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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.

Moreau drops out of race

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

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.

GCSD board pleased with recent report card

GUILDERLAND — School board members said they were pleased with and proud of the results of required government testing, presented in the annual School Report Card.

Runion plans to hire study of stormwater system

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