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Roadside snack bar to offer dogs and burgers to Thacher Park visitors

by H. Rose Schneider

The owners of a recently approved snack bar in Knox hope to make use of the influx of visitors at John Boyd Thacher State Park.

Local veteran-owned business ‘Crazy’ about beef jerky

by Sean Mulkerrin

Michael Merwin, a 22-year veteran of the Navy, recently had his beef-jerky company certified as a service-disabled veteran-owned business.

Guard promotes

These local members of the New York Army National Guard have been promoted:

— Tyler Center from Slingerlands, assigned to the Joint Force Headquarters, who received a promotion to the rank of Sergeant; and

Photos: Knox workshop

Discovery Workshops were presented at Town Hall by the Knox Youth Council and the Knox Town Board this past weekend.

Conservation district sells plants and fish

ALBANY COUNTY — The county’s Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting spring plant and fish sales.

GCSD holds Recycling Extravaganza

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Central School District will hold its bi-annual Recycling Extravaganza on Saturday, April 28, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Farnsworth Middle School at 6072 State Farm Rd.

Delmar Farmers’ Market bans plastic bags

The Delmar Farmers’ Market will prohibit the use of plastic bags by vendors for the May 5 kickoff of its 10th season.

Voorheesville to build playground

VOORHEESVILLE — Having raised close to a quarter-million dollars, the Voorheesville Playground committee is now looking to the community to raise a playground at Voorheesville Elementary School.

Dr. Park became a dentist to help others avoid cavities

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

Eun-ha Park has taken over a long-established dental practice on Carman Road in Guilderland.

Kind keeps kicking up more business

by Sean Mulkerrin

Kind Performing Arts keeps growing. The dance studio has moved to a space in Voorheesville that is double the size of its previous studio.

Photos: Westmere Elementary makes Physical Education fun

Westmere Elementary physical education classes took to the snow last week to introduce the students to new ways of getting exercise.

Photos: GHS raises money for the local food pantry

Guilderland High School hosted their 10th annual dodgeball tournament in efforts to raise money for the Altamont Food Pantry.

Photos: Altamont Elementary Carnival 2018

On Mar. 9, Altamont Elementary held their Celebrate America Festival raised funds for end-of-the-year celebrations.

Seebold says that Astral Journeys offers ‘anything good for the mind, body, and soul’  

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

GUILDERLAND — Astral Journeys Center, a new business at 1811 Western Ave. in Guilderland, is owned by Christine Seebold, who has been a medium, she says, since she was 2.

“I would predict things and they would come true,” she said.

Bethlehem chamber names winners

BETHLEHEM — The Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce has announced the Award Winners for the 33rd Annual Chamber Awards Dinner, which will be held on Thursday, April 26.

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