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The paid staff of E5 will supplement ambulance volunteers in Voorheesville as needed, particularly during daytime hours, when fewer volunteers are available.

The 15-year-old from Voorheesville is one of approximately 275 entrants to the “Oh, Say Can You Sing the National Anthem at the Great New York State Fair?” online competition.

During a hearing last Tuesday, he received a hardship exemption for 40 days to drive to work as a construction worker in Troy.

The American Legion Riders from the Helderberg Post 977 in Altamont donated $15,000 to the Soldier On program to help veterans doing time in jail.

NEW SCOTLAND —Two months after Watervliet’s school superintendent called the Watervliet Police with concerns about the officer stationed at the high school, he was charged with criminal sexual acts against female students.

Two Democrats representing New Scotland in the Albany County Legislature are proposing a law to protect municipal water sources in the event of damage from pipeline blasting.

Three months before November's election the New Scotland Town Board named Adam Greenberg to fill a vacancy; Greenberg will run to keep the seat.

In a quiet revolution, supporters of Bernie Sanders for President gathered Wednesday evening in over 3,000 places across the country — including Rensselaerville.

While the officers were speaking to Franz, a quantity of cocaine, packaged for distribution, was observed in plain view by the driver’s side seat.

Joseph Stein has become a watchdog for Frenches Hollow where he lives, and this week took pictures of three young men on two different days painting graffiti on the foundation of the bridge over the Normanskill.

Summer Smith, then a 17-year-old Guilderland High School senior, was friends with a classmate who died in a bad car crash. She raised money for a bronze angel statue to stand in Altamont’s village green. “The angel represents people who have lost people,” Summer told us then.

Berne's supervisor says he doesn't know if bridge repairs that have closed part of Route 443 for the summer have affected business but the owner of Fox Creek Market says sales have fallen by 75 percent and survival is "iffy."

BERNE — A Berne man was arrested on July 16, following a three-month investigation, for breaking into houses and stealing.

Three men were arrested in two separate incidents of painting graffiti on the pedestrian bridge at Frenches Hollow. Luke Mosca and Patrick Gaitor were arrested on Thursday, July 16, and Joshua T. Boyark was arrested on Sunday, July 19.

The state law, adopted in 2009, is named for Leandra Rosado, who was killed that year at age 11 in New York City when her friend’s mother, who was allegedly drunk, flipped the car, killing Rosado and injuring six other children.

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