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BERNE — The Berne Food Store’s doors have barely been closed a few weeks and already new owners have taken over and opened for business.





BERNE — Everything Amanda Tubbs tries — from cheerleading for Berne-Knox-Westerlo sports teams to crashing cars at the Altamont Fair’s demolition derby — she does with enthusiasm.





GUILDERLAND — Hashim Burnell’s trial for the murder of Todd Pianowski began last Tuesday in Albany County Court, and was then suspended by the judge on Monday in order to consider new fingerprint evidence.





GUILDERLAND — A heated domestic dispute on Saturday ended, police say, with the husband barricaded in his home and his wife locked outside.

$79 million proposed budget
Tax-rate increase predicted at 4.2 percent



GUILDERLAND — After months of debate and public discussion, the school board unanimously adopted a $79 million budget proposal Tuesday night.

Concerns
Petition asks for zoning changes



GUILDERLAND — Town board members are considering rezoning sections of Route 20 after residents brought their concerns to Supervisor Kenneth Runion.

Heath-insurance changes
School board hires new broker, sets up business-proactices committee







GUILDERLAND — Daniel J. Mahoney is an accidental author.

Since he was a boy, he loved drawing, he says. Drawings filled up his notebooks in school; many of them were of his dog and other favorite animals.





ALTAMONT — The village has reached a settlement in a lawsuit with Guilderland landowners who questioned the validity of contract they had signed to sell five acres to Altamont for a new well for the water system.

‘Conservative"
4-percent hike on $20M budget


VOORHEESVILLE — The school board unanimously approved a $20 million budget proposal on Monday night, which is a 4-percent increase over this year’s $19 million plan.





NEW SCOTLAND — A country-club community is proposed for New Scotland — literally.

Many people dream of living on a golf course, and that could become a reality for 37 families who can afford $400,000 or more for a home.



By Michelle O’Riley

VOORHEESVILLE — A fuel tank leak has led to soil contamination at the Mobile station on Route 85A.





BERNE — Thomas Spargo, a state Supreme Court judge and Berne resident, should be removed from the bench, said the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct last week.

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