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RENSSELAERVILLE — Winter is when the "appetite for comfort rises," writes best-selling cook-book author Molly O’Neill. Friday, she’ll help kids decorate Christmas cookes at the library in Rensselaerville, where she has a second home.





TROY—The New York State Theatre Institute is looking north to Alaska for this year’s holiday offering, King Island Christmas.





BERNE—The Berne Fire District will pay a resident’s court fees for a lawsuit he brought against the district a year ago.

Foreclosure:
Therapist hopes to buy his building



ALTAMONT — Brian Thornton, the village’s well-known physical therapist, is afraid he may lose the Maple Avenue building he’s used since he set up his practice six years ago.



GUILDERLAND — Michael E. Vacek, a well-known attorney and lobbyist, died Saturday after a weather-related car accident the evening before.

Providing pride,
Signs to help recruit firefighters



GUILDERLAND — The front doors at Guilderland’s five elementary schools will remain unlocked — for now.





GUILDERLAND — Louis Herve Larche was a man who — despite stellar credentials and widespread successes — remained humble.





KNOX—After a homeless sex offender was spotted three days in a row, sleeping in his parked car on Ryan’s Road in Knox, next to Thacher Park, he was arrested by the Albany County Sheriff’s Department.





NEW SCOTLAND — Sue Weisz, the senior outreach liaison who has doubled this year as a town nurse, has resigned after two years on the job, to take a higher-paying position with the Visiting Nurses of Schenectady.

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