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By Zach Simeone

KNOX — Construction to expand and upgrade the Town Hall is underway, after years of planning. The town board approved payments for this month’s work at last week’s town board meeting.

Knox man gets reminder of his Maryland past

By Andrew Schotz

KNOX — A piece of Jay H. Baumstein’s childhood has resurfaced 45 years later.

It was a certificate he received in honor of his bar mitzvah, which is a religious rite Jewish boys go through at age 13.

GUILDERLAND — Even as it faces state delays in aid payments this month, the school district here is gearing up to take a long-range look at budgeting.

Will dump expand again into Pine Bush?

GUILDERLAND — As Albany plans to expand its landfill a fifth time, a watchdog group that has long fought to preserve the Pine Bush has taken the matter to court.

GUILDERLAND — Connie Frisbee Houde uses her camera to show Americans the face of Afghanistan.

NEW SCOTLAND — After going off the road in a red 2009 Mini Cooper, Gregory A. Sanderson, 21, assaulted an Albany County Sheriff’s deputy and was arrested for aggravated driving while intoxicated and second-degree assault, according to a release from the sheriff’s office.