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VOORHEESVILLE — The Dionysians, this weekend, are taking on a new challenge, in performing the Little Shop of Horrors.

NEW SCOTLAND –– On Saturday, a 23-year-old Delmar man called family members on his cell phone to tell them he was killing himself while crouching in the path of an oncoming freight train, reported Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple.

NEW SCOTLAND –– New Scotland defendants will be going to school this summer, as the town court prepares to rent space for proceedings at the recently abandoned Clarksville Elementary School.

VOORHEESVILLE — Students, parents, and teachers packed the school cafeteria on Monday to protest a wide variety of cuts proposed for next year.


GUILDERLAND — BOCES has cut back — that was the message delivered to the Guilderland School Board Tuesday night by Mark Jones, assistant superintendent for management services of the Capital Region Board of Cooperative Educational Services.


GUILDERLAND — A foundation of the superintendent’s budget — reshaping the school day to save money so as not to cut programs — faltered this week.

co-pilot Jeremy Arnott works to improve Hawkeye safety

Lieutenant Steven Zilberman, United States Navy, was killed when his plane went down near Pakistan on March 31 two years ago.

VOORHEESVILLE — Over $600,000 in cuts are proposed for Voorheesville schools next year.

A close-knit group of Voorheesville friends are mourning the death of Nathaniel Myers. He died on Saturday, March 24, at the tender age of 23.


VOORHEESVILLE In a quiet election year, Trustee Brett Hotaling won his uncontested seat on the village board Tuesday.

“I’ve got a lot of family and friends here. I’ve lived here my whole life. It seemed like a good fit,” he told The Enterprise.


ALTAMONT — Residents of Altamont Boulevard want their road repaved to reduce window-shattering vibrations from passing traffic, and the state plans to do so this spring.

NEW SCOTLAND – Town board members will decide Wednesday at a public hearing if they will remove planning board member Elizabeth Stewart from her position due to a lack of attendance at meetings. Stewart maintains she is being ousted because of her views favoring commercial development.


NEW SCOTLAND ––The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is beginning a yearlong review and public feedback process charting the future development and operation of the John Boyd Thacher and Thompson’s Lake state parks.


VOORHEESVILLE — Jacob Hooper, who ran a red light in Albany last October, killing David Concordia, was sentenced Tuesday to seven-and-a-half to 15 years in state prison.


NEW SCOTLAND – Town board members will decide Wednesday at a public hearing if they will remove planning board member Elizabeth Stewart from her position due to a lack of attendance at meetings. Stewart maintains she is being ousted because of her views favoring commercial development.

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