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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.

A winner: Carolyn Barrett follows her dream to re-create the perfect sweet sauce

As more people work from home, local towns consider zoning changes
Should home businesses move out of the house?

GUILDERLAND — Fuller Road will temporarily seem more congested than usual, but, in the long run, it will be safer and smoother to travel, according to Albany County Executive Michael Breslin.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo administration has moved away from its two-tier budget strategy, and amidst an outpouring of public interest, introduced a $19.7-million budget draft Monday.

Limits to toe the line
LaGrange drafts bill for planning board

GUILDERLAND — Fourth-grade student Alexa DiCaprio shaved her head on March 21. In the months leading up to the haircut, she raised over $6,000 for childhood cancer research.

GUILDERLAND — Come September, elementary students may be in school 15 minutes more each day if the school board here adopts a recommendation from its transportation committee.

McCoy backs off plan to cut sales-tax revenues for towns

School aid delayed — again

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