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GUILDERLAND — Several neighborhoods in town rallied this year to protect their quality of life.

BERNE — Three students were sent home from school with headaches on Dec. 22 after fumes from epoxy wafted into classrooms.

As part of the building project at Berne-Knox-Westerlo, the cafeteria is being improved and epoxy was used on the floor there, causing strong odors.

ALBANY COUNTY — While this summer’s tropical storms, Irene and Lee, ravaged much of the area, leaving death and destruction in their wake, by the close of the year, many residents were in the process of rebuilding.

NEW SCOTLAND — Jean M. Cesar, 41, a Haitian national who has the same first and last name as his deceased brother, was arrested last Thursday after a traffic stop on Route 443.

Library is read to expand

GUILDERLAND — Trustees of the Guilderland Public Library are unanimous in wanting to bring their $11.8 million expansion plan to public vote in 2012.

NEW SCOTLAND — Last week’s story about an unsolved home burglary on Route 156 in town was all too familiar for another New Scotland resident.

GUILDERLAND —The superintendent’s request that police dogs be allowed to search high-school lockers and storage areas for illegal substances divided the school board.

“I really disagree with this whole concept,” said board member Denise Eisele at last week’s meeting.

GUILDERLAND — Four former managers of a German company with ties to Guilderland were fined on Thursday for hiring illegal immigrants here.


GUILDERLAND — After 12 years’ working for the town, Rodger Stone, zoning enforcement and stormwater management officer, is retiring.

GUILDERLAND — Blind children on the other side of the world are reading Braille books put together by Michael Morawski.

VOORHEESVILLE — A teacher who bit a fifth-grade student in the midst of a classroom commotion is on paid leave pending the outcome of an investigation by the state’s commissioner of education.

GUILDERLAND — Joshua A. Mortimore was arrested at his home in Guilderland on Dec. 15 for felony assault charges, as well as several misdemeanors.

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