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NEW SCOTLAND — Independence voters on Sept. 13 will be able to cast their ballot for the incumbent town justice, Thomas Dolin, a Democrat, or his challenger, Susan Aron-DeFronzo, a Republican.





BERNE — Once again, the Berne Republican Committee will support a registered Democrat in his run for town supervisor.





RENSSELAERVILLE — The Hilltowns’ only professional theater company is calling it quits after a quarter of a century.



Police and the community are baffled about why a young Guilderland man held four people hostage at an Albany bank Saturday before hanging himself in the bank manager’s office.





ALBANY — Eleven months after he was arrested and nearly two months since a jury found him guilty of murder, Erick Westervelt, still maintaining his innocence, was sentenced last Thursday to 25 years to life in prison.





GUILDERLAND — The families of Helen Fisher and William Slater are dealing this week with their tragic deaths.



, Matt Cook, and Holly Grosch

Although there are no local Democratic or Republican primaries this year, several candidates are vying for endorsements from the Conservative and Independence parties.




NEW SCOTLAND — Candidates running on the Republican line for town offices who were also endorsed by the Conservative Party say the small party is being "hijacked" by the family members of Democratic players in town.





GUILDERLAND — Tuesday night, the town board looked as if it would reconsider the now-controversial re-zone it granted Jeff Thomas a year ago to build senior housing on Brandle Road.





GUILDERLAND — The school district here is taking steps to safeguard finances just as the state comptroller’s five-point plan has been signed into law.



"Good history is good drama"



GUILDERLAND — The battles for women’s suffrage will be played out on the stage of Farnsworth Middle School this year.

At GCHS, Pipa says
"Let kids play Shakespeare and let them love it"



GUILDERLAND — Michael Pipa loves Shakespeare. He talks about the Bard with passion.

NEW SCOTLAND — New Scotland residents who will have a Bethlehem water line run through their front yards, left a recent public hearing wondering what rights they have as landowners.

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