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ldquo Walkable community rdquo

by Saranac Hale Spencer

Glass Works Village strolls to re-zone, 4 to 1

Three resign

by Jo E. Prout

CZAC defunct

NEW SCOTLAND — The Commercial Zoning Advisory Committee is now defunct, after three of its five members resigned this week, leaving it without a quorum, but town board members still hope to revise the town’s commercial zoning.

Westerlo 2009 budget

by Jo E. Prout

By Zach Simeone

WESTERLO — The town’s preliminary budget for 2009 totals at about $2.5 million, up about $100,000 from this year’s $2.4 million budget. About $992,000 is to be raised by taxes, $10,000 more than for this year’s budget.

Guilderland Chamber on the move

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Chamber of Commerce is moving to “the hub of Guilderland,” says a release from the organization.

Moving the chamber to a central location, with visibility from Western Avenue, was a top priority for Kathy Burbank when she became executive director in 2007, the release says.

Survey shows most are satisfied

by Jo E. Prout

BERNE — Attendants of last week’s forum received a summary of a recent community survey, sent to 3,467 households, which found that:

Kormos says she rsquo ll resign New Scotland extends moratorium

by Jo E. Prout

NEW SCOTLAND — After a public hearing Wednesday with a standing-room-only crowd, the town board unanimously adopted a local law to extend the commercial building moratorium three months.

GCSD backs full-day kindergarten if finances allow for 888K annual cost

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — The school board here backs a move from half-day to full-day kindergarten if, as the school board president put it, “money wasn’t an object.”

Chinese restaurant comes to Altamont Owner Sarong Li wants to settle in village

by Philippa Stasiuk

ALTAMONT — With a bit of luck, villagers who woefully flambé their Thanksgiving turkey will be able to salvage the day with a crowd-pleasing backup plan: takeout Chinese. 

Winds of change

by Philippa Stasiuk

By Zach Simeone

GOING OUT FOR BURIED TREASURE BKW and Hilltowns Players live A Pirate rsquo s Life riding waves of laughter

by Philippa Stasiuk

GOING OUT FOR BURIED TREASURE
BKW and Hilltowns Players live A Pirate’s Life, riding waves of laughter

By Zach Simeone

New post at GCSD

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Conservation coordinator will work on green initiatives

GUILDERLAND — The school board has created a new post — conservation coordinator — to further the district priority of fostering environmental stewardship.

Audit concludes BKW is financially sound

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

By Zach Simeone

Glass Works plans shatterd

by Saranac Hale Spencer

GUILDERLAND — After two-and-a-half years of planning for Glass Works Village, 56 acres of undeveloped land on Route 20 may remain so.

Much conflict in wee hours over 31M budget

by Saranac Hale Spencer

GUILDERLAND — When, by 1:30 a.m., a crowd of 50 had dwindled to one and a trio of town employees the town board began a two-hour public hearing on its $30.6 million budget for the coming year.

Rensselaerville rsquo s budget blunders

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

By Zach Simeone

RENSSELAERVILLE — After voting on a preliminary budget for 2009 on Nov. 3, and then printing three different versions for the public, the town board will meet tonight for another budget hearing.

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