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By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Robert Drake, once superintendent of the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District, has returned as high school principal. At a special meeting on Oct. 19, the school board appointed Drake by a unanimous vote. He started work the next day.

GUILDERLAND — Despite the governor’s sweeping budget-cut proposals and a bleak economic forecast, the University at Albany is making headway on its plans to renovate the decades-old uptown campus.

Bertrand and Johnson present GCSD physical education plan, lauded by board

Survivors anguished after miraculous escape

NEW SCOTLAND — Peter Salerno says it’s a miracle that he and his two daughters survived being hit by two trains on Saturday at a crossing near their Youmans Road home.

Atlas Copco to cut 42 jobs, 12 percent of local workforce

VOORHEESVILLE — In order to specialize in the gas and process industry, Voorheesville’s largest business will be eliminating 42 of its 364 jobs by the end of 2009. 

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Robert Drake, once superintendent of the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District, has returned as high school principal. At a special meeting on Oct. 19, the school board appointed Drake by a unanimous vote. He started work the next day.

NEW SCOTLAND — Days after a near-death train and car collision, town officials, the state Department of Transportation, and railroad company CSX agreed to close the Youmans Road railroad crossing.

Ed Frank teaches serious lessons during DWI Awareness Month

ALTAMONT — Five hundred and ninety shoes will be displayed throughout December at the community center on Gun Club Road as part of a program to highlight DWI Awareness Month.

Dimuras sue New Scotland Planning Board again

GCSD not panicked over state-aid cut proposal

GUILDERLAND — The governor’s proposal last week for mid-year school-aid cuts, which sent shock waves across the state, left leaders of this prosperous suburban district cautious but not panicked.

 ALBANY COUNTY — To buy time at the Rapp Road landfill, Albany County municipalities will have to beef up their recycling programs in 2009. 

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — The town board approved a $2.2 million preliminary budget for 2009 at its Nov. 12 meeting, with no tax increase in next year’s spending plan.

GUILDERLAND — Property at the corner of routes 155 and 20 is probably worth at least twice as much as it’s assessed for, claims Republican Councilman Warren Redlich.

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