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NEW SCOTLAND — Albany County’s planning board has made the opposite recommendation as the town’ planning board regarding the extension of a moratorium on large-scale commercial buildings in town.

George Van Etten opened his farm to all

KNOX — A hard-working and frugal man, George Van Etten loved farming his land and providing for his family.

After a long illness, he died in his sleep at his Knox home on Aug. 22, 2009. He was 76.

GUILDERLAND — School board members are enthusiastic about a proposal to build a roundabout in Guilderland Center.

BETHLEHEM — Few people came without prejudice to a forum on health-care reform last Tuesday.

Two distinct camps moved among each other in the glow of a setting sun in the Elm Avenue park in Delmar.

VOORHEESVILLE — In the pointed language of a poet, Dennis Sullivan uses one word to describe the poetry scene in Voorheesville: seething.

By Zach Simeone

HILLTOWNS — On Sept. 15, voters will decide which Hilltown candidates get to run on third-party lines in the fall elections.

Ermolenko wins two first prizes at fair

ALTAMONT — Adria Ermolenko is a creative cook with winning ways. She won first place in both categories of the Bake for the Cure contest at the Altamont Fair last week.