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Miss Siggy, a social service dog, has helped social worker Catherine Ricchetti in the Guilderland schools for over a decade; soon she'll be joined by five puppies

Glenn Hebert will work on-site in Altamont for five hours a week, costing the village $10,335 per year.

FEURA BUSH — Rodolfo Rios, 52, of Feura Bush, attempted to rob an Albany bank two months after being released for armed robbery of a different Albany bank.

The 24th annual New York in Bloom show adorned the New York State Museum  with colorful arrangements reflecting historic agriculture and firefighting.

The school board dealt with a potpourri of issues Tuesday, mulling tax breaks, appointing a task force to look at re-purposing excess space, and applauding the middle school for being redisgnated a School to Watch.

Marcia Pangburn's lawyer thinks she should have a jury in Berne, where she was arrested, but both town judges believe there may be an appearance of bias; a county judge will decide.

A set of shared services and consolidation plans have not realized the savings that were projected, leaving Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board members hoping for additional savings and revenue for next year's budget.

After the jail suicide of her son, Adam, Maryanne Rappaport says she will be guided by the counsel of her other children on whether to sue; the goal, she said, would be have the county jail make changes.

Advanced Car Wash on Voorheesville Avenue is closed after a fire broke out Friday and damaged equipment.

Marion Parmenter remembers the Voorheesville library from when she was a child; she worked there as a teenager in the 1950s; and now she enjoys sewing there with the Nimblefingers.

After a cab driver taking two young men to the mall had a semi-automatic handgun pulled on him, one of the suspects fled on foot, police say.

After seven heartbreaking years of enduring a fatal disease, the Rodinos have friends that are still raising funds and raising hopes.

"We are always looking for ways to save money and to go greener," said Timothy McIntyre, superintendent of water and wastewater in Guilderland.

NEW SCOTLAND — News that the LeVie barn was slated to come down for future development fanned the flames of a public interest in rescuing the historic building, said New Scotland Councilman Daniel Mackay, and last-minute buyers may still save the day.

In his state of the county address, Daniel McCoy said there were no tax increases last year while social services increased.

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