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WESTERLO — Students will still come to the Westerlo School this fall, but for the first time in the building’s history, they won’t be public-school students.





GUILDERLAND — A 28-year-old Guilderland man was arrested Sunday, after, police say, he raped a 14-year-old girl in his Church Road trailer.





GUILDERLAND — Four residents raised concerns at Tuesday’s town board meeting about the Northeastern Industrial Park’s plans for future development.



GUILDERLAND — David A. Hollenbeck, dubbed "the McKownville burglar," was sentenced last week to 15 years in state prison. Judge Stephen W. Herrick also ordered Hollenbeck to five years of post-release supervision.





GUILDERLAND — Police arrested a Queens man on Sunday for stalking, after a woman reported he was following her car.



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.





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.

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