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This past weekend, July 22, Altamont had some unique visitors at the Altamont fairgrounds in the form of dinosaurs for the Dinosaurs Come to Life event.

KNOX — A bright man, quiet and capable, Daniel A. Driscoll devoted his life to public service.

At some point, someone has to push the pause button, said Yomika Bennett of the Albany County Planning Board, outlining her reservations about developers’ plans to build 173 apartments along Loughlin Street.

Recent events in Dallas and Baton Rouge have police departments in the Capital District rethinking security.

A young Altamont trumpet player and recent Guilderland grad will play a solo on a big local stage before heading to college.

Local artist Karin Kuck has brought a “virtual gallery” to the Altamont Free Library.

VOORHEESVILLE — Scant comment has been heard on a trio of laws the village is considering. The public hearing will stay open through an Aug. 10 meeting.

At its most recent meeting, the planning board voted 3-to-1 to approve the Albany County Sheriff Department’s plan to construct a latticed metal, free standing communications tower.

HILLTOWNS — As a state Supreme Court judge on Monday considers a suit challenging approval in Rensselaerville of a 180-foot tower, Hilltown residents remain divided on the issue.

The reorganization meeting also tapped Lillian Sisson-Chrysler, a board member since 2015, to be the board’s new vice president.

Concerned neighbors and family members of residents gathered along with fire crews Sunday afternoon in front of a tidy brick home at 3825 Carman Road, between Morningside Road and Carman Plaza.

Local doctors say they have never heard of a practice being shut down as abruptly as Hedy Migden’s when St. Peter’s Health Partners fired her on July 5; one called it “patient abandonment.”

Altamont’s new trustee, Madeline La Mountain, wants to see a green village that attracts visitors.

A new solar farm to be built west of the Capital District will be dedicated to meeting the needs of electricity-users  in east central New York.

Filmmaker Alex Guilderland, originally from Uzbekistan, loves his adopted home of Guilderland so much that he incorporated its name into the pen name that he uses for all of his creative projects.

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