GUILDERLAND The wall outside the library at Westmere Elementary School is plastered with memories and love heartfelt words and poignant art created by students to honor Micki Nevett.
Village drowned in water issues, seniors move in, Krajewski pleads
VOORHEESVILLE Water reigned supreme in the village this year, serving as a bargaining chip with development and a sign of intermunicipal cooperation.
VOORHEESVILLE The villages largest business will be getting $700,000 in incentives from the state, the Empire State Development announced this month.
Buddhists build retreat, bust goes awry, deaths rock community
BERNE In Berne, Democrats retained their position of dominance in 2007 and residents continued their support of a senior housing complex to be built in the hamlet by developer Jeff Thomas.
WESTERLO In 2007, Westerlo created a new planning board, moved forward with a plan for land use, and supported a low-income senior housing project in the town.
Woman forced by gunman to drive to Guilderland bank
A 22-year-old Albany woman was robbed at gunpoint last week outside her Manning Boulevard home then forced by the man to drive to the Bank of America in Guilderland to withdraw money, police say.
NEW SCOTLAND Come Jan. 1, three members of the New Scotland Town Board will be lawyers, leading one resident to suggest the board could save money by not hiring a town attorney.
BERNE In a landslide, voters gave the go ahead Tuesday for a $12.7 million project to renovate the Berne-Knox-Westerlo schools the most expensive project the district has undertaken.
GUILDERLAND Despite opposition by town residents, the planning board here last week approved the preliminary plat for the Woodsfield Estates development on East Lydius Street.