NEW SCOTLAND — After a bitter meeting among town officials last Tuesday, a new or updated comprehensive land-use plan for New Scotland seems far off.

NEW SCOTLAND — The town’s Democratic committee has endorsed Elizabeth Stewart, a business-development manager, for supervisor; she’ll run against incumbent Ed Clark this fall.

— Holly Grosch

NEW SCOTLAND — This fall, at the election booth, there will no longer be a column for tax collector.

— Holly Grosch

— By Maggie Gordon

GUILDERLAND — Tim Mulchy and Dotty Merza have each been in the real-estate business for 20 years. In that time, they have seen house prices rise, along with the fees charged by real estate agents.

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GUILDERLAND — Three friends from Guilderland High School’s class of 1997 say that they were glad to have each other as they served in the armed forces in Iraq.