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Lynnwood teacher on national game show

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

It’s harder in the studio than it is at home,” says Bryan Geary of his appearance on “Wheel of Fortune.”

Encore! Books, at the Voorheesville library, reopens in time for fall used-book sale

by Sean Mulkerrin

VOORHEESVILLE — Encore! Books, at the Voorheesville Public Library, is the brainchild Sherry Burgoon, but it’s her sister, Patty Miller, who has made it a success.

Berne planners stress landscape of proposed Dollar General

by H. Rose Schneider

Hearing concerns about light pollution, Berne’s planning board further discussed a proposed Dollar General store.

Beloncik pleads guilty to Guilderland burglary

GUILDERLAND — A Rotterdam man pleaded guilty on Friday to burglarizing a Guilderland home in April.

Brian E. Beloncik, 56, of 2577 Fourth Ave. in Rotterdam, pleaded guilty before Judge Roger D. McDonough in Albany County Supreme Court to second-degree burglary, a violent felony.

Toddler hands pot to trooper

by Sean Mulkerrin

Two Clarksville residents were arrested at a State Police occupant-safety checkpoint, after the 3-year-old girl who was riding in the back of the car handed a trooper a pouch containing marijuana and related paraphernalia.

Eliezer M. Wildman

Teen charged with sex abuse at library

An Albany 16-year-old was charged on Friday with first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, for a July incident at the Bethlehem Public Library.

Tractor-trailer hit bridge, cargo struck minivan

BETHLEHEM — A cargo container struck a minivan on Monday when it was dislodged from a tractor-trailer.

The woman driving the minivan was extricated by the Selkirk Fire Department and emerged with non-threatening injuries, according to a release from the Bethlehem Police.

Teen charged with sex abuse at library

An Albany 16-year-old was charged on Friday with first-degree sexual abuse, a felony, for a July incident at the Bethlehem Public Library.

With Phase III expansion, MidTel seeks out the Hilltowns

by H. Rose Schneider

The Schoharie County company MidTel is looking to expand further into the Hilltowns.

No unattended kids are allowed at Guilderland night games

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

GUILDERLAND — In advance of the Guilderland High School’s first home football game, scheduled for Sept.

Albany Med EmUrgent Care opens first Guilderland branch 

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair 

The facility is open every day, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., including holidays. 

Podcast: Todd Delmarter, how an injury can change everything

00:00 Hello, this is Melissa, Hale-Spencer, the editor, the Altamont Enterprise here this afternoon with Todd Delmarter who works for Living Resources as the operation manager of brain injury services. Welcome. Hello and thank you for having me.

Members of New Scotland Democratic Committee face primary challenges

by Sean Mulkerrin

The anti-incumbent mood that has been tossing out 10-term Congressmen, has come to New Scotland and its Democratic committee.

Tracking a headstone’s origins from Guilderland to Westerlo

by H. Rose Schneider

A headstone was found behind a beauty salon in Guilderland. It took half a dozen people to return it to the Westerlo cemetery where it had been missing for decades.

TVs at the YMCA no longer play CNN

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

Many YMCA members offered opinions about removing CNN from the lineup of TVs at the center. Some were happy to see it gone, and others dismayed, but they had one thing in common: Many declined to give their names, citing today’s contentious political climate.

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