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GUILDERLAND — Three of the biggest issues facing the town over the past year were addressed at a board meeting, which lasted four hours, on July 7 — stormwater solutions, solid waste management, and zoning law modifications.

ALBANY COUNTY — This spring, Albany County submitted an application for a grant to study the creation of a regional solid-waste management authority.

GUILDERLAND — Long-running and sometimes controversial Tuesday night school board meetings did not faze the students filming them for public access TV.

ALTAMONT — The dogs in the park on Maple Avenue won’t fetch a ball or a Frisbee, but they will fetch some looks from visitors, and some perhaps will fetch a handsome price.

ALTAMONT — Sixty-four years after World War II veteran Alan Atwell returned to the United States, he sat in a little café in Altamont, visiting with a Belgian man who routinely impersonates him during period re-enactments.

VOORHEESVILLE — Fannie Liu’s valedictory address sent off the Class of 2009 ready to confront its dreams, the lofty and the daunting.

ALBANY — A boy who gave bear hugs as a sign of affection was embraced by the Guilderland High School graduating class on June 28 during ceremonies at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center.

VOORHEESVILLE — Two members of Clayton A. Bouton High School’s tennis team are the top scholars of this year’s graduating class.

Wetterau wants to be a vet,
Sikule hopes to be a doctor, Willsey plans to be a teacher

By Zach Simeone

Continuing what has become an Altamont Enterprise tradition, Melissa Hale-Spencer, the newspaper’s editor, has been named to the Golden Dozen again this year.

Belenchia enters crowded New Scotland race

NEW SCOTLAND — In an election crowded with candidates who are wary of commercial retail development, the number of candidates claiming to be proponents of property rights is quietly keeping pace.

VOORHEESVILLE — A 23-acre parcel of land on Maple Avenue will eventually be the site of a new cluster- style housing development in the village.

VOORHEESVILLE — The Albany County Therapeutic Riding Center is calling for volunteers to help disabled children and adults ride horses.

Journeying with the Titanic cast

GUILDERLAND — People often say there is no point in seeing the musical Titanic, because they already know how it ends: The ship sinks.

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