saturday, with thunderstorms and melting snow ...