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ALBANY — The drunk driver being sentenced and the family of the slain man both cried in an Albany County courtroom Tuesday morning.

A Knox man is going to prison for killing a Binghamton professor.





GUILDERLAND — After hearing a businessman’s story of struggling against chain restaurants and a neighborhood’s battles with parking and rowdy bar patrons, the town’s seven-member zoning board was split — for the first time in years.





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 — After being burglarized just three months ago, Northeastern Fine Jewelry was struck by theives again this week.



GUILDERLAND — While officers have said the crime is rare in Guilderland, for the second time in three months, police have arrested someone for taking money for sex.





GUILDERLAND — The school board here has agreed to spend $9,850 for an efficiency study on busing students.

Westmere fifth-graders
Creating a world of winter wonder within a window

Amedore withdraws project
Developer storms out


NEW SCOTLAND — George Amedore is fed up with the town. He stormed out of the planning board meeting on Tuesday night, waving his arms and saying, "I’m done! I’m rescinding my application."

At Lesh concert
V’ville trio nabbed for UPM





CLARKSVILLE — Anthony Hill was known among his friends as Superman, and not just for his love of the comic book character.





BERNE — The town of Berne and the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District are close to collaborating on waste disposal and snow removal.

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