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Photos: Pour it on

Visitors to the Hilltowns for the past two weekends have sopped up the season as the muddy month of March is also when the sap runs and syrup producers start their boilers.

Photos: Going to the dogs

With five labradoodles coming to Guilderland as service dogs that help students in a popular program in the district, a gala this month raised funds for their training.

Speech therapists protest proposed cut

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

While parents and speech therapists told the school board about the feared consequences of cutting a part-time post, the superintendent says student needs wil still be met.

Tonko looks for problems lurking beneath the surface

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

ALTAMONT — The congressman, in a black overcoat and shiny shoes, bent down to touch a pile of rusty and broken pipes outside the cement-block well house on Gun Club Road. The wind was chill and the gray sky held snow on the first day of spring as a bevy of local officials clustered about Paul Tonko.

Jeffrey Moller, Altamont’s superintendent of public works, wearing a jacket with his name on it and work boots, had gathered the pipes to illustrate for the congressman some of what was underground in the village.

Neighbors with water aid those without

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

For the owners of four different buildings along Maple Avenue near Main Street in Altamont, warmer weather can’t come soon enough. They have been without running water for about four weeks, ever since their pipes froze.  

Photos: The art of recycling

Students at St. Madeline Sophie made creations on March 23 using materials normally discarded in the trash, or on sidewalks and highways.

On the BKW stage, 'Footloose' is about freedom of expression

by Marcello Iaia

An often-large cast at Berne-Knox-Westerlo is performing the musical, about a Chicago teen who stirs up a small town with dancing, this weekend, starting at 7 p.m. on Friday.

Being a playmate is Chelsie Aryn's dream come true

by Anne Hayden Harwood

“The lighting was perfect, my attitude was great, and the photographer suggested we submit the photos to ‘Playboy,’” said the Hilltown native and Playboy's Miss March.

BKW students arrested after break-in at school

by Marcello Iaia

BERNE — Three students were arrested for allegedly breaking into Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s secondary school early Saturday morning, costing the district several thousand dollars in damage and stolen items, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.

McLaughlin pleads guilty to possession of handgun

GUILDERLAND — Thomas McLaughlin, 39, who was part of a drug bust a year ago, pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted criminal possession of a handgun in front of Judge Stephen Herrick in Albany County Court on Tuesday.

BKW super condemns bullying after article

by Marcello Iaia

Principal Mary Summermatter reportedly called the discouraged mother of a black student to find out more about the student's experiences with racial slurs and to suggest a schedule change.

40-year fan gets her day on "The Price is Right"

by Anne Hayden Harwood

Lisa Lorenz said, once inside the studio, the atmosphere was very different from the way it is portrayed on television.

Guyer competes for pageant title

by Anne Hayden Harwood

Rachel Guyer plans to visit local businesses in hopes of raising the sponsor fee; sponsors will be listed in the program book with Guyer’s photo.

Harrington charged with forcible touching

by Anne Hayden Harwood

The boy said he had begun screaming and kicking Nathan D. Harrington, who then left the men's bathroom, according to police. He described Harrington, who lives in Bennington, Vermont, and is currently employed at Tullio Hair Studio in the mall.

Library seeks two trustees and refreshes its lens

by Jo E. Prout

The Voorheesville Public Library has two openings on its board of trustees as it begins to redesign its programs and services.

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