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BERNE — An arrest for a domestic dispute in February led to the arrest this week of a 42-year-old man after, police say, he attempted to illegally purchase a firearm from a licensed dealer in town.





BERNE — After winning first place in the state culinary arts competition in January, a team of local students went on to nationals and earned the best finish in the state’s history.





BERNE — As a student fought cancer to the death, his teacher stayed by his side right up to the end, and now uses his life as a foundation.





ALBANY COUNTY — Local restaurants are preparing to change how they cook since the county legislature voted to ban trans fat.

Claims humane act
Brannigan pleads guilty to cruelty



GUILDERLAND — After serving 60 days in jail, William Brannigan accepted a plea bargin Friday in town court.

Concerns raised about 20% who don’t pass
Reading scores rise at GCSD and statewide







GUILDERLAND — The new superintendent of buildings and grounds for the Guilderland School District grew up working on a farm.

Despite neighbors’ complaints
Conceptual approval given for 6 lots on Church Road





GUILDERLAND — Make way for the new Subway.

The new owners of the Subway in Cosmos Plaza at 1800 Western Ave. say it is a completely different restaurant.





BERNE — Middle-school students at Berne-Knox-Westerlo have solved real-life problems with their inventions, which are being recognized at the regional Invention Convention.

Contract ratified
School office workers get 4-percent raise for three years



GUILDERLAND — The office workers at Guilderland schools have a new three-year contract, providing 3.95 percent raises each year.





ALTAMONT — Buckwheat kept the sweeping fields of Pleasant View Farms above the Great Depression and Everett Rau still plows those fields with the tractor and plow that his brother bought in 1929.

From the alps to Altamont
Visions of the Virgin celebrated







VOORHEESVILLE – Last Monday, 92 students from four Voorheesville fourth-grade classrooms got up-close and personal with presidential politics.

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