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GUILDERLAND — A teaching assistant at Farnsworth Middle School who resigned last month was arrested yesterday for endangering the welfare of a child and unlawfully dealing with a child.





ALTAMONT — An Altamont Police officer has been suspended in response to a complaint of harassment.





ALBANY — The mid-term campaigns are well underway with last Monday’s public announcement by Michael R. McNulty, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Albany, that he will seek reelection for his seat in Congress.





NEW SCOTLAND — About 100 people came out for a public information meeting on Tuesday about the zoning changes proposed for the town’s Northeast Quadrant.





NEW SCOTLAND—A popular outdoor destination in New Scotland will be 10 percent larger after an acquisition.





KNOX — The town board selected Amy Pokorny as a member of the zoning board a week-and-a-half after her appointment was delayed to consider other candidates.





EAST BERNE — A fire destroyed an East Berne store Friday night, leaving the hamlet without its convenience store and gas station.



GUILDERLAND — A 28-year-old man, Robert J. Coffey, accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in his Church Road trailer last September, was arraigned on Tuesday in Albany County Court.





GUILDERLAND — Town workers are feeling pressure from a county Civil Service crackdown.

At least one Town Hall worker is losing her job because of the crackdown.





GUILDERLAND — A local PTA lost thousands of dollars when a fund-raising company abruptly shut its doors last month.





GUILDERLAND — Guilderland has a new deputy in town, a new deputy police chief that is.





ALTAMONT—A convenience-store employee in Altamont says he is leaving his job to escape what he calls intimidation and harassment by an Altamont Police officer.





ALTAMONT — The village took a step closer to creating a comprehensive land-use plan this week by hiring a planner.

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