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— 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."

NEW SCOTLAND — Tee-time is out, the doctor is in.

Omni Development Company’s proposed office building for two doctors at 1882 New Scotland Road has been approved by the town’s planning board.

NEW SCOTLAND — Tee-time is out, the doctor is in.

Omni Development Company’s proposed office building for two doctors at 1882 New Scotland Road has been approved by the town’s planning board.

NEW SCOTLAND — Two incumbents are running for New Scotland town board and one is stepping down.

Supervisor Ed Clark and council member Andrea Gleason will both seek reelection on the Republican ticket.

VOORHEESVILLE — A handful of first-graders’ parents showed up at the school board meeting Monday with 43 form letters signed by other parents of soon-to-be second-graders; they were upset about class size.

NEW SCOTLAND — Mark Fiato embodied the phrase to live life and each day to its fullest, his daughter, Amy Fiato said.
Mr. Fiato died on Sunday, May 8, after a bicycling accident on Saturday afternoon. He was 53.



WESTERLO — A Westerlo woman agreed May 4 to plead guilty in federal court to charges of trafficking stolen goods.

KNOX—At least one Knox resident is bothered by the intrusion of the Altamont Police into Knox.

RENSSELAERVILLE—Dianne Schanz has worked her way up the ladder. When she be-came a rural postal carrier in Berne in 1979, she thought the postal service was a good career move, she said. She turned out to be right.

 

GUILDERLAND — Misdemeanor charges against Genci Ismailaj were dismissed in Guilderland Town Court on Jan. 13, 2005.

Ismailaj, at 19, of 1 Dana Ave, Albany, had been arrested by Guilderland Police for reckless driving on Route 20.

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