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Photos: Talents thawed

“We raised over $1,800 for local families in need!” reported Thomas Reardon, principal of Voorheesville Elementary School of the funds raised during the school's annual talent show. Reardon enthusiastically served as master of ceremonies at the event, wearing a tuxedo for the occasion.

Photo: Act of kindness

Alexander Pepicelli, a freshman at Berne-Knox-Westerlo, is a finalist in the Words: Acts of Kindness campaign because he volunteers to help his classmate, Alyssa Gaige, at school.

Comptroller assesses schools for fiscal stress

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

"At the end of the day, we've done the right thing for students," said Guilderland's business administrator as the district has used its fund balance to preserve programs, causing the comptroller to deem it "susceptible" to stress.

Calling suit moot, Knox denies ambiguity

by Marcello Iaia

The town responded to a petition filed in Albany County Supreme Court last month by the owner of Hitmans Towing on Route 146 to appeal the conduct of the town's attorney in a zoning case.

Humble hero turns 93

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Being part of some of history's most storied battles and earning a Bronze Star hasn't diminished Kenneth Bailey's small-town qualities.

Photos: By the book

Altamont Elementary School's fifth-graders read candidates for this year’s Caldecott and Newbery medals. Students spent the snow day on an email thread with their teacher offering their thoughts. 

Duo strikes laundries, foiled by clothing

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

ALTAMONT — Two men that police say have problems with heroin are suspected in an attempted burglary of the village’s self-service laundry.

One suspect has been charged and is out on bail, and another has been identified but not yet apprehended, according to Altamont police.

Photo: From the start and proud of it

Town board approves Wolanin's 210-unit apartment complex

by Anne Hayden Harwood

With 70 percent green space, Vincent Wolanin has declared the development will be totally tobacco free.

CDTA proposes transit center at Crossgates

by Anne Hayden Harwood

The new system would benefit commuters who need to go directly from one point to another quickly because they could bypass all the stops made on the typical local route.

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