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.
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.
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 Ever since the Guilderland library became a public library with taxing powers, taxpayers have supported its budget. The tradition continued Tuesday for the 22nd year.
GUILDERLAND As she travels the Hudson Valley, retracing her father’s journey, Lucey Bowen will stop at The Book House in Stuyvesant Plaza to sign copies of Croswell Bowen’s 1941 book, Great River of the Mountains: The Hudson.