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Woodhouses donate 37 acres of wide-open wetlands to the Huyck Preserve

by Saranac Hale Spencer

By Zach Simeone

RENSSELAERVILLE — The Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve was given 37 acres on Gifford Hollow Road last week by the Woodhouse family.

As neighbors battle

by Anne Hayden

ZBA to decide if gravel mine is legal

GUILDERLAND — Two neighbors are accusing each other of violating town ordinances.

Fred Wagner, owner of Helderberg Excavating and Trucking, Inc., says the town is trying to put him out of business.

Physical therapist makes house calls

by Saranac Hale Spencer

EAST BERNE — Albany County Physical Therapy and Respite Services, based in East Berne, will bring services to area residents’ homes.

nbsp ldquo A shift in thinking rdquo

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

School leaders look at setting priorities and matching resources to them

GUILDERLAND — The new superintendent is taking a new approach to building next year’s school budget.

Two survive rollover crash

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

NEW SCOTLAND — A two-vehicle crash on Monday caused a rollover and resulted in minor injuries, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Department.

To the rescue

by Saranac Hale Spencer

New Scotland may take over ambulance contract from village

Assessor gets 40 hours

by Anne Hayden

Town’s $31 million budget in place by default

GUILDERLAND — The supervisor’s preliminary $31 million budget, which allows no pay raises, will become the final budget for 2011, by default.

Suicide from Thacher ledge

by Saranac Hale Spencer

NEW SCOTLAND — A vehicle left in Thacher Park’s overlook parking lot led police to find Timothy Easley’s body at the foot of the park’s scenic cliff on Monday morning.

Guilderhaven to the rescue

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

A score of cats dumped in woods

GUILDERLAND — “It’s been a brutal, brutal year,” said Sue Green who chairs the Guilderhaven board.

Hilltown budgets for 2011

by Jo E. Prout

Spending down, taxes steady as rainy-day funds are used

By Zach Simeone

HILLTOWNS — In rough economic times, overall spending in the Hilltowns will decrease slightly in 2011.

ldquo With no money and no staff rdquo 151 no Empire State Games

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

A day after learning there will be no state funding for the Empire State Games in 2011, those involved in both the summer and winter Olympic-style competitions are scrambling to salvage what they can.

Planned for Mill Hill

by Jo E. Prout

Another facility for patients with dementia

Winds of change blow in Knox

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

By Zach Simeone

With new rules to judge students and faculty GCSD applies to be its own team

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — Statewide changes in testing students and evaluating faculty have left school board members here frustrated.

Village ldquo on target rdquo in search for new top cop

by Jo E. Prout

ALTAMONT — The village board may be able to fill the vacant public safety commissioner position by the end of the year, if one of several applicants for the job fits the bill.

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