By Jordan J. Michael

As 2010 ends and 2011 starts to begin, only one area basketball team out of six has a winning record. The Lady Blackbirds are 4-2 in the Colonial Council and 4-3 overall as it takes a break for the holiday season.

GUILDERLAND — Over 70 homeowners will see a $58 increase in their next sewage system bill. The bill for the private system will increase a total of $175 over the next three years, to match the public sewer rate.

Police make second Leandra’s Law arrest after first offender pleads to misdemeanor

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Police Department has made its second arrest under Leandra’s Law, which took effect in December 2009.

GUILDERLAND — Contracts with three out of the town’s four unions have been settled without pay raises for employees.

ZBA to decide if gravel mine is legal

GUILDERLAND — Two neighbors are accusing each other of violating town ordinances.

Fred Wagner, owner of Helderberg Excavating and Trucking, Inc., says the town is trying to put him out of business.

Few symbols represent the holiday season better than the Christmas tree.

Town’s $31 million budget in place by default

GUILDERLAND — The supervisor’s preliminary $31 million budget, which allows no pay raises, will become the final budget for 2011, by default.

ALTAMONT — A pattern is forming for Jonathan Francis.

If the Capital District were a country, it would rank 139th in the world

By Peter Henner

Now that the Albany Club Championship has started, all three area chess championships — Saratoga, Schenectady, and Albany — are underway.

By Jordan J. Michael

SARATOGA STATE PARK –– Cross-country runners from Voorheesville, Guilderland, and Berne-Knox-Westerlo had to deal with cold, wet weather and a muddy course at the Section II Championships.