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NEW SCOTLAND — A sewer extension may not be built because two property owners will not grant easements, and eminent domain proceedings may be too costly for the town to pursue.





KNOX—One of the Hilltowns’ original plots of land may be preserved from development forever.





WESTERLO — While a developer is seeking to subdivide Westerlo farmland for 14 new homes, a town board member has proposed changes to local laws to prepare for development in the future.

After Christmas party
Man arrested for raping co-worker


GUILDERLAND — A man living in a Guilderland motel was arrested Saturday after, police say, he raped a co-worker there.





GUILDERLAND — A Greene County woman was arrested last Thursday for stealing over $65,000 from the Guilderland business she managed.





GUILDERLAND — Diane Cameron, the new director for Community Caregivers, is an optimist.





GUILDERLAND — Gregory Aidala, who has been at the helm of the Guilderland School District for the past five years, sees himself as a problem-solver and a facilitator.





GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Planning Board last week gave final approval to Bryland Homes, which will build expensive homes on Frenchs Mill Road.



GUILDERLAND — A fire has been smoldering in a grain silo in Guilderland Center since Monday. Though it has caused no injuries and little damage, as of Wednesday night, firefighters were unable to extinguish it.





GUILDERLAND — An elderly woman was the victim of fraud Friday when she gave $5,200 to a man who claimed he was a representative of her bank.





GUILDERLAND — After several, sometimes heated, meetings, Renaissance Floral and the town’s zoning board have reached a compromise.





GUILDERLAND — The town approved a new, three-year contract with its paramedics at last Tuesday’s board meeting. Both sides are happy with the agreement.





GUILDERLAND — So far, the Army Corps of Engineers has removed 1,400 cubic yards of soil from Joan Burns’s property on Depot Road. More work is planned for the spring.

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