“I was looking forward to being back in a small town … ,” Debbie Scott said of starting as the new director of the Westerlo Public Library. “I was looking forward to serving a community and a public library.”
Joseph Heyman, Ph.D., a retired scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, told a young boy, “In your lifetime, son, amazing things are going to happen that you never even dreamt of.”
An investigation is still ongoing, police say, and forensic analysis of some items may lead to further charges against a 33-year-old Knox man who has been arrested for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.
GUILDERLAND — After a car chase followed by a chase on foot, New York State Troopers arrested three young men in the early-morning hours of Sunday, July 28.
A release from the state police says events unfolded this way:
New York State Police say telephone calls are being made in the Capital Region by people identifying themselves as state police and requesting personal information.
The number the individuals are calling from shows on caller ID as that of a state-police station, although the calls are not originating from the station.
In 1833, the village of Clarksville was created by decree of the Postmaster General of the United States of America. On Saturday, Aug. 3, residents are invited to celebrate the rural hamlet’s rich history.
Tim Albright, who has worked at Indian Ladder Farms for 40 years and is now a manager, used to know each of the large old-fashioned apple trees as individuals. The small, modern rows of trees — which are more efficiently maintained — lack personality, he says.
The Guilderland school district has just begun to work with a black consultant about how to increase its racial and cultural diversity and inclusion. Some African-American parents think it has a long way to go.
Ami Lahoff gave up a stable, full-time job so that she could strike out on her own. In just a couple of months, she went from selling her skincare and soap products online to having her own retail shop on South Main Street in Voorheesville.
Jeffrey Moller, Altamont’s Superintendent of Public Works, said the need to use chemicals to kill weeds along parts of Main Street and Maple Avenue was necessary because milder options had failed.
The Berne-Knox-Westerlo superintendent said that the Center for Education Policy Research typically studies urban schools, but will begin a five-year study of 50 schools in Ohio and New York. BKW is one of 25 districts in the state, with other nearby districts including Broadalbin-Perth and Sharon Springs, he said.
