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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.

Goodwill from wedding helps girl with leukemia

by Melissa Hale-Spencer





The love that presides at a wedding sometimes has a rippling effect.

Jason Gerasinovich, the best man at his best friend’s wedding, and Lisa Borst, the bride’s matron of honor, looked through wedding pictures this week.

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.

AfricanAmerican roots music to replenish hope on GPAC stage

by Melissa Hale-Spencer



By Maggie Gordon
GUILDERLAND — Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir sing what Tillery calls "survival music."

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