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James Melita was hired as town attorney in 2014. Now he has also been appointed temporary chairman of the ethics board — a situation ripe for potential conflicts of interest.

The Voorheesville Elementary School’s talent show will reveal a design for a new playground. The current one is now past its “lifespan,” organizers say, and is in disrepair

Part of West Lydius Street, from Carman Road to Church Road, is being renamed for Guilderland resident Army First Lieutenant Lanny G. Ladouceur, who was killed in Vietnam.

Two students at Farnsworth Middle School are headed for a week at science-and-wilderness Camp Colby in the Adirondacks this summer, after their essays won them scholarships from a local shooting group.

Will Gibney of Guilderland is the first child with a diagnosis of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, or PANS, to ever receive a service dog from Canine Companions for Independence.

A nearly 20-year-old policy allows college students in New York State to purchase textbooks tax-free. There is little advertising of the policy, but government and business officials assert that it is well-known.

An event co-sponsored by the Voorheesville Public Library and the First United Methodist Church will feature a local Muslim activist in the hopes of kickstarting a discussion about diversity that will be followed with other events on the subject.

A jeep drove into a medical office on Route 20 in Guilderland Monday; the driver told police she wasn’t sure if she stepped on the brake or the gas.

The town of Bethlehem and the village of Voorheesville have considered, if not already implemented, water-rate increases.

The ins and outs of BANs create a headache for Knox.

Cumberland Farms hopes to build a second convenience store and gas station in Guilderland.

A town that wants to guard its rural character seems to be of two minds about whether to create additional business districts within its borders.

A flood of donations have gone to a GoFundMe page to help pay for the medical bills of Robert Zautner, owner of Toll Gate Ice Cream in the Slingerlands. Zautner has been in the hospital for over a week.

Robert Johnson, an attorney and former zoning board chairman, was appointed as the New Scotland Town justice last Wednesday.

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