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Porter and Perlee vie to replace Stevens in 31st District

by H. Rose Schneider

Jeff Perlee, a Republican, and Fran Porter, a Democrat, are neighbors who live in the sliver of Guilderland between Altamont and Knox on Route 156. They are both running to represent the 31st District in the Albany County Legislature, which covers rural western Guilderland; the northeast corner of Berne; and about two-thirds of Knox, on its eastern side.

No PILOT for Phillips Hardware but $315K in other tax breaks granted

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

Two of the six IDA members voted to grant real-estate relief to local businessman Jonathan Phillips to help with his construction project of building a new, bigger hardware store and adding a convenience store with gas pumps, at the corner of Routes 146 and 158.

Stewart’s plans a new shop with gas pumps and car wash for Route 155 on city line

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

In the future, the lot just behind the proposed Stewart’s may be occupied by a bank or some kind of office or shop, according to a Stewart’s representative.

VCSD prescription-drug plan caught in a nationwide trend of soaring prices

by Sean Mulkerrin

To keep costs down, the way the Voorheesville Central School District pays for prescription drugs will have to change or there could be bigger problems in the future.

Altamont residents sue to reverse Stewart’s rezone

by Sean Mulkerrin

ALTAMONT — A small group of Altamont residents is suing the village’s board of trustees as well as Stewart’s Shops, seeking to overturn a zoning change approved by the village board, in a split vote, las

Photo: The Ballet Barn's Fate

The Ballet Barn, for many years the home of a thriving dance-education program run by local doctor Jane DeRook, is now bounded on two sides by senior projects

The week in photos: April 27, 2019

Traveling the globe in a gymnasium, Blackbirds vs. Mohonasen​, and the pressures of development.

Snyder pleads not guilty to rape charges

ALBANY COUNTY — Michael Snyder, 59, of Medusa, who worked as a corrections officer at the county jail, was arraigned Friday morning on charges he had raped an inmate at the jail, and had sexual contact with another.

Photos: Salvaged farm equipment seen for new use

Farm equipment was found — rusted and unused — when excavating the site where a Dollar General store is to be built in East Berne. 

Coding and programming are the building blocks for Voorheesville Elementary students next-generation science standards

by Sean Mulkerrin

Voorheesville Elementary School students will be learning coding and programming skills, thanks to a grant secured by Alan Fiero, a long-time science teacher who became a teaching assistant in retirement.

Pyramid, with struggles in Syracuse, aims to build 222-unit complex in Guilderland

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

Pyramid officials learned recently that if their plans for an apartment complex at Rapp and Gipp roads is to go forward, they must meet and talk with residents of Gipp Road, Pine Lane — which is just east of Gipp — and Westmere Terrace.

Thacher Park receives $1.35M for infrastructure upgrades

by Sean Mulkerrin

John Boyd Thacher State Park is receiving $1.35 million from the state to help update the park’s aged infrastructure.

BKW approves $17M in bids for capital project, more than $1M over target

by H. Rose Schneider

At last week’s school board meeting, Superintendent Timothy Mundell said that bids were over the project budget’s target of $15.8 million.

Listen: Carol Caloro, memoirist, on abusive childhood and a father's love

“Love is not made of DNA,” Carol Caloro writes in her memoir, “My Father’s Daughter.” In this week’s podcast, she speaks with reverence of her kind and loving father and of the difficulties of living with an emotionally abusive mother. Caloro often served as a stand-in mother for her five younger siblings.

The week in Photos: April 20, 2019

Guilderland softball rallies, Democrats make their picks, and a devastating fire in Knox.

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