By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– Nikki Branchini and Kayla Best didn’t travel far to go to college, but their athletic abilities carried them farther than most.

BERNE — After years of work at Berne-Knox-Westerlo, Interim Superintendent Kim LaBelle will be leaving the district to become superintendent of Galway Central Schools.

Father arrested for DWI and endangering his daughter

GUILDERLAND — An Albany man was arrested on Sunday for driving while intoxicated, and then letting his 9-year-old daughter get behind the wheel of the car.

GUILDERLAND — A Stanford Heights firefighter responding to a porch fire last Thursday night was driving drunk, and hit a Guilderland Police officer with his car, police say.

Army Corps manager: “We are not running away”

GUILDERLAND — The Army Corps of Engineers is not planning on abandoning its clean-up efforts near the Northeastern Industrial Park any time soon.

GUILDERLAND — A customer of Citizens Bank was robbed at gunpoint late Tuesday night, police say.

Albany’s vote against bond may halt landfill expansion

ALBANY COUNTY — The Albany Common Council voted against a $1.35 million bond to fund the expansion of the Rapp Road landfill on Monday. It was the second time the council voted down the bond.

GUILDERLAND — The Industrial Development Agency and the town board have decided to approve an extension on the Guilderland YMCA’s $5.24 million bond.

GUILDERLAND — Supervisor Kenneth Runion shocked the town board on Tuesday night when he voted with the Republicans — rather than with his fellow Democrats — against a local law that he had originally proposed.