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The gospel from to Alice
Dayter divines words from above



BERNE — During President Bill Clinton’s sex scandal, Alice Dayter wrote him a poem.
"The truth is the truth," said Dayter, this week, summing up the poem.

Letsons paid $5K
GCSD settles harassment suit

Still learning
Aidala talks about issues after suit



ALBANY — Two former members of the University at Albany football team were sentenced last Thursday in Albany County Court for last fall’s on-campus gang rape.

Taxes up 1.2 percent
School board uses $375K of huge budget surplus to ease burden







GUILDERLAND — Legal wrangling continues in the New York State Supreme Court over the nomination of Republican Warren Redlich to run as a Guilderland councilman in November.

GUILDERLAND — Town officials are being "spoofed" on the Net.

An international, Internet-based satire newspaper called The Spoof, has run several articles using the names of local politicians and political challengers.





GUILDERLAND — The owner of the new Farmers Feed & Tractor Supply store on Route 20 is selling more than grain and chainsaws; he’s selling an old-fashioned way of doing business.

Growing garlic
Neighbors put down roots together



ALTAMONT — Hanging upside down, in the shadow of the Helderbergs, are 60,000 bulbs of garlic.

McMillen says
Big names boost fair attendance



ALTAMONT — Last week’s 114th tri-county fair was a success, say officials, although the final attendance numbers won’t be available for several weeks.

‘Not over’
Marturano fighting to get full pension



VOORHEESVILLE — Elemental Landscapes, Inc., a Voorheesville business owned by Jerry Parmenter, won an award for Garden Structures and Pavements, costing between $10,000 and $25,000, from the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association.





VOORHEESVILLE – For new teachers, the transition from years of studying and being the recipient of knowledge and new ideas, to becoming the teacher who must find a way to inspire a room full of students to learn, can be challenging.




KNOX — Nobody knows who owns an unpaved 360-foot section of Whipple Road — not the town’s lawyer, not the town’s highway superintendent, not the town’s assessor. Residents are petitioning the town to take ownership of the road "in whole."





RENSSELAERVILLE — The future of agricultural districts in the town will be decided directly by residents.
"What the majority wants to do is what we do," said Supervisor Jost Nickelsberg last week.

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