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— Melissa Hale-Spencer

KNOX — Jeremy Rue is home in the Hilltowns on R & R. He’s a long way from the deserts of Iraq where he has served as a member of the National Guard and to which he will return.




VOORHEESVILLE — The school district’s $19.3 million budget, an increase of 3.5 percent from this year, passed on Tuesday night, with 58 percent voting for it and 42 percent against it. There were 722 yes votes and 523 no votes.



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GUILDERLAND — Sean McConaghy, a Farnsworth Middle School health and physical education teacher and the Guilderland High School head coach for varsity lacrosse, was arrested on May 7 for driving while intoxicated.



— Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — In a year when the town reassessed properties, reflecting soaring values, the only budgets that residents get to vote on — for school and library — passed by comfortable margins.



— Nicole Fay Barr

GUILDERLAND — Several residents attended Tuesday’s town board meeting, angry that a bike path is recommended to run behind their homes.



— Nicole Fay Barr

GUILDERLAND — Donald Cropsey Jr., the town’s chief building inspector and zoning administrator, was arrested by Guilderland Police on May 7 for driving while intoxicated.



— Nicole Fay Barr

GUILDERLAND — With town elections still more than five months away, the party in power is taking its time getting to the starting line, as the challengers — without a full team — seem eager to begin the race.


GUILDERLAND — Bruce Sherwin, a Democrat, who has been a councilman on the Guilderland Town Board for four years, says he has been rebuffed by the town’s Democratic committee because he votes his mind.


— Maggie Gordon
GUILDERLAND -- Marlene Plant, who raised 10 children single-handedly after her husband left her, defines success for a mother as "putting your family first and doing the best you can with what you have."



— Maggie Gordon

ALTAMONT — MaryEllen Cline, 49, searched for the perfect location for her café and country store for three years before finding her spot on Maple Avenue in Altamont.


— Melissa Hale-Spencer

DORMANSVILLE — More people turned out to celebrate Frances Swart’s birthday than she had candles on her cake. Swart is 95; close to 100 well-wishers celebrated her life on Sunday.



— Nicole Fay Barr

ALBANY — Looking down, Hashim Burnell seemed small and frightened Friday morning as he stood before a judge in the grand Albany County courtroom.

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