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Juvenile charged with arson after exiting burning house, police say

BETHLEHEM — An unnamed juvenile has been charged with arson and criminal mischief — both felonies — after starting a fire on Monday at 45 Beacon Road in Glenmont, police say.

Kenneth’s Army keeps name for 8th annual motorcycle run to stem child abuse

by Noah Zweifel

Before riders took off, the not-for-profit Kenneth’s Army dedicated a memorial bench at the Berne Town Park to Kenneth White, a 5-year-old who was killed by domestic violence in 2014, and named the park’s access road “Kenneth’s Way” in his honor. 

Zoning board rules that directory sign at Town Center must match businesses

by Sean Mulkerrin

On June 1, Guilderland’s zoning board said Town Center plaza could no longer use its LED sign for three displays that were not previously approved by the board.

Photos: “Into the Woods” performed by Altamont Elementary

The musical combines various fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and will be performed by the Altamont Elementary School fifth-grade class to a live audience on June 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. and June 12 at 1 p.m. at the Guilderland High School auditorium.

Waiting five years for a drink

by Sean Mulkerrin

 Not long after New Scotch, LLC filed trademark applications for some of its whiskeys, the New Scotland company drew unwanted attention from the Scotch Whisky industry’s powerful and litigious trade organization. 

Hilltown Healthcare expected to relocate soon after October

by Noah Zweifel

Nurse Practitioner Jill Martin’s medical clinic currently operates out of a building on Helderberg Trail, right next to the Berne-Knox-Westerlo school district, which recently purchased the building. The clinic’s new office will also be on Helderberg Trail.

Week CXVI: New COVID cases in Albany County sharply decline

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Since late December, 81,720,820 tests have been distributed throughout New York, the governor’s office reported, adding that, of the over 100 million tests procured, nearly 20 million tests have been stockpiled to help prepare for any potential surges later this year.

Long railroad waits are already here

by Sean Mulkerrin

On May 11, the evening of a recent village of Voorheesville trustee workshop, starting at about 7:25 p.m., at the Main Street crossing, an Enterprise reporter waited for 18.5 minutes as a CSX train traveling at about 5 miles per hour pulled somewhere in the vicinity of between 140 and 160 railcars through the village.

Informing parents about their legal obligation to securely store firearms

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — On May 24, the day that an 18-year-old in Uvalde, Texas gunned down 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School, the Guilderland School Board started its evening meeting with a moment of silence to honor and mourn the dead.

Voorheesville student charged with felony for allegedly threatening to kill classmate

by Sean Mulkerrin

NEW SCOTLAND — An 11-year Voorheesville Middle School student has been charged with a felony for threatening to kill a classmate last Wednesday. 

The incident occured on May 25, a day after the school massacre in Texas.

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