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To the rescue
Local firefighters help flooded southern counties



Fake pig stolen
Wee, wee, wee — all the way home


GUILDERLAND — First, this little piggy went to the market. Then, this little piggy went to the — Pine Bush"

After botched plea
Judge hands Coffey 10 more years





By Michelle O’Riley

NEW SCOTLAND — Voorheesville is considering building a place to skateboard in its village park. Equipment may be purchased from a park in Hudson, N. Y. that is closing.





KNOX – The routine drive home from work to Berne turned traumatic for 23-year-old Melissa Dibble on Tuesday.





VOORHEESVILLE — Frank Loscavo has played music for more than 40 of his 53 years.

Loscavo recently put together a CD titled: As Is, and will be hosting a free CD release party in Voorheesville on Wednesday, Aug. 2.





RENSSELAERVILLE — The town is planning two structural repairs — one of its salt shed, and the other of a storm-damaged dam.





RENSSELAERVILLE — The Rensselaerville supervisor called a special meeting of the town board Tuesday night simply so he could talk to the highway superintendent.





HILLTOWNS — Raymond Luhrman stooped to pluck garlic out of its muddy field despite Saturday’s downpour.
"This stuff has to come out of the ground, you know," said Luhrman in a singsong Dutch accent.





KNOX — The bucolic landscape stretching along the Berne-Altamont Road is at the center of a development debate again.





VOORHEESVILLE — Trustees and the director of the Voorheesville Public Library are excited about the chance to expand.

Split vote
Re-zone near old railroad



NEW SCOTLAND — With only the supervisor in disagreement, the town board voted last Wednesday to re-zone one area in town and to keep another area’s zoning the same.





VOORHEESVILLE — School district voters will decide in September on a $5.8 million project to upgrade Voorheesville’s schools.

Flooded creek wreaks havoc on road and home,
Town seeks funds for repair



RENSSELAERVILLE — Sheila Whiteford wants help.




GUILDERLAND — In broad daylight, three men armed with a handgun stole $1,000 in cash and a cell phone from a man parked in a Crossgates Mall parking lot, according to Guilderland Police.

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