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ALTAMONT — Many Americans, when they think of Florida, think of beach vacations and trips to Disney World.

Property-value complaints "
‘Call assesor by Friday’





By Michelle O’Riley
VOORHEESVILLE — Do the stately houses lining Voorheesville’s Maple Avenue have a dirty secret in their backyards"





BERNE — A one-car crash on Saturday on Beaver Dam Road landed the driver in jail and her three passengers in the hospital.





Timothy Forster, making his first run for school board, says he has no set agenda.
"I’m not going in to take over...I’ve looked at the meetings. I have a lot to learn," he said. "We should all be learners."




Raymond McQuade says a lot of people have told him that serving on the school board is "a thankless job."




Richard Weisz, who is seeking his third term on the school board, said, "A number of people are very frustrated with the cost of education. That’s a fair point of view."

Simply Fit
Tracy Hilt opens Altamont’s first gym



ALTAMONT — A new gym on Main Street may help the village get in shape.





ALBANY — The seven-judge panel sitting on the bench of the state’s highest court questioned two lawyers sitting below them Wednesday afternoon, one representing an insurance giant and the other a local Clarksville man.



By Michelle O’Riley

VOORHEESVILLE — The village board has unanimously approved a $2.2 million budget for the fiscal year beginning June 1. That is a decrease of $200,000 from last year’s budget of $2.4 million.

In split vote
R’ville board adopts moratorium



RENSSELAERVILLE — The town board last week narrowly passed a one-year moratorium on new major subdivisions in the town.





BERNE — Four candidates are seeking one seat on the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board, a rarity for the district. Three of them have never held an elected public post.





GUILDERLAND — After unprecedented delays and the admittance of controversial fingerprint evidence, Hashim Burnell’s murder trial was declared a mistrial by Albany County Judge Steven W. Herrick on Monday.

Loyal Enterprise reader helps nab jewel robber



GUILDERLAND — A faithful Altamont Enterprise reader in North Carolina helped Raleigh police identify a serial jewelry thief.

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