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NEW SCOTLAND — The town board has increased water rates 17 to 38 percent for the Clarksville and Font Grove Road water districts.





NEW SCOTLAND — Joseph Kaiser, the owner of New Scotland Auto, and Howard Amsler, the owner of Blackbird Prime Properties, want to swap land with each other.



By Maggie Gordon

ALTAMONT — The Altamont Community Tradition presented three awards for Citizen of the Year Sunday, at the organization’s annual picnic.



By Maggie Gordon

GUILDERLAND — The New York Independent System Operator is planning on relocating 300 of its 400 employees, now in Albany, to East Greenbush.





NEW SCOTLAND — Political squabbles have already begun to play a role in the upcoming town elections.

Clarksville water district:
Without aid, town mulls how to go it alone



NEW SCOTLAND — The town board is now reviewing seven options for much-needed improvements and desired expansions of the Clarksville Water District.



BERNE—The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District is a lot different than the one in which the new school board president grew up.
"I went to a very large school," said Janet Finke.





RENSSELAERVILLE — A large donation will preserve a wild portion of Rensselaerville and link two of the Hilltowns’ wildlife areas.





This week, as 23-year-old Erick Westervelt was locked up at Albany County’s jail, waiting to be sentenced for second-degree murder, Bethlehem Police seized many of his personal belongings from his cell.



BERNE—A Berne councilman will try to become town supervisor in November.

Unsettled:
Town, Guilderhaven still fighting over funds


GUILDERLAND — Will the $41,000 that Guilderhaven has spent a year raising be used to renovate the Guilderland Animal Shelter after all"





A 21-year-old Guilderland man with dreams of running his family’s automotive business died Sunday in a jet-ski accident on the Mohawk River.

Cleanup:
Toxins to be removed from Burns’s property



GUILDERLAND — After over 40 years, Joan Burns may be able to walk in her backyard without fear.

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