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Photos: Highway Workers Honor One of Their Own

On May 23 at the Town of Guilderland Highway Garage in Guilderland, a memorial service was held for Sean McCutcheon, who died on the job last year.

Will an old hardware store be transformed into a modern complex with a sports dome?

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

GUILDERLAND — The Phillips family would like to reinvent the corner of routes 146 and 158, building a huge complex that would include a 50,400-square-foot indoor sports facility, a gas station with a drive-through restaurant, apartments, corporate offices, and an expanded hardware store.  

Hellos and goodbyes for Guilderland

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Sobs and smiles emanated from the back of the meeting hall.

Woman crashes car, flees to woods, falls from cliff

by Jo E. Prout

The 38-year-old, Erika Barkman, from Voorheesville, fell 50 to 60 feet, police said.

Bethlehem Grange

Grange helps others, seeks funds and new members

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The National Grange succeeded in lobbying for free rural mail delivery and the Farm Credit System. Now, the Bethlehem Grange's focus is on community service.

 

Hitmans Towing, Kristen Reynders

Taking it from the top, down the hill

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

Hitmans Towing had been selling off equipment, thinking that a run-in with Knox zoning was going to end the towing business, when it was offered a chance to move to Altamont.

Kinder Morgan withdraws

by Jo E. Prout

ALBANY COUNTY — After two years of protests, public meetings, and the institution of water-protection laws in two counties, the natural gas pipeline expansion project has been officially withdrawn.

Readying to retire, Pigliavento’s now has just potted plants

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

GUILDERLAND — On the same land where he grew up and his father owned a vegetable farm, Bob Pigliavento, together with his wife, Linda, has run a greenhouse business, offering bedding plants and potted flowers to the public for almost 35 years.

Board approves $77K for Town Hall, community center

by Jo E. Prout

At the Wyman Osterhout Community Center in New Salem, used for events and as a polling place, the front entrance has dangerous steps that have been cordoned off.

Bella Fleur, Remedies, Altamont, wine

Flowers, spirits, and fresh meats: Three new retail shops open in Altamont

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

ALTAMONT — Businesses evolve with the times as favorite gathering places in the village have new life.

Dangling from a trestle, protesters provoke police

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

The protest on May 14 against oil trains looked very different from the point of view of the women who rappelled from a train trestle and the first responders charged with getting them down. 

Church thrift store honors memory of selfless woman

by Gretchen Rachel Hammond and Melissa Hale-Spencer

On April 10, the room was crammed from wall-to-wall with clothing of all kinds — even high-end brand names. Karie Jean’s Closet was open for business

Public invited to comment on the next step for Conkling Hall

by Gretchen Rachel Hammond and Melissa Hale-Spencer

RENSSELAERVILLE — The future of Conkling Hall, a community gathering place for well over a century, hangs in the balance.

Super’s ‘rages’ lead other board members to meet behind closed doors

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“We need to be able to communicate openly and have dialogue, not angry rages, to exchange ideas," says Knox's deputy supervisor.

Straut keeps, McDonnell wins Voorheesville school board seat

by Jo E. Prout

Library Trustee Bryan Richmond won another five-year term on the Voorheesville Public Library Board of Trustees with 429 votes, defeating Alan Kowlowitz, who garnered 298.

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