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Turning up the cold in Guilderland 

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair 

GUILDERLAND — Courtney Miedema, co-owner of Cryo Lodge, a new business in Guilderland, said this week that she became convinced of the therapy’s benefits through her own experience as a serious runner.

Photo: School Road Bridge Repair

School Road between Route 146 and Guilderland High School is closed as Albany County workers repair a bridge. Deteriorated concrete deck and prestressed concrete beams are being replaced with new steel beams and a new concrete deck, according to Mary Rozak, spokeswoman for the county executive.

Dueling signs: For sale, not for sale 

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair 

Town board candidate Laurel Bohl told The Enterprise she has a right to not have anyone place “for sale” signs on her property. 

Rezone redux: Stewart’s reapplies to village board as lawsuit hovers

by Sean Mulkerrin

Less than a year after the Altamont Board of Trustees approved the rezoning of 107-109 Helderberg Ave. so that Stewart’s could expand its Altamont Boulevard shop, the village board will again take up the rezone request. 

New BKW president votes to appoint wife to teaching post

by H. Rose Schneider

In the same meeting where Nathan Elble was elected Berne-Knox-Westerlo school board president, he voted to appoint his wife to a teaching position, a decision school staff backed, saying that she is the best of 100 candidates for the job.

Elble, Lovell lead BKW board

by H. Rose Schneider

The new school board president says communication is key.

Berne Supervisor Sean Lyons

Berne town board votes to censure supervisor

by H. Rose Schneider

Last month, the town board held lengthy closed-door discussions over amendments to the town highway workers’ union contract that were approved by the supervisor without town board knowledge. This month, three of the town board members, all Democrats, voted to censure the supervisor for approving the amendments without their knowledge as well decisions he had made without board approval.

e-Connect quickly links arrested teens at risk for suicide with the services they need

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

“It’s a no-brainer to me,” said Dr. Gail Wasserman. “You want to identify risk systematically … That’s not the end game. The point is to get the needed services.”

Rensselaerville will no longer have 3 elected assessors

by H. Rose Schneider

The three elected assessors — who were all in favor of the change — will leave their posts at the end of the year, after which a single appointed person will serve as town assessor.

Listen: Nancy Lawton — Keeping alive the memory of Douglas Lawton

Nancy Lawton has kept the memory of her husband, Douglas, alive with an annual golf outing that celebrates him and raises funds for worthy causes. Douglas Lawton, who was raised in Guilderland Center, followed in his father’s footsteps, serving in the volunteer fire department there.

Neighbor of Rustic Barn wants to buy abandoned property

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair 

By offering environmentally problematic properties through a sealed-bid auction, Albany County hopes to avoid charges that it is unfairly picking people to convey properties to. 

With absentee ballots in, Ackerman gets Democratic line

by H. Rose Schneider

More than 1,500 absentee ballots were counted on July 2 to determine the winners of the Democratic primary for Albany County Court Judge.

Mickey Cleary

District 32: Cleary ousts Miller by 2 votes

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Incumbent Paul Miller hasn’t decided if he’ll run on the Working Families Party line in November to keep his seat in the county legislature, representing District 32.

Suit alleges ‘Father Gerry’ sexually abused boys in his care

by H. Rose Schneider

Until this year, the two alleged victims of Gerald Miller had been unable to take legal action against the former priest who gave sermons in Altamont and the Hilltowns. The passage of the Child Victims Act has allowed them to move forward with this, said their attorney.

Leadership change for Voorheesville School Board

by Sean Mulkerrin

After its board president was ousted in the May elections, the Voorheesville Board of Education elevated its vice president to president and elected a new VP.

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