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GUILDERLAND — A group of high-school seniors looked back to a time that seemed distant as they stood in the bright sunshine Thursday afternoon in a place that was once very familiar — the courtyard of Pine Bush Elementary School.

Super’s wife not allowed
New trio hired to fill out FEMA forms



RENSSELAERVILLE — The public has picked up a debate that began on New Year’s Day in 2006, the day Republican Jost Nicklesberg took office as supervisor.

Old Songs to communicate
Stories through murder ballads, parking-lot picking



ALTAMONT — Stories of old are told with the mournful twang of Mark Schmitt’s fiddle.





RENSSELAERVILLE — Nestled along Pond Hill Road in Rensselaerville, a large, lush acreage is serving as a temporary home to those wishing to make a break from the busyness of life.

Altamont hearing
Subdividing modernized



ALTAMONT — With some minor changes after public input, the proposed subdivision regulations for Altamont are set to be adopted by the village board on July 3.

A day in the life
Rescue work is more than a job



ALTAMONT — Warren Quinn was one of the first people on the scene after a boy was hit while skateboarding on a country road. He wanted to help, but didn’t know what to do.





VOORHEESVILLE – Bob King, of Feura Bush, is a regular blood donor.





NEW SCOTLAND – When Jerome Shedd was young, he used to watch Leonard Bernstein on television, said his father, Bob Shedd.



NEW SCOTLAND – With intense development pressure pushing against the Northeast Quadrant, concerns about maintaining rural character in the town contrast those about obtaining municipal water.

Hoyt-Fowler dies at 55
School loses its voice, husband misses literary love



VOORHEESVILLE – Molly Hoyt-Fowler’s English accent was well known around the community.





ONESQUETHAW — The Reverend Joseph A. Loux Jr. serves the Lord best himself by serving those who serve others, and those who serve time.

Asks town to repair culverts
Farmer waits as his fields flood


RENSSELAERVILLE — Robert Seeger has waited for two years as his pastures and fields flood and erode.

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