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GUILDERLAND – Sidewalks along Route 20" Smooth-flowing traffic" A roundabout"

On the wings of success
Pine Bush Preserve wins national award

Well connected
Budget call for bridge to join 600 acres of parkland



GUILDERLAND — Town parks usually provide green space, a playground or two, maybe even a baseball diamond or tennis court with a pavilion to have cookout.





GUILDERLAND — Resident John Raucci received subdivision approval from the planning board for his property on East Lydius Street last week, even though an oil tank is purportedly buried on the newly-created lot.




NEW SCOTLAND – The $4.9 million proposed 2007 town budget "isn’t final yet, by a long shot," said Supervisor Ed Clark.
Clark said the town board will have to make some significant cuts, and "the cutting is going to be difficult."





VOORHEESVILLE — Brian Gould left a job in steel distribution to join the ministry at the age of 45.





BERNE — The supervisor here is not supporting the town’s $2.1 million budget proposal for next year, which calls for a 28-percent increase in taxes.
"It’s not my budget," said Supervisor Kevin Crosier.





KNOX — The town’s tentative budget for 2007 was approved last Tuesday and calls for a tax-rate increase of about three cents per $1,000 of assessed value.





RENSSELAERVILLE — The temperature rose Monday night, as frustrations and accusations of angered residents rang throughout the crowded town hall.

The topic of discussion was the proposed 2007 budget.





BERNE — The library took a step toward its new home at last Wednesday’s town board meeting.



BERNE — Silence followed Supervisor Kevin Crosier’s motion to apply for a half-million dollar highway grant last Wednesday; none of the town board members seconded his motion. A half-dozen residents broke the quiet with cheers.



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GUILDERLAND – Three University at Albany football players are suspended from school and the team after being arrested on felony charges of first-degree rape.



The first-year University at Albany student who is accusing three football players — Lorenzo Ashbourne, Julius Harris, and Charles Guadagno — of rape signed a detailed statement on Oct. 15, witnessed by Wendy Knoebel, a University Police officer.





GUILDERLAND — Town parks usually provide green space, a playground or two, maybe even a baseball diamond or tennis court with a pavilion to have cookout.
But the town of Guilderland is asking, ‘Why stop there"’

Fund balance too high
GCSD get good grades on audit



GUILDERLAND — In a 49-page state-required audit, Dorfman-Robbie, Certified Public Accountants reports only one instance the school district here is not in compliance.

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