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Southbound Villafane leaves GHS for El Paso

by Melissa Hale-Spencer





GUILDERLAND — After two years as the principal of Guilderland High School, Ismael Villafane is leaving for Texas.

Putting a face on a country

by Melissa Hale-Spencer



By Maggie Gordon

GUILDERLAND — ZhouJi, an English teacher from Jiujiang, China, is scheduled to arrive in the region on Aug. 16, but has no place to stay.

Reeb honored as McKownville leader

by Melissa Hale-Spencer



By Maggie Gordon

GUILDERLAND — Don Reeb has lived in McKownville for 36 years. In that time, he has seen suburban sprawl, development, and the reshaping of a hamlet into a traffic corridor.

Traditional music quot It rsquo s real and it rsquo s rich quot

by Matt Cook





New Scotland mel eacute e Officials disagree over masterplan visions vary for Route 85 corridor

by Holly Grosch





NEW SCOTLAND — After a bitter meeting among town officials last Tuesday, a new or updated comprehensive land-use plan for New Scotland seems far off.

Knox workers get raises

by Matt Cook





KNOX—Knox town workers are getting a pay raise.

After 40 years at BKW The Clappers are ready to ride into the sunset 151 together

by Matt Cook



By Maggie Gordon
BERNE — Gordon "Gordy" Clapper regularly drives the Berne-Knox-Westerlo late bus — always with his wife, Sharon, in the front seat of the bus.

Conflict over shelter funds

by Nicole Fay Barr





GUILDERLAND — Supervisor Kenneth Runion said he is finished playing games over the town’s animal shelter.

Father arrested for endangering child

by Nicole Fay Barr





GUILDERLAND — After a young girl wandered away from her house and tried to cross busy Western Avenue, her father was arrested for not watching her. The girl was not hurt.

Grogan 146 s art of negotiation ends crisis

by Nicole Fay Barr





Starbucks 146 plans slowly progress

by Nicole Fay Barr





GUILDERLAND — The town’s zoning board heard plans last Wednesday for a popular coffee-shop chain and some opposition from a neighboring restaurant.

Neighbors put the kibosh on kennel

by Nicole Fay Barr





GUILDERLAND — Nearly all the residents of Leesome Lane — on a serene country road above Altamont — appeared at last Thursday’s zoning board meeting to oppose a neighbor’s request to have a dog kennel.

For security Board mulls locking schools

by Melissa Hale-Spencer




GUILDERLAND — How will the community react to closed doors at the Guilderland schools"

The school board considered that question and others as a committee made over two dozen recommendations Tuesday on school security.

Graves sets church service before GHS Sunday graduation

by Melissa Hale-Spencer




GUILDERLAND — Veronica Graves says she is glad she stood up for her beliefs.

Library rejects labeling policy

by Nicole Fay Barr




GUILDERLAND — The public has spoken.

About 100 people attended a library board meeting last Thursday where the trustees ultimately defeated a proposal, 7 to 1, to label sexually-explicit books for young-adult readers.

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