Archive » July 2008 » News

GUILDERLAND — The new high school principal, Michael Paolino, was placed on paid administrative leave on Monday. The district isn’t saying why.

EAST BERNE — An East Berne man was arrested Sunday because, police say, he raped a mentally-disabled relative. 

Lonardelli wants to start a bank to help those in foreclosure

Police teach women to protect themselves from attack

GUILDERLAND — Scott MaLossi has made a useful contribution out of materials he saw going to waste. He hopes it will raise “good social consciousness.”

RENSSELAERVILLE — Michael J. Tomaselli, the owner of Tomaselli Contracting and the Catskill Creek Ranch in Freehold, died Monday, police say, after being pinned behind the cab of his dump truck. 

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Despite their differences, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board’s new leaders share a common goal: creating an environment where students can excel at all they do and taxpayers aren’t quite as pressed.

Free at the farm: A harvest of plays for every taste, from Shakespeare to Oz

Grimm business
Super claims illegal occupation

Dubose wants to heal rifts

GUILDERLAND —  “Healing is it,” said Maceo Dubose of his immediate goals as the president of the school district’s most powerful union.

An imposing figure at over six feet tall, he speaks quietly with care and force.

Hoyer helps kids orphaned by the war

By David S. Lewis

VOORHEESVILLE – In Afghanistan, a country wracked by decades of war and violence, one Voorheesville native is helping an oft-overlooked group of casualties –orphaned children.


Vietnam veteran feels dissed by DMV

After his request for a custom license plate for his motorcycle was denied, a veteran felt he had been overlooked and underappreciated once again.

By Zach Simeone

VOORHEESVILLE — Plans are in the works to add 10 more senior-housing units to the village, but they are still in the earliest of stages.

Pages