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Pyramid proposes a complex of 222 apartments and townhouses on Rapp Road

Two months after opening a hotel in front of Crossgates Mall, the mall owners are proposing building a complex of 222 residential units just west of the mall, on Rapp Road.

Grant pleads guilty to burglary — again

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

ALBANY COUNTY — Dennis Grant, who had five previous burglary-related convictions, pleaded guilty to another one on Friday. He had tried to break out of jail in 2009 after an earlier burglary arrest.

Clark says library will support literacy — cultural, financial, and digital

by Sean Mulkerrin

Sarah Clark became the new director of the Voorheesville Public Library on Nov. 1., after the library’s longtime director, Gail Sacco, retired in October. Clark was chosen from a very well-qualified field of applicants, said David Gibson, the library board president.

Embezzlement cripples and scars. Lessons can be learned.

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

GUILDERLAND — Embezzlement can have far-reaching effects.

Recent cases in Guilderland illustrate this and can also serve as cautionary tales on how organizations might better protect themselves.

After 30 years of organizing chaos, Rosko retires from directing BKW’s food services

by H. Rose Schneider

When Deborah Rosko started as BKW’s food-services director 30 years ago, there were no computers and no email. She oversaw just one meal a day, not the many choices for breakfast, lunch, and snacks that she supervises now.

New Scotland may soon have its first large-scale solar farm

by Sean Mulkerrin

A Minnesota-based solar company has proposed installing a 7,000-panel solar farm in New Scotland.

Jury finds Green guilty of rape

ALBANY COUNTY — A man who used a “MeetMe” app to lure a 14-year-old girl to the Days Inn in Guilderland was found guilty on Wednesday afternoon of second-degree rape and three counts of criminal sexual act — all felonies.

DNA match leads to arrest

BETHLEHEM — A DNA hit has led police here to arrest a suspect in a two-year-old robbery.

Pair attacked Berne woman in her home, police say

by H. Rose Schneider

A 27-year-old Berne woman was hit, held down, and strangled by a Schoharie man and Tennessee woman at her home on Helderberg Trail on Friday, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.

Controversial Hammond Road property for sale

by H. Rose Schneider

The land that had caused conflict over the prospect of being sold to a former Albany County legislator is on the market again.

Gracie’s Kitchen to open on the site of old diner

by Sean Mulkerrin

Next week, a new restaurant, Gracie’s Kitchen, will open in the village of Voorheesville.

Mother-son embezzlers Randi and Dakota Smith sentenced to prison and ordered to pay over $1M in restitution

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

Randi Smith, former chief fiscal officer of the New York State Weatherization Directors Association, is headed to prison, as is her son, for stealing from the organization.