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WESTERLO — Starting this week, residents in the hamlet’s new water district will pay three times as much for water.

Zimmer to be honored
Give her a rag and she’ll braid you a rug



BERNE — Hand-braided rugs, some the color of fall, others in shades of sherbet, and one dressed in a business suit, are layered three deep in Florence Zimmer’s home.





GUILDERLAND — Business here has a new face.

Starting on Monday, Katherine Burbank will be the new executive director of the Guilderland Chamber of Commerce.





GUILDERLAND — Neighbors along Gipp Road told the planning board here last week that they do not want a home built on a substandard lot that could be grandfathered in.



GUILDERLAND — In the midst of watching a film about renegade law enforcement, an off-duty Guilderland cop arrested a movie-goer for yelling and swearing at him.





NEW SCOTLAND – In our technologically-savvy world – where television programs can be viewed on a cell phone – the service, along with a broader cell-phone coverage area, will soon have an outlet in New Scotland.





NEW SCOTLAND – A plan was presented last week for a 35-lot subdivision at the Colonie Golf and Country Club – a project that has been in the works for some 40 years.




NEW SCOTLAND – In our technologically-savvy world – where television programs can be viewed on a cell phone – the service, along with a broader cell-phone coverage area, will soon have an outlet in New Scotland.





RENSSELAERVILLE — A town telecommunications committee is working to bring better Internet access, cellular phone reception, and emergency communication to this rural community.

Csaposs asks
Is Conners doing his job"



ALBANY COUNTY — The county comptroller is running on his record as his challenger’s campaign manager makes an issue of accessing his records.





ALBANY COUNTY — The real race for county comptroller won’t be decided on Election Day in the Democrat-dominated county. It will be decided in the Democratic primary on Sept. 18.





VOORHEESVILLE – A longstanding school-district practice that allows six office workers to take off Friday afternoons in the summer with pay, will not continue for employees hired after July 2 of this year.

Audit case closed
V’ville, Marturano reach a settlement





EAST BERNE — Nan Stolzenberg, the planner hired to help East Berne create a vision for its future, will present her findings to the public this fall.

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