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Hersh chosen to paint rail-trail mural

“My work is based on imagined worlds with part-human and part-plant figures,” says Andrea Hersh of the mural she will create on a now-blank building along the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail.

Pine Bush Preserve seeks help from neighbors to track weather

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission is looking for neighbors that live within half a mile of the preserve to help track changing weather patterns by measuring the depth of snow in their own backyards

The Guilderland Garden Club installs new officers

by Merril-Lee Lenegar

GUILDERLAND — At its September meeting, the Guilderland Garden Club installed officers for 2017 to 2019.  The installation was officiated by Elizabeth Walker, second assistant director for District III of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State.

Longform journalists from around the world invited to apply to Logan program

RENSSELAERVILLE —

Longtime Guilderland resident wins lifetime achievement award

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

GUILDERLAND — W. Brian Barr of Guilderland, a social worker, has spent a lifetime helping addicts and people with mental illness.

Connolly named administrator at The Grand

GUILDERLAND CENTER — The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Guilderland has appointed James Connolly as administrator.

A world of color and style: New retail store Mkas Lika opens

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

Mkas Lika brings sharp clothing and accessories from around the world to Guilderland’s Hamilton Square.

Photos: Discover the Hilltowns Tour

With the fall colors starting to show, the Helderberg Hilltown Association held it's annual Discover the Hilltowns Tour last weekend.

Photos: Fall colors at Apple & Wine festival

The Altamont Fairgrounds were the host for the annual Apple & Wine Festival that is hosted by the Abbruzzese family, owners of Altamont Orchards last weekend in Altamont.

Photos: We still remember, 16 years later

On September 11, a Monday, the McKownville Fire Department blasted their station siren, fire apparatus sirens and air horns to remember the 343 fallen FDNY firefighters and the terrior attacks.

Teens need vaccines

Millions of American teenagers are under-vaccinated, according to the New York State Academy of Family Physicians.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in New York in 2016:

— Only 61 percent of adolescent girls and half of adolescent boys completed the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine series;

Photos: Prescribed burn in the Pine Bush

Plumes of smoke come from the burned brush remains of the prescribed burn in the Pine Bush in Guilderland on Tuesday afternoon.

Photos: Rainy day but it's back to school

It was a rainy opening day of school for the Elementary students at Voorheesville on September 6th.

Photos: Crossgates Mall going green

On Tuesday September 5th, a ribbon cutting event was held at Crossgates Mall to officially open up a 20 port electric recharging station.

Salon owner hopes to network with other stylists to help clients  

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

On Sept. 18, Guilderland salon Hair Event & Wig Center on Western Avenue will offer free wig fittings, as well as complimentary wine and cheese, for area stylists and their clients, at an event called “Wigs & Wine.”

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