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Residents not sure on 150-foot cell tower



NEW SCOTLAND – While public opinion varies widely over whether a 150-foot cell tower should be allowed near the town’s oldest church, sentiment sounds united for the struggling New Scotland Cemetery Association.

Two judges get Working Families bid



Library surveys public for ideas


VOORHEESVILLE – The Voorheesville Public Library is hoping to generate "some good conversation" around town about its future, says Gail Sacco, the library’s director.

Berne proposes $2M budget



BERNE — Berne’s preliminary budget for 2008 totals $1.95 million, with about $737,000 to be raised from taxes.

Supervisor Kevin Crosier said taxes will decrease by 1 percent due to the town’s assessed value.





WESTERLO — The town’s preliminary 2008 budget totals $2.4 million, with $982,000 to be raised from taxes. The proposal is about $110,000 more than this year’s budget and represents a 4.6- percent increase over 2007.





NEW YORK CITY — After writing her first play, Amanda Ronconi was likened to Lucille Ball, the charismatic redheaded actress of America’s yesteryears, in a New York Times review.

Dropping
Number of patients at W’lo’s Perkins center



County expands services to the elderly



ALBANY COUNTY — Elderly residents may be staying in their own homes rather than moving into nursing homes as a trend toward home care continues in the county.

Neighbor objects as Lucarelli plans to build two homes for family



Mapping curriculum builds community



GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland School District is a local leader in curriculum mapping, based on the work of Heidi Hayes Jacobs, an associate professor at Columbia University's Teachers College.

British farce provides "a riotous exercise in comedy"



GUILDERLAND — Creating side-splitting slapstick is a lot of work. Random buffoonery is a matter of strict discipline.



GUILDERLAND — Police, firefighters, and trained dogs searched Regal Cinemas at Crossgates Mall for a bomb last Thursday, ending in the arrest of a 39-year-old Albany man. No bombs were found.





VOORHEESVILLE – A new student information system approved at last Monday’s school board meeting will help increase communication between parents and teachers, says the high school’s associate principal, Michael Paolino.





NEW SCOTLAND — The summer home of Dan O’Connell — the man who built Albany’s Democratic machine — hit the market this month, and the million-dollar view from the Helderberg escarpment is literally worth just that.

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