NEW SCOTLAND While public opinion varies widely over whether a 150-foot cell tower should be allowed near the towns oldest church, sentiment sounds united for the struggling New Scotland Cemetery Association.
VOORHEESVILLE The Voorheesville Public Library is hoping to generate "some good conversation" around town about its future, says Gail Sacco, the library’s director.
WESTERLO The towns preliminary 2008 budget totals $2.4 million, with $982,000 to be raised from taxes. The proposal is about $110,000 more than this years 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 Americas yesteryears, in a New York Times review.
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.
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.
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 Mondays school board meeting will help increase communication between parents and teachers, says the high schools associate principal, Michael Paolino.
NEW SCOTLAND The summer home of Dan OConnell the man who built Albanys Democratic machine hit the market this month, and the million-dollar view from the Helderberg escarpment is literally worth just that.