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Photos: Helping others starts early and ends with pride

A longtime New Salem volunteer was honored while preschool children worked together to collect pajamas and books to be used for children who need them.

New library system catalogue goes live on March 31

Editor’s note: The directors of our local libraries got together to submit this single explanation of the new Upper Hudson Library System circulation and catalogue system, which they titled: “Change is coming! (and that’s a good thing).”

St. John’s

St. John’s Lutheran Church at 140 Maple Ave. in Altamont will hold the following services:

During Lent the St. John's congregation is focusing on a biblical parable at each service that connects to the overall penitential theme of the season.

Vic's Town Barber Shop offers cuts and coffee

by Jo E. Prout

A new barber shop in Stonewell Plaza provides hot-towel shaves, beard trims, and edge-ups to local patrons.

St. John’s

St. John’s Lutheran Church at 140 Maple Ave. in Altamont will hold the following services:

During Lent the St. John's congregation is focusing on a biblical parable at each service that connects to the overall penitential theme of the season.

Young at Heart

by Chris Allen

Young at Heart Seniors Ministry lunches are picking up momentum; we had 36 enjoying hot baked ham and macaroni and cheese. There were many different desserts and hardly anything for leftovers. Bingo is a great hit and there was lots of laughter when Mary Beth called out an “H” instead of an “I.”

Ways to prevent teen dating violence

According to the National Domestic Abuse Hotline, each year 1.5 million high school students experience physical abuse from a dating partner.  Only one-third of those victims seek help.

Knox Nursery School brings snowman making inside

by Cindy Quay

KNOX — A statement in the February 2012 Knox Nursery School article referred to our “snow-starved winter,” and how different outdoor play time was without snow!  Frigid, bone-chilling, freezing, arctic cold — words being used to describe February 2015.  As for the outdoor play, it is almost nonexistent due to the frigid (there’s that w

17 county execs back gov’s proposal to quell sexual violence on campus

Albany County’s Daniel McCoy is among 17 county executives from across New York backing Andrew Cuomo’s “Enough is Enough” campaign to prevent sexual violence on the campuses of colleges and universities, according to a release from the governor’s office.

DA announces web page and app to fight cruelty to animals

ALBANY COUNTY — The district attorney’s office has a new web page, hosted at www.albanycountyda.com, on animal cruelty.

'Everything is good' at Nirvana Indian Restaurant

by Jo E. Prout

Nirvana, a new Indian bar and banquet, plans to open this month at the site of the former Chariot restaurant.