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Suicide at Thacher Park

by Saranac Hale Spencer

NEW SCOTLAND — Park police found the body of 42-year-old Michael Tommaney II, of Latham, at the foot of the scenic overlook at Thacher Park on Tuesday, June 28.

Women at the helm

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Guilderland School Board elects new leaders — O’Connell and Towle-Hilt

GUILDERLAND — “We’re opening up boxes we may have closed for a long time,” said Colleen O’Connell this week of leaders in the Guilderland School District.

McKownville neighbors concerned

by Anne Hayden

UAlbany interested in Holt-Harris tract

GUILDERLAND — The University at Albany is interested in purchasing a historic piece of land that would encroach on the residential neighborhoods in McKownville if it were developed.

Rafael Nieves mourned

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Guilderland soldier killed in Afghanistan

GUILDERLAND — “Bright smile, big heart” — words used to describe Rafael A. Nieves Jr., the 22-year-old soldier who died in Afghanistan on July 10.

Pucci scores 88

by Jo E. Prout

Not in top three for required exam

No replacement

by Anne Hayden

Redlich leaves town and board post

GUILDERLAND — Tuesday, July 5, marked Republican Councilman Warren Redlich’s last town board meeting.

Countryfest spawns few arrests

by Jo E. Prout

ALTAMONT — A record Countryfest crowd at the Altamont fairgrounds behaved itself, according to local police who worked the annual event.

Great Spirit Dorothy Taber honored for her decades of work at Wiawaka

by Jo E. Prout

Voorheesville valedictorian

by Saranac Hale Spencer

Conway to lend a helping hand

VOORHEESVILLE — Michaela Conway credits Voorheesville with providing academic and athletic opportunities to herself and her classmates.

At BKW commencement

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Tom Galvin tells grads they are ‘truly good kids with unique talents’

At Voorheesville

by Saranac Hale Spencer

Graduates take the wheel

VOORHEESVILLE — With the 95 graduates poised to start steering their own lives, the sheer potential in the high school auditorium was palpable, lightening the auditorium’s thick summer air last Friday.

Valedictorian at BKW

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

An athlete and scholar, Forti hopes to join the Peace Corps

“We all knew Katie was going to be valedictorian,” said Marion White, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo salutatorian, of Kathryn Sierra Minnie Forti.

Voorheesville salutatorian

by Saranac Hale Spencer

Wagner sets out for Michigan

VOORHEESVILLE — Ellen Wagner is eager to explore.

Voorheesville’s salutatorian plans to pursue physics and film — she is interested in the complexity of each.

Salutatorian at BKW

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

A black belt and pianist, White plans future as psychologist

Marion Rose White, Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s salutatorian, credits her family for her success.

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