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R’ville board mulls $2.2M budget proposal for next year

By Zach Simeone

Two New Scotlanders vie for county judgeship

AWOL soldier discovered by Dewey’s Diner owner

ALTAMONT — Gordon Dewey was born into the diner business. But, in all of his decades of sharing stories with customers, the return of the AWOL soldier has become a favorite.

By Zach Simeone

KNOX — The town supervisor proposes a $2.06-million budget for next year, cutting about $60,000 from this year’s budget, and he said this week that he expects revenue from county sales tax to begin increasing in the near future.

Greenville Laundromat is open 14 hours every day

GREENVILLE — A new Laundromat opened here about three months ago, filling the void left when the town’s long-time Laundromat closed a few years ago.

GTA and school administrators plan to work collaboratively

GUILDERLAND — The contract for the district’s biggest union — the Guilderland Teachers’ Association — expires at the end of June.

GUILDERLAND — “I know there are a lot of people…who are afraid of this year’s budget,” the school board president, Richard Weisz, said at the close of Tuesday’s board meeting, during which board members stated their priorities for the 2011-12 budget.

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland School District has 12 bargaining units, listed here from the largest to the smallest:

GUILDERLAND — A state-required audit of school finances gave “the highest level of assurance that can be given,” said Timothy Doyle to the school board last week.

GUILDERLAND — George Kuhn, 54, of Guilderland, was arrested for felony driving while intoxicated, after he hit another car and injured the female driver and 10-year-old passenger, according to a release from the City of Albany Police Department.

ALTAMONT — The village board is considering two options as it upgrades its wastewater treatment plant to reduce the flow of excess stormwater into the plant’s filtration system.

Incumbent Dem Breslin challenged by GOP’s Domenici and Reform’s Carey

Breslin’s budget makes deep cuts

ALBANY COUNTY — Cuts were sweeping and deep in the $550 million Albany County budget proposed last Friday by County Executive Michael Breslin.

County comptroller tells Rensselaerville: “You need an accounting system”

By Zach Simeone

RENSSELAERVILLE — County Comptroller Michael Conners said Tuesday that the town has inadequate internal controls.

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