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Roadways in Berne must be well-maintained

To the Editor:

In campaigning door-to-door throughout Berne and East Berne, I met many awesome people who share a concern of having well-maintained roads. Well-kept roads are more than just being able to get out of bed and driving to work each day.

Thacher Park Celebration is a must-see exhibit

To the Editor:

This holiday season, if you’re looking for something to do with friends and family for a few hours, take a ride to some present-time and 100-year-old artifacts and pictures.

Why skip the turkey?

To the Editor:

President Barack Obama will pardon two turkeys to promote the turkey industry. Every one of us can exercise that same pardon power by choosing a nonviolent Thanksgiving observance. It’s a most fitting way to give thanks for our own life, health, and happiness.

Girl Scouts made 350 ornaments and collected 289 items for food bank

To the Editor:

Our Senior Girl Scout Troop 1118, from Service Unit 192, hosted a Christmas ornament-making event for the Regional Food Bank’s Christmas tree. Altogether, 125 Girl Scouts from Guilderland participated and 350 ornaments were made.

Scouts collected over 1,600 food items

To the Editor:

Altamont Boy Scout Troop 264 would like to thank the Altamont community for generously supporting the annual food and can drive to stock the shelves of the Altamont Food Pantry and to support troop activities.

Are you Guilderlocal?

To the Editor:

Around town, you may be noticing the bright green signs in some local shops saying “We Are Guilderlocal!” This is not just another shop-local campaign.

This is us, as a business and community organization, trying to rally everyone to use your local vendors and help build us up as a community.

Fideo and "enchiladas"

by Jo E. Prout

Pictures of students’ gross school lunches, tagged with #thanksMichelleObama,  trended across social media this week as teenagers complained about new, healthier foods that replaced former favorites.

Well done, Lynnwood!

To the Editor:

I would like to extend my thanks and gratitude to the students and teachers at Lynnwood Elementary School for the excellent program they put together to honor us veterans.

Knox sinkholes studied to guide farmers

To the Editor:

No better way to celebrate the holiday season than to share the spirit of giving

To the Editor:

Could you imagine not being able to afford to buy holiday gifts for your own children?  As a mother of two, I know that I cannot even begin to understand what some parents are feeling this time of year. 

Township Tavern joins the Helderberg Quilt Barn Trail

To the Editor:

Paul Centi, the proprietor of Township Tavern in Knox, installed an 8-by-8-foot quilt square on the side of his building last week.  A photo of the tavern from the 1880s inspired the illustration painted in the center of the wooden square.

Donate gifts to foster children who have no home for the holidays

To the Editor:

The Teaching Assistant Unit of the Guilderland Teachers’ Association is sponsoring its Sixth Annual Holiday Toy Drive to benefit needy area children. The month-long drive will run through Dec. 12.

Help your library as you shop

To the Editor:

Holiday shopping time is upon us.

Join us at AARP

To the Editor:

The AARP Guilderland Chapter 980 holds monthly meetings at Christ the King Church at 20 Sumpter Ave. in Guilderland.

The meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of every month. Our next meeting will be Nov. 15.

Come at noon and check us out! You need not live in Guilderland.

Join the effort to help the less fortunate

To the Editor:

We are very busy working on our Thanksgiving and Christmas programs. We are still in need of donations for Thanksgiving dinner for our families.

Donations of food or monetary donations are always appreciated.

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