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ALTAMONT — It took two motorbikes, a car, and a jukebox for Jos DeJong and Anita Schellekens to get here.





GUILDERLAND — Police Chief James Murley’s voice sounded tired last night as he confirmed he was placed on paid administrative leave last Thursday.





GUILDERLAND — Saslano S. Suda pleaded guilty last Thursday to felony second-degree manslaughter following a fatal two-car collision in front of Crossgates Mall last November. His friend, a passenger in his car, was killed.





GUILDERLAND — School board members were divided last Tuesday about sending a Guilderland student to Tech Valley High School to be a freshman next fall in the innovative school’s first class.





GUILDERLAND — Citing cost concerns, school board members were lukewarm about a proposal from a committee of high-school English and social-studies faculty to create a writing center and to phase in a modified course load.

‘A real tragedy’
Rape survivor speaks out



RENSSELAERVILLE — At the emotional heart of residents’ fears over a juvenile detention center in this rural Hilltown is a rape and kidknapping that occurred there just over two years ago.





ALTAMONT — Village residents can expect a new fee on their water bills in coming years — an additional $15 twice a year, which will go towards paying off a new municipal water source.





NEW SCOTLAND – Voorheesville school buses, usually reserved for children, will be picking up elderly residents at their homes to transport them to social functions, starting this month.




VOORHEESVILLE – Tenured music teacher Charles Reader has resigned "for various medical reasons," according to an agreement signed by Reader; Superintendent Linda Langevin; and Kathy Fiero, president of the Voorheesville Teachers’ Association.





NEW SCOTLAND – Development has been a steady pressure for the northeast corner of town, and may now be looming on the horizon for the southwestern part of town as well.





BERNE — A registered sex offender has recently moved into the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District.





RENSSELAERVILLE — On Saturday, winter enthusiasts shoveled snow from portions of Lincoln Pond, transforming it into a skating rink. Young men used it as a hockey arena, shooting slap shots down the ice.

Miller says curve unmarked
Déjà vu: Death haunts wounded biker



KNOX — A man died this past fall as he was riding his motorcycle around the curve on Bozenkill Road just before West Wind Road.

Cass closed"
Facily’s future uncertain



RENSSELAERVILLE — Cass Residential Center’s future remains uncertain as it sits empty.

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