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Garbage to go 151 where quot

ALBANY COUNTY Hilltown garbage needs a home.

McEneny kills bill

ALBANY The bill set to trade 13 acres of pristine Pine Bush land for 30 acres and a landfill wont see its vote.

After two years Carman wins county race

After two years
Carman wins county race

GUILDERLAND Fort Hunter finally has an elected Albany County representative after nearly two-and-a-half years.

Town all in with Thomas 146 s plans

by Jarrett Carroll

GUILDERLAND In a scene that could be compared to a poker game in an old western film, the town board worked out details with developer Jeff Thomas on his Western Avenue senior housing project.

Tempers rise over flood plain re-zone

by Jarrett Carroll

GUILDERLAND Emotions flared at Tuesdays heated town board meeting when a unanimous decision was made to re-zone the Normanskill Flood Plain.

Kozlowski quot helps people who really need it quot with the AIDS Council book sale

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND Steve Kozlowski hasnt been able to get his car in his garage for years.

Its filled with 20,000 books.

School board puts surplus 400K in reserve funds

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND The school board here had a lively debate Tuesday about what to do with a surplus of about $400,000 in its fund balance.

Going Out for Great Grooves To play at Old Songs you got to have a fiddle and a band

by Jarrett Carroll

Going Out for Great Grooves
To play at Old Songs you got to have a fiddle and a band

ALTAMONT In its 26 years, the Old Songs Festival has embraced several generations, and The Great Groove Band will make sure theres another.

Residents write to swat Thruway flyover

by Jarrett Carroll

MCKOWNVILLE The McKownville Improvement Association has begun a letter-writing campaign, opposing a possible Thruway flyover.

Going Out for Summer Sounds Musical quot tributaries rsquo will flow into Tawasentha

by Jarrett Carroll

Going Out for Summer Sounds
Musical "tributaries’ will flow into Tawasentha

Committee forms Golden proposes funds to enrich writing

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Committee forms
Golden proposes funds to enrich writing

GUILDERLAND The pressure of recent proposed budget cuts has inspired a dialogue between the English and social studies departments at the high school.

School board backs changes in retirement system splitting vote on one resolution

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND The school board here led the way in proposing that the New York State School Boards Association lobby for state-wide changes in retirement benefits for teachers and other school employees.