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Duanesburg High gets grants for weights

The Duanesburg Central School District received a $7,500 Muscle Milk Recovery Grant to purchase high school fitness room equipment, including free weights, a universal weight system, ropes, and an elliptical machine.

Town offers cross-country camp

GUILDERLAND — The town of Guilderland is offering a Guilderland Youth Cross-Country Camp for kids entering third through eighth grades.

Carducci, the Birds new head coach, plans cross-country challenge

by Anne Hayden Harwood

For something a little different, Phil Carducci decided to organize the inaugural Voorheesville 5K Cross-Country Challenge, to be run on Sept. 5.

Golf tourney set for Oct. 3

The fifth annual Wyatt Spencer Memorial – Berne-Knox-Westerlo Class of 2014 Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Oct. 3, at the Colonie Country Club.

Comeback kid

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Meghan Gutknecht doesn’t give up. Last week, she was standing in the Brazilian sunshine with a bronze medal hanging from a ribbon around her neck.

Richard finishes Fox Creek 5K in less than 16 minutes

BERNE — Move over, American Pharaoh. Local runners are now racing for their own triple crown.

Citizens can help track turkeys

The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation is encouraging New Yorkers to participate in a survey for wild turkeys throughout the month of August.

Reviving an old sport made new in the Helderbergs

by Jo E. Prout

Trapshooting is for any age, according to Berne Conservation Club member Michael Vincent. Youth who can handle a shotgun are welcome, if accompanied by a guardian, he said.