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A new program was launched this week in the Middleburgh Elementary School to not only bring farm-fresh foods to kids but to educate them in making wise choices about their eating habits.

I am I can, a not-for-profit organization created to mentor high school girls, is seeking additional board members.

ALTAMONT — Boy Scout Troop 264 of Altamont will conduct its Annual Food and Can Drive in November.

Bags will be delivered to homes in Altamont on Saturday, Nov. 1. The Scouts will return the following Saturday, Nov. 8, to pick-up donations

The Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute is planning for the seventh annual celebration of NANOvember. The month-long series of events will highlight nanoscale science-related educational, business, and workforce opportunities.

Children at Guilderland Elementary School raced in the annual Pumpkin Fun Run on Oct. 18.

These members of the New York Army National Guard have been promoted:

Tyler Center from Slingerlands, and serving with the 1156th Engineer Company is promoted to the rank of private;

St. John’s Lutheran Church at 140 Maple Ave. in Altamont will hold services. Sunday worship will be at 8:30 and 11 a.m.

Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m.

Pastor Gregory Zaja will give a sermon at the 11 a.m. service titled Luther: Forgiven and Driven based on 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8.   

Albany County has launched a free app to prevent suicide; HOPE (Help, Options, Prevention and Education) offers information and resources for people who are in crisis or who know someone in crisis.

Albany County has launched a free app to prevent suicide; HOPE (Help, Options, Prevention and Education) offers information and resources for people who are in crisis or who know someone in crisis.

Albany County has launched a free app to prevent suicide; HOPE (Help, Options, Prevention and Education) offers information and resources for people who are in crisis or who know someone in crisis.

VOORHEESVILLE — Eight slots are still available, through New York State Homes and Community Renewal, to assist first-time homebuyers with mortgage down payment and closing costs, according to the Albany County Rural Housing Alliance Inc.

GUILDERLAND — Alloya Corporate Federal Credit Union is the first tenant of the newly renovated Executive Park Tower at Stuyvesant Plaza, a commercial building with 170,000 square feet of office space on 12 acres with on-site parking for over 1,000 cars.

GUILDERLAND — Crossgates Mall and To Life! will hold a breast cancer fashion show on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on the lower level in front of Macy’s.

The Survivor’s Shine Fashion Show will feature 19 breast-cancer survivors walking down the runway in Macy’s and The Walking Company attire.

The public got a look at how to preempt risk, with simulated impairment goggles and talks with safety experts at the Traffic Safety Awareness event at Crossgates Mall in Guilderland last weekend.

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