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Property taxes steady as Altamont adopts hold-the-line $1 M budget

Mother asks if playing fields are safe

GUILDERLAND — Christina Diamente is concerned about the safety of the playing fields at Guilderland High School.

She says of student athletes, “They are literally eating the dirt.”

Fund-raiser set for Rodino family

By Zach Simeone

RENSSELAERVILLE — The town board will discuss the proposed $365,000 highway contract for 2010, along with the rest of this month’s highway-department report, at a special meeting on April 22.

By Zach Simeone

WESTERLO — Absentee ballots are off the table in the special election on the purchase of the old Westerlo School, and other steps are being taken as voting day approaches.

VOORHEESVILLE — Lydia Tobler’s last note sounded on April 7.  It was an uncharacteristically sad one for the ever-bright music teacher who died at the age of 60.

His fight against drunk driving propels to the national scene

GUILDERLAND — Edward Frank, who lately drives a Jeep with a replica of a missile on top, will do just about anything to raise awareness about the dangers of driving drunk.

Budget set at $87.4M, cuts 40 jobs instead of 80

ALTAMONT — The new Altamont Parts Store offers familiar faces in a familiar place — the former Altamont bowling alley.

Slingerlands baby has life-saving heart surgery

SLINGERLANDS — Kira Engel is undergoing high-risk heart surgery today, and her aunt has organized a benefit in East Berne to help her family cover the costs.

Board says: Put flesh on the bones
Prez proposes no raises next year

GUILDERLAND — A man living at a hotel on Western Avenue has been arrested for assault for the second time in three months.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — A group of Berne-Knox-Westerlo taxpayers, dissatisfied with the district’s recent budgetary moves, have assembled a petition to present to the school board in a desperate attempt to stop drastic cuts proposed for next year.

By Zach Simeone

RENSSELAERVILLE — The Helderberg Hilltowns Association will hold its first-ever meeting on April 17 to discuss ways to bolster the local economy, possibly through low-impact, agricultural and recreational tourism.

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