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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.





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.



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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