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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.





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.





GUILDERLAND — Kay Fuller knew as a child that she wanted to be a dance teacher. After 40 years of teaching across the country, she’s now instructing students at the Guilderland Ballet.

Carman Road condos"
Board waits on re-zone hearing







GUILDERLAND — Police say a drunk driver tried to flee from them Tuesday afternoon, striking two other vehicles and crashing into a house, flipping his own vehicle over.




GUILDERLAND — A man arrested for sex crimes in the past was arrested last Thursday, police say, after he "inappropriately touched" a five-year-old boy at Crossgates Mall.





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.

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