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Maeweather pleads ‘not guilty’ to four felony charges in Crossgates shooting

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Maeweather is the 20-year-old Albany man accused of shutting down Crossgates Mall by firing a gun inside the mall on Nov. 12. He was indicted by a grand jury on four felony charges and pleaded “not guilty” to all charges on Monday before Judge Roger D. McDonough in Albany County Supreme Court.

Coalition rallies with Muslims against ‘KKK Presidency’

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Hundreds of people — young and old, black and white and Asian, gay and straight, Christian ministers, Jewish rabbis, Muslims, and a Quaker poet — gathered in Albany on Saturday to “stand up against all forms of hate"” as organizer Fazana Saleem-Ismail put it.

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Maeweather faces four felony charges for Crossgates shooting

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

ALBANY COUNTY — “He’s a sweet kid,” said Tasheem Maeweather’s lawyer.

Lead found in GHS water outlets too

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

GUILDERLAND — Results are now in for the lead testing of the Guilderland High School water outlets, and 171 of them have lead above the action level of 15 parts per billion.

Hilltown Resource Center steps up its giving for the holidays

HCRC finds resourceful ways to help make the holidays happier for the Hilltown elderly and low-income families.

Warning pantry patrons of concerns with lead in donated venison

by H. Rose Schneider

It is a busy time of year for the Venison Donation Coalition with both hunting season and the holidays underway.

Questions arise over VAAS’s former headquarters

by H. Rose Schneider

With Voorheesville Area Ambulance Service seeking to merge with Delmar-Bethlehem EMS or face dissolution, a question still remains on what will happen to its former headquarters.

From his own camera, half a century later

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

The online purchase of a set of photos of his old aircraft carrier brings a surprise for a Guilderland man.

A proud moment for a 181-year-old church

St. Paul’s Lutheran receives historic designation.

Two decades at GCSD: Changing views on school safety

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“There is clearly a copycat effect,” says a report on bomb threats by the Educator’s School Safety Network. Over the years at Guilderland, school leaders have had different responses to the threats.

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