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NEW SCOTLAND — The town has begun a process to draft a wind-turbine law with a split vote on hiring a lawyer to advise it.

GUILDERLAND — A motorcyclist collided with a car last Friday when he failed to yield the right-of-way, turning from Mercycare Lane onto Western Avenue, according to Guilderland Police.

GUILDERLAND — After 26 years as postmaster in Guilderland Center, John Desarbo, 59, a McKownville resident, will retire this year.

Few challenge assessments in western Albany County

ALBANY COUNTY — A steady stream of property owners trickled in to town halls across western Albany County Tuesday, looking to reduce their assessments.

GUILDERLAND — For the third year in a row, the youth group of the Christ Church of the Capital Region will hold a fund-raiser in Tawasentha Park. This year, the money raised will help build an AIDS clinic in Zimbabwe.

BERNE — After gunpowder exploded in his face Saturday, 14-year-old Donald R. Youngs III “is doing well,” according to a nurse at the burn unit of the Westchester Medical Center.

Grimm withdraws from super’s race

GUILDERLAND — A nurse, a custodian, an aid, a teaching assistant, a supervisor, and six teachers were recently honored at the school district’s 32nd Annual Employee Recognition Ceremony.

NEW SCOTLAND — A proposed law setting limits on development in the commercial zone, which was sent to the Albany County Planning Board last month, met with disapproval last Thursday.

By Zach Simeone

RENSSELAERVILLE — Republican Myra Dorman, former supervisor and two-time town councilwoman, is running for supervisor again this year.

VOORHEESVILLE — Fewer than 1,000 voters turned up on Tuesday to pass the library and school budgets and keep incumbents on the board.

VOORHEESVILLE — Harry Sembrat entered the last major Allied airborne operation of World War II from a treetop.

NEW SCOTLAND — Conservative party endorsements in town have not fallen along party lines this year.

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