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ALTAMONT — Citing a lack of support from the village of Altamont as well as time constraints, the citizens’ group Historic Altamont Inc. on Monday said that it would no longer seek a state grant that may have covered the entire cost of restoring the historic — and dilapidated — Dr.

The Attorney General’s Office will conduct an Election Day Hotline during Tuesday’s primary elections throughout New York. The hotline will be available to troubleshoot and resolve issues encountered by voters at their poll sites.

The New York State Thruway Authority Board of Directors approved the selection of the Design-Build team that will install cashless tolling on the Thruway by the end of 2020.

Dana Sherman, who is enrolled in the Independence Party, said he is campaigning to represent himself, rather than a party’s values.

The Democratic primary for county posts is often more important than the general election in November.

The figures of the two groups of young men who confronted one another were ghostly shadows in Crossgates Mall video footage, seen almost entirely from the waist down because of the angle of the camera.

Susan E. Leath, Bethlehem’s town historian since 2007, is featured in this week’s podcast. In those 12 years, she has informed residents of their town’s past — starting with the ancient Mohicans and Mohawks — which she feels is essential for its future.

Carlos Quinones

Rape charges were pending against Carlos Quinones, 17, when he was arrested by Guilderland Police in February for allegedly displaying a gun in the Crossgates Mall parking lot.

ALBANY COUNTY — Two Albany Family Court seats are open since Margaret Walsh was elected to State Supreme Court and Gerald Maney is retiring.

Seven candidates are running in the June 25 primary to secure the Democratic line.  Albany County Democrats may cast their ballots for two of the seven on Tuesday.

Andra Ackerman

Both Andra Ackerman and Holly Trexler are city judges who are running on their records of programs they put in place to help defendants.

The land bank wants to know how much it would cost to have the building demolished, to make the site more attractive to developers.

The grant requires that some of the work to convert the stage in the auditorium at the Westerlo Town Hall into a records room be done by a woman or minority-owned business.

CapitalCare Family Practice

A meeting on Monday, June 24, will be held at the Helderberg Ambulance building on Cole Hill Road in Berne to discuss what options the community has after the only doctor’s office in town closes.

The candidates were asked for their views on paid sick leave, stemming the opioid crisis, suburban poverty, and becoming a nanny county.

GUILDERLAND — As Republican Stephen R. Chesley, an attorney, gears up to challenge incumbent Guilderland town justice John W. Bailey, a Democrat, in the November elections, the two are vying for the Conservative party line in the June 25 primaries.

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