Opinion

The butterfly in the coal mine

“It is ultimately the natural world that protects us and provides our ability to live on the planet …You can’t just have economic growth. You also have to have conservation … In a human-dominated world, increasingly, it’s our responsibility to do that work.”

Guilderland

70-lot subdivision proposed on site of former Guilderland pig farm

The plan from Carver Companies was presented to the Guilderland Development Planning Committee during an early-morning meeting on Tuesday.

Sports

Photos: Dutch Smash Past Bison

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, the Guilderland girls’ tennis team hosted the Shaker Bison, a team they haven’t beaten in the regular season in four years. That changed this week, as Guilderland won, 7 to 2.

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Regional

Week CXXXIII: After a pandemic dip, New Yorkers’ household debts surge

The World Health Organization has released six policy briefs outlining the key actions governments must take based on the evidence and experience of the last 32 months of what works best to save lives, protect health systems, and avoid social and economic disruption.

New Scotland

Kay’s Route 85A project receives partial approval

The New Scotland Planning Board on Tuesday granted site-plan approval to modification requests made by the owner of the Grove at Maple Point development on Route 85A.

Hilltowns

Rensselaerville tentative budget: Some special districts see tax jump

The $3 million tentative budget hits its 2-percent tax levy limit, but that won’t apply to all residents in the town since the important increases occur within three of the town’s special districts.

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Letters to the Editor

Fulfilling the honor we owe our Revolutionary War veterans

Tom Capuano, President Historic Altamont Inc.

Commemorating the Father of Modern Hydrology and a Tory robbery

Judith Kimes, New Scotland Historical Association

Celebrate state history with song

Marilyn Miles, Clarksville Historical Society

Trucks, buses, and big rigs for kids to check out

Brenna Autrey, for Class of 2024 Guilderland High School

Supplies needed for newborns

Shirley Unser, Publicist Christ Child Society of Albany

Forget cooking next Monday

Judi Walters-Dineen, Altamont Reformed Church

Columns

A Glimpse of Guilderland History

Mary Ellen Johnson

When ice cream and soda pop were new both were made locally

Old Men of the Mountain

John R. Williams

Mrs. K presents Elwood with an edible work of art

So Swears the New Scot

Jesse S. Sommer

The way things were

Back Roads Geology

Epiphany in the Helderbergs: History written in the rocks unfolds with a lifetime of learning