Archive &raquo; February 2009 &raquo; News

GUILDERLAND A 10-ton Valentine rolled down Birch Drive on Friday afternoon and stopped in front of Ben Grant’s house.

Town board extends moratorium despite protests on owners rsquo rights

In Knox

Steps towards a new town hall

By Zach Simeone

KNOX As steps are taken towards renovating and expanding its town hall, Knox is paying the $1.3-million price tag piece by piece.

Plans scrapped for post to allow checks on elderly

GUILDERLAND Plans have been scrapped for a part-time position that would have allowed the town to check up on elderly residents.

Watervliet Reservoir to expand

GUILDERLAND By the end of the year, Watervliet Mayor Michael Manning hopes to have started work on doubling the size of his city’s reservoir.

Field trips to be cut lunches to be marketed

VOORHEESVILLE School budget cuts are looming, with anticipated layoffs and halving the spending on field trips.

Compassionate teen hosts dinner to help burned-out family

HILLTOWNS When 17-year-old Danille Cross found out her friend’s grandparents had lost everything in a fire, she wanted to do something to help.

Mr Subb robbed of 276 suspect flees

GOP calls for candidates nbsp

GUILDERLAND In an upset victory in 2007, two Republicans won seats on the formerly all-Democratic town board.

ldquo What about walking rdquo

School board questions need for new buses

Perennial problem Hilltown manure flows into city rsquo s water source

By Zach Simeone

Every spring, the Alcove Reservoir, a source of water for the city of Albany, is at risk of being contaminated by manure, carried by snowmelt and storm water that originates on Hilltown farms.

Two teens charged in library arson

GUILDERLAND The Guilderland Public Library had a scare on Feb. 11, when teenagers started a fire in the men’s bathroom.

After a quarter century

by Philippa Stasiuk

Pipeline is laid to bring village water to Wildwood

ALTAMONTContractors hired by Wildwood Programs laid pipe under Route 156 this week, bringing the dream of running water to Camp Wildwood one step closer to reality.

Westerlo is now without a planning board chair

by Philippa Stasiuk

By Zach Simeone

WESTERLO Now that Andrew Brick has been chosen to fill the recently vacated town justice post, Westerlo’s planning board is without a chairman.

As deficit looms