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Bichteman holds seat, but council flips red in Westerlo

by Noah Zweifel

Election results show Democrat Bill Bichteman as supervisor, with Republicans Aimee Burnside and Matt Kryzak on the town board. 

Bonnie Conklin

Berne board goes Republican

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Come Jan. 1, Joel Willsey will be the sole Democrat on the Berne Town Board, long a Democratic stronghold, as GOP-backed candidates again swept to victory.

With Canfora’s resignation, a possible win for transparency on VCSD School Board

by Sean Mulkerrin

Voorheesville School Board member Michael Canfora resigned at the end of October; there’s now a push to make the replacement process a public one.

Lefkaditis slate again sweeps clean in Knox

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Bonnie Donati, a Republican making her fourth run for town justice, was victorious. “I’ve had a judge’s robe in my basement for 22 years,” she told The Enterprise on Election Night. “I get to wear it now.”

Bohl rides activist groundswell onto Guilderland town board 

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair 

Laurel Bohl, an attorney, unseated incumbent Lee Carman, who had been the lone Republican on the board. 

Dustin Reidy beats Peter Golden 

In District 30, which covers Westmere, Democrat Dustin Reidy handily beat Peter Golden, an unaffiliated voter who ran on the Republican and Conservative lines.

William Hennessy

Two decades of dominance: Dems take New Scotland Town Board seats

by Sean Mulkerrin

NEW SCOTLAND — The victory was tighter than in years’ past, but Democrats William Hennessy and Bridgit Burke maintained the party’s decades-long unbeaten streak in town-board elections on Tuesday. 

Chesley challenges Bailey for town justice

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

GUILDERLAND — Long-time Guilderland justice, John W. Bailey, running on the  Democratic, Conservative, Independence, and Working Families party lines, is being challenged by Stephen R. Chesley, running on the Republican and Green party lines.

Each was asked these questions:

Two Dems and one Republican vie for two seats on town board

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

GUILDERLAND — Guilderland’s Democratic supervisor, Peter Barber, is unchallenged in this year’s election.

Republican incumbent Lee Carman is the only Republican running for the board. Democratic Councilwoman Rosemary Centi, like Carman, is running to keep her seat. 

The Nines will serve food at the Guilderland golf-course clubhouse

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair 

The menu will be an affordable fusion of American and Italian fare that uses as much locally-sourced food as possible, according to Dinovo-Schroeder. 

Zach Appio

Listen: Zach Appio, telling stories with Odd Concept Media

Zach Appio is a storyteller. When he and his brother, Frank, were both seniors at RPI five years ago, they produced a prize-winning psychological thriller, “The Baby Monitor.” Now, Zach has found new ways to tell stories — through comics and music.

‘Restrictive’ Knox land covenants taken to trial in twin suits

KNOX — On July 3, 2018, two lawsuits were filed against the town of Knox, each regarding a covenant on the plaintiffs’ properties. They were filed with the Albany County Clerk’s office on Oct. 18, 2019.

‘We’re at a fork in the road,’ says public health leader of climate change

by Noah Zweifel

RENSSELAERVILLE — “It’s happening to us here and now,” the deputy director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Science Center warned the crowd that gathered Saturday to celebrate 80 years of research at the Huyck Preserve Field Station.

Voorheesville evangelical church legally shuttered

by Sean Mulkerrin

The Mountainview Evangelical Free Church in Voorheesville began as a Bible-study group 40 years ago. Thirty years ago, the study group got its own church, and, in September, amid dwindling membership, the church shut down. 

Viola-Straight leaves Guilderland chamber to help veterans 

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair 

Outgoing chamber president Michelle Viola-Straight is proud of the connections she has made among local businesses, the military, and community members. 

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