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Podcast: Understanding the problem to find a solution with Febronia Mansour

Febronia Mansour, a senior at Guilderland High School, discusses her last three years of studies that range from the study of one's gait to examining the link of Alzheimer's disease and autism and using the species Caenorhabditis elegans, a type of roundworm, to study neuroscience.

Meat market: Falvo’s looking for new suitor

by Sean Mulkerrin

Falvo’s Meat Market has had just two owners in its history, Sam Falvo and Joseph Robilotto, who will be 78 years old this year. Robilotto is now looking for Falvo’s third owner.

BKW to hire resource officer through sheriff’s office for $65K

by H. Rose Schneider

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board approved having the county sheriff’s office install devices to communicate with police as well as hire a school resource officer from the sheriff’s office at $65,000 annually.

After questioning who should contact press, BKW board will review handbook

by H. Rose Schneider

The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board voted to have an attorney review the board of education handbook, which states that the board president must act as the voice of the board, after another board member contacted the press.

Huyck preserve to team with Vassar to stop spread of invasives

by H. Rose Schneider

A $32,000 grant will fund efforts to stop invasive species at the Huyck Preserve in Rensselaerville.

It’s finally nice outside, go for a walk

by Sean Mulkerrin

Mark King, of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy, was in Clarksville last week to discuss local land preserves and the effect climate change will have on them.

Monaghan, Canfora unopposed in re-election bids to VCSD board

by Sean Mulkerrin

VOORHEESVILLE — These questions were posed to the two candidates, Michael Canfora and Cindy Monaghan, both incumbents on the Voorheesville School Board, seeking re-election on May 15 in an uncontested election:

– Why did you run for the seat originally?

Altamont board approves study of emergency water connection to Guilderland

by Sean Mulkerrin

The Altamont Village Board of Trustees, with just four days’ notice, voted to wait until June to decide on whether to apply for a grant for a near-million-dollar water-connection project.

Rebuild of Weaver Road bridge may start in June

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

It’s been closed for nine years, but once the rebuild starts, the Weaver Road bridge should be completed in about three months, officials say.

BKW father says he was standing up to son’s longtime bully

by H. Rose Schneider

A father from the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District has said that accusations that he shook a child are false, and said that his own child has been subjected to bullying for five years.

Rensselaerville Library focuses on ‘what people ask of us’

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Although the town of Rensselaerville has just 1,800 residents, residents checked out over 15,000 items from its library last year.

Get your ‘Little Tikes’ toolbox ready: V’ville playground build is back on

by Sean Mulkerrin

A community build date has been set for the new playground at Voorheesville Elementary School after it received approval from the state education department.