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GUILDERLAND — Demian Singleton, the supervisor for math and science at Farnsworth Middle School, wanted to set the record straight about the earth- science course the school offers.



ALTAMONT — An Altamont police officer, who has been suspended since December of 2003, is suing the village for about $48,000 in back pay and is asking for his job to be reinstated.





ALTAMONT -- The Community Caregivers hope to have a new home next spring, thanks to local philanthropist and developer Jeff Thomas.





VOORHEESVILLE -- The village board exercised caution last Tuesday, as it delayed plans for a housing development and resolved to create an alternate planning commission seat.





NEW SCOTLAND — It didn’t take long for the planning board on Tuesday to decide unanimously its recommendation to the town board — not to change the medium-density residential zone in the northeast quadrant of town.





VOORHEESVILLE — The elementary school building has historic charm but also historic parts.

Such as flooring from the 1930’s, and a 45-year-old heating system.

Betrayed"
Worker sick over pay policy


GUILDERLAND — How many town workers take sick leave when they aren’t really sick"

Changes
Salerno restructures Altamont Police







BERNE — Although Berne’s preliminary budget for 2006 is about $270,000 higher than this year’s budget, it calls for a tax-rate decrease of about 1.3 percent, or about five cents per $1,000 of assessed value.





GUILDERLAND — Police arrested five Albany teenagers, believed to be responsible for at least 40 burglaries, after a Guilderland woman came home this week and saw four of the five young men leaving her house.

Pumped
New filter at plant releases purer water



GUILDERLAND — After a month of using an additional $1.7 million filtration system at the town’s water-treatment plant, officials say the town’s water is already cleaner.

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