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GUILDERLAND — Maintenance workers at the Woodlake Apartments said that on Wednesday morning they heard a loud explosion and then what sounded like a rush of liquid, similar to a waterfall.

VOORHEESVILLE — Three women died in front of St. Matthew’s Church yesterday morning when a sport utility vehicle crashed through the building’s portico.

BERNE — Sometimes the old ways are best.

“I’m going back in time,” said Rudy Stempel last week. “I resurrected my old saw mill.”

ALBANY COUNTY — Federal Judge Lawrence Kahn has heard testimony for a suit brought by three Albany minority women who claim that the county’s redistricting plan denies them an equal opportunity to vote for representatives.

Pucci slated for permanent appointment as commissioner

Harder arrested under Leandra’s Law

GUILDERLAND — A Guilderland man was arrested on Tuesday in Albany, after, police say, he drove drunk with two minors in the car, hit a curb, and then abandoned the damaged car with the children still in it.

GUILDERLAND — A 55-year-old Guilderland woman was arrested Tuesday for sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl.

RENSSELAERVILLE — A silent story can be the most stirring — pictures unfolded from newspaper pages have framed our idea of what war looks like over the last century.

GUILDERLAND — Hope is on the rise for the Karner blue butterfly, a native species of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve that has been on the federal endangered list for decades.

High-tech group home to be built in Westmere

GUILDERLAND — A home using smart technology to help people with disabilities live independently, one of the few such group homes in the country, is planned for Guilderland.

Lysenkos volunteer at Appalachian clinic

VOORHEESVILLE — Dr. Steven Lysenko handed a mirror to a woman who sat before him in a dental chair.

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