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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.

Anne Hayden

GUILDERLAND — The town, as of Oct. 5, officially has a preliminary budget for 2010.

Dems have 10 times the GOP funds

VOORHEESVILLE — A special vote for reserve funds in the school district will be held on Oct. 20.

BERNE — The man arrested for shooting Rocky and Mocha, a pair of East Berne dogs, is a neighbor who says, according to police, that they bothered his farm animals and ate his chickens.

GUILDERLAND — A woman was apprehended by Guilderland Police after she fled from Crossgates Mall, hit two police officers with her car, and led a car chase.

NEW SCOTLAND — Nearly half of the Republican Committee has resigned and the remaining members have stripped one of their candidates of support.

VOORHEESVILLE — Hair salons are intimate places, where women often talk freely about what is on their minds. The Purity salon in Voorheesville is no exception.

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