ALTAMONT — Home Front Café owner Cindy Pollard’s life-sized soldier statue is still missing from the lawn of her Main Street eatery. The fiberglass statue was stolen in late August.

RENSSELAERVILLE — Recent town board meetings have been dominated by debates over the use of town finances, specifically regarding the need for trucks in the highway department, and a copy machine at Town Hall.

ALTAMONT — Mayor James Gaughan said last week that the village board would continue to reinstate “home rule” as it navigates through the Civil Service system and restructures its police department.

By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– The players on the Lady Dutch soccer team have plenty of speed, but Head Coach Barb Newton is uncertain of their fitness level as the team edges closer and closer to the start of the 2010 season.

By Jordan J. Michael

VOORHEESVILLE –– Defending champions have nowhere to go but up, especially when the same players show up for another try at it.

By Jordan J. Michael

ALTAMONT –– The sun was in full force for the record number 363 participants of the 13^th Annual Altamont 5K on Saturday. It was a worry-free day for an event that usually gets hit by unfortunate weather.

Altamont Fair pageant looks for inner beauty, organizer says

ALTAMONT — The girls who win the Miss Altamont Fair pageant this year will join a “sisterhood” that moves with the times, according to pageant organizer Mary Fronk.

The Albany-Schenectady Match set for August 19