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NEW SCOTLAND — The town of Bethlehem, to improve its water system, is working on obtaining 70 easements from New Scotland residents.





BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District is not monkeying around with the possibility of another lawsuit.





RENSSELAERVILLE — While supporters of a proposed radio tower say its location is necessary, some residents hope a Hilltown businessman will move it somewhere else.





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.



VOORHEESVILLE — The Albany County Rural Housing Alliance, headquartered in Voorheesville, has received $540,000 in grant money as part of the state’s $92.2 million dollar initiative for affordable housing across New York.



By Bill Sherman

VOORHEESVILLE — Village and fire-department leaders unveiled preliminary plans Tuesday for a $1.2 million upgrade to the 38-year-old firehouse on Route 156.





KNOX—A Knox family hopes others won’t make their mistake of not monitoring their teenage daughter’s Internet use.





BERNE — According to Supervisor Kevin Crosier, Berne has few tricks left to fight the rising cost of health insurance.





By next year, the endangered Karner blue butterfly will have more places to subsist.





GUILDERLAND — Joseph Purcell loves to volunteer and, as Community Caregivers’ new president, has made it his mission to improve the agency.
"It’s a great organization," he said.





GUILDERLAND — The school board Tuesday night added $200,000 to the district’s tax levy but Guilderland residents will still have a lower tax rate than projected when they passed the $76 million school budget in May.

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