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After nation-wide raid
Illegal workers in limbo, higher-ups nabbed



ZBA says
No advertising signs allowed for Guilderland business







GUILDERLAND — The trustees for the Guilderland Public Library, by unanimous vote, have proposed a $2.66 million budget for next year, up about $238,000 or 9.85 percent from this year.





GUILDERLAND — For the first time in years, there’s a race for the library’s board of trustees.

Four candidates — three of them incumbents — are vying for three seats.





ALBANY — Though the artists who work at the Carriage House Arts Center all have disabilities, it’s not to be thought of as a center for art therapy, said its director.

Miller proposes housingV’ville seniors to live the high life"

By Michelle O’Riley





VOORHEESVILLE — Joseph Pofit, president of the Voorheesville School Board, is a confident straight shooter, whose ideas are well thought out.





Gary Hubert, often wearing khakis and a striped button-down shirt, has been a soft-spoken observer at school board meetings in recent years. He started attending board meetings five years ago, he said, because of budget concerns.





VOORHEESVILLE — School board President Joseph Pofit is being challenged in his race for re-election by long-term community member Gary Hubert.





WESTERLO — Sam the cat led a long life plagued by health problems and capped by a mysterious death that resulted in the suspension of his vet by the New York State Department of Education.

Nurse honored
Meyers overcomes her own fears to help others in need

By Michelle O’Riley

WESTERLO — Connie Myers, a psychiatric nurse, has kept a patient from jumping off a ledge with a 10-foot drop.

Further charges pending
Wang is home after government admits mistake




GUILDERLAND — Police here apprehended at least seven fugitives convicted of felonies and misdemeanors while participating for the first time in a program the governor has dubbed "Operation Rolling Thunder."





GUILDERLAND CENTER — A guitar and base set the rhythm Tuesday for a festive party at the Guilderland Center Nursing Home, as Dora Tunkel turned 104 and Edith Troutman got ready to celebrate her 102nd birthday this Friday.

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