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Safe Haven lets those who are struggling “create their own destiny”

The mark of an ice-cream lover leads to a shared life

VOORHEESVILLE — A man reclines among his wares for sale behind an open gate and a pair of women chat, with locked doors prominent behind them.

Each picture expresses safety, says Bob Alft. 

Runion schedules two budget workshops

Workers without water

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — After three days without water, the town’s highway department has a new water supply.

Contentious election pits Democratic
incumbent Kenneth Runion against Peter Golden on GOP line

By Zach Simeone

KNOX — Town Clerk Kimberly Swain and Tax Collector Delia “Barney” Palombo are running unopposed this fall.

Kimberly Swain

ALTAMONT — The home of Altamont’s first mayor, The Hiram Griggs House on Prospect Terrace, will be placed on the National Register of Historic Places this year, the centennial of his death.

Dissatisfied with Berne supervisor candidates,
Abele launches write-in campaign for supervisor

By Zach Simeone

Dems’ Judge Jean Gagnon challenged by GOP’s Donati

By Zach Simeone

KNOX — Democrat Jean Gagnon is running for a second four-year term as town justice, and will be challenged by Republican Bonnie Donati, who also ran in 2007.

Dolin proposes 5% tax cut

NEW SCOTLAND — Supervisor Thomas Dolin has proposed an election-year budget with a 5-percent tax cut.

GUILDERLAND — Zoe Elwell, along with her seventh-grade classmates at Farnsworth Middle School, has been studying exploration.

GUILDERLAND — Democratic incumbent Rosemary Centi is running unopposed for another two-year term as town clerk. She has been Guilderland’s clerk since 2000, and was unopposed in the last three elections.

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