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A rocky road

by Saranac Hale Spencer

Highway super outlines annual road repairs as town adopts new voucher system

By Zach Simeone

RENSSELAERVILLE — Highway Superintendent G. Jon Chase, who oversees road repairs in town, has a full plate for the coming year.

Westerlo Rescue Squad may start billing transport patients

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

By Zach Simeone

WESTERLO — A divided town board and a divided volunteer rescue squad are looking at starting a revenue recovery process that would mean fewer tax dollars being budgeted towards ambulance services.

STAR deadline is March 2

by Anne Hayden

GUILDERLAND — Residents of Guilderland still have time to apply for the School Tax Relief exemption.

Police say

by Anne Hayden

Attack on Van Wormer Drive was “targeted”

GUILDERLAND — At 3:18 p.m. on Feb. 18, a resident of 10 Van Wormer Drive was bludgeoned in his home, in what police are now calling a “targeted attack,” the result of “a business transaction.”

With rsquo copters and crashed car

by Anne Hayden

Day-long chase ends with arrest

GUILDERLAND — On Monday night, a car chase led State Troopers from Princetown into Altamont, and then Guilderland, where residents were startled by the whir of helicopters overhead, and the number of police cars on the road.

In tracing a migration of sharecroppers to the Pine Bush Lemak writes a community rsquo s history and finds friends

by Anne Hayden

In tracing a migration of sharecroppers to the Pine Bush,
Lemak writes a community’s history and finds friends

Will size cap grow

by Saranac Hale Spencer

Police say

by Saranac Hale Spencer

Van Wormer break-in injures man

GUILDERLAND — Two men broke into a home here where they stole money and struck one occupant in the head, according to Guilderland Police.

Voorheesville panel advises

by Jo E. Prout

Parents who are digital immigrants should monitor students who are digital natives

VOORHEESVILLE — In response to community concerns about cyberbullying, the Voorheesville high school hosted a cyber safety community forum last week.

Concerns over storm-water runoff delay Dutchmen Acres 151 again

by Anne Hayden

GUILDERLAND — The town board’s concern over storm-water runoff into the Black Creek, which flows to the Watervliet Reservoir, Guilderland’s major source of drinking water, has delayed development of the Dutchmen Acres subdivision.

Hands-on learning

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Kids sort garbage to track recycling progress

GUILDERLAND — Hands-on learning at Guilderland Elementary meant student volunteers stayed after school last week to sift through barrels of garbage.

Fun raises funds

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Dodge ball tourney will support local food pantries

GUILDERLAND — It’s not your father’s dodge ball.

A tournament to benefit local food pantries will be held at Guilderland High School on March 6.

Residents divided over Empire Avenue barrier

by Anne Hayden

GUILDERLAND — The barrier placed on Empire Avenue was supposed to benefit the people in the surrounding subdivisions, but instead has become a point of contention.

Project-based learning thrills Tech Valley kid

by Anne Hayden

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Tech Valley High, the Westerlo School, and a possible bus purchase were up for discussion last week when the Berne-Knox-Westerlo school board met for the second week in a row.

Tall pines will be felled to bring back older scrub habitat

by Anne Hayden

GUILDERLAND — In the Pine Bush preserve, white pines, some over 200 years old, will be cut down in an attempt to make the area its original ecosystem.

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