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BKW budget passes in a landslide

BERNE — After years of eking out wins, and sometimes facing budget defeats, Berne-Knox-Westerlo saw its $22.6 million budget for next year pass by a landslide on Tuesday.

Three thumbs up in Guilderland

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

School and library budgets along with a bus proposition all passed by wide margins on Tuesday.

The Guilderland Food Pantry makes it official

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Food Pantry will hold a celebration Wednesday afternoon, with board and town officials and volunteers, of its recent incorporation as a not-for-profit organization.

Photos: People flock to Altamont for a deal

Hundreds came to the Village of Altamont looking for a good deal on May 7.

Photo: New addition opens at Indian Ladder Farms

On May 5, Indian Ladder Farms opened a new bar that serves local beer on 10 taps in New Scotland

V'ville organizes again as residents react to sale of Smitty's

by Jo E. Prout

Residents from Guilderland, Bethlehem, and Albany have joined Voorheesville villagers in mourning the anticipated loss of Smith’s Tavern in the heart of the village along the Vly Creek, and across from the elementary school. The iconic pizzeria may soon be sold to Stewart’s Shops.

“I’m trying to retire,” Smith’s Tavern co-owner Jon McClelland told The Enterprise. “I thought we had it sold to a group.”

The sale did not go through, he said.

Three vie for two seats on BKW board

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Three candidates vying for two school board seats had a cordial exchange on Tuesday as all three of them said their top priority for the rural district with declining enrollment is a sustainable spending plan.

Henner moves to block $500M distribution, calls for internet access for all

by Jo E. Prout

The Alliance for Environmental Renewal, led by its president, Peter Henner, filed a lawsuit on May 5 against Empire State Development to stop it from distributing any of the $500 million that was appropriated by the New York State Legislature to improve broadband access, to ensure that areas without access receive it before the funds are depleted.

State not liable for injury on Thacher cliff

by Jo E. Prout

Albany County Sheriff's Office Investigator Eric Burns was injured on April 5, 2012 when a rock hit his face as he was rappelling down the Helderberg Escarpment to reach and remove loose rocks.

Police say Cartwright’s 911 call led to his arrest

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

The 911 call in a recent domestic violence incident that led to a felony strangulation charge for a Guilderland resident was made by the accused himself, said Trooper Mark Cepiel, public information officer with the New York State Police.

Police learn to identify and respond differently to the mentally ill

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

A three-decades-old shooting by Albany Police led to the creation of the city's Mobile Crisis Team.

Ag bills to define farm size and commercial use

by Jo E. Prout

One law would permit a store similar to Westerlo’s The Original Applebees, now closed, and the other would change the minimum acreage requirements for farm uses from five to seven acres.

Albany school supporters speak out in the ’burbs: ‘End the soft bigotry of low expectation’

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

VOORHEESVILLE — “We are united for Albany Public Schools,” proclaimed the red T-shirts worn by many in the crowd of 80 facing the Voorheesville School Board on Monday night.