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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.

By Zach Simeone

WESTERLO — A fire in town destroyed the home of a family and its tenant last week.

The blaze began at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 144 Slade Hill Road, under a trailer owned by the Ferguson family.

VOORHEESVILLE — Smoking may soon be banned in village parks, and cigarette ads in Voorheesville stores may be made less visible to kids.

GUILDERLAND — When Peanut Corporation of America expanded its initial recall of peanut butter, Price Chopper Supermarkets voluntarily recalled some food.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board plans to cut close to $850,000 from next year’s budget. The board is currently aiming for a $19.6-million budget, down from this year’s $20.5-million budget. A 3-percent tax levy hike is projected.

GUILDERLAND — Joe’s Service Station fell silent last week.

GUILDERLAND — Most of the Guilderland School Board members expressed disappointment Tuesday night at the scope of a study on the structure of administration in the district.

NEW SCOTLAND — Official discussion started Tuesday on a controversial law that would cap the size of new retail buildings in town at 50,000 square feet and new shopping centers at 100,000 square feet.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — E. Stewart Jones, who has represented former Supreme Court Justice Thomas Spargo during the better part of his decade-long legal battle, is fighting a conflict-of-interest charge that could take him off the case.

NEW SCOTLAND — Jake Moon cast about two generations ago, but his likeness now graces an old diner in Clarksville.

He was “sort of a Rip Van Winkle type,” Moon’s great-grandson said of him.

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