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Photos: In a dark season

Residents of Medusa and Voorheesville looked up at their Christmas trees together as their branches lit up for the season.

“Think of Christmas as a magical time, a time of rebirth, a time of rekindled friendships,” said Reverend Warren Beeman of the United Church of Christ in Medusa.

Cornucopia of sweets and sounds for Altamont

by Jo E. Prout

ALTAMONT — The Altamont Community Tradition organization will host its 12th annual Victorian Holiday Celebration in the village next weekend, offering house tours, shopping, wine tastings, and a visit from Santa.

Project Access nets 48 tickets

ALBANY COUNTY — On Black Friday, Guilderland Police issued five of the 48 tickets for parking in spaces meant for handicapped drivers.

The countywide initiative, dubbed “Project Access,” involved 13 police agencies.

Three more miles of rail trail open

by Tyler Murphy

Albany County has the task of continuing the Rail Trails project between South Pearl Street and Delaware Avenue, said to Mark King, director of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy.

From jeers to cheers as kids star in film

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Lynnwood Elementary students role-played in scenes about bullying and respect with Union College hockey players trying to beat the image of aggression in their sport.

Art Ogsbury home with softened heart

by Marcello Iaia

DELANSON — This year, Art Ogsbury’s daughters heard him give a blessing before the family’s Thanksgiving meal for the first time.

Dairy stalwarts tend Crawford family farm

by Marcello Iaia

Kenneth Crawford and his grandson, Corbin Repscher, work the hayfields surrounding their Long Road farm, where Crawford has spent most of his life doing what he loves.