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NEW SCOTLAND — Town board members are negotiating the details of the latest incarnation of a bill that would limit the size of retail development.

NEW SCOTLAND — The ethics law that the town board unanimously adopted nearly a year ago and went into effect in January has been amended by a narrow margin.

GUILDERLAND — Rev. Jim Fitzmaurice was shocked when he walked around the back of Christ the King Church on Monday morning and saw graffiti spray painted on the church’s brick wall.

Three incumbents, one newcomer run for four school board seats

GUILDERLAND — After more than a decade of contested — sometimes hotly — school board campaigns, there will be no race in Guilderland this May.

GUILDERLAND — Thomas Tipple has gone from managing $3.8 billion a year to managing $300,000.

Rescue squads funded by insurance, donations

GUILDERLAND — Guilderland has two rescue squads providing emergency services, in addition to the emergency medical technicians and paramedics that the town hires and budgets for.

GUILDERLAND — A young man arrested in Crossgates Mall last week for shoplifting had a loaded, sawed-off shotgun in his book bag, according to the Guilderland Police.

seeking 2nd term on V’ville School Board

GUILDERLAND — The landscape of Guilderland politics is shifting.

Taxes to go up 2 percent, spending down to $21.3M

VOORHEESVILLE — The school board unanimously accepted a $21.3 million spending proposal for the next school year — a decrease of about 1.8 percent in spending from the current budget.

GUILDERLAND — Taking a cue from the Mill Hill project, a developer wants to have a residential area rezoned to multiple residence use to offer mixed-age condominiums with “affordable” prices for seniors.

Blanchette wants to start a support group for whooshers

Unanimous for $89M plan, would hike taxes 3.48%

GUILDERLAND — After two hours of proposals and counter-proposals on Tuesday night, the nine school board members adopted an $89 million spending plan for next year by unanimous vote.

GUILDERLAND — Several churches will leave the building on the weekend of April 30.

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