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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.





GUILDERLAND — The school board last Tuesday seemed in easy agreement on lowering temperatures to save money but had a wide variety of views on budget priorities.

"Consummate professional"
Guilderland school community mourns Westcott, teacher of teachers



Dale Carlton Westcott was a teacher who inspired his students as well as his colleagues.





GUILDERLAND — Energy. Michael Piccirillo, newly named principal for Guilderland High School, has lots of it.





GUILDERLAND — Children gathered purposefully the morning of Oct. 21, bundled against the chill air; they sat on logs arranged in a circle around a glowing fire.





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.

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