Recent rains have made lawns green but made reservoir water brown. That coupled with a water main break in Albany, from where Guilderland purchases water, has led the town to issue a ban on lawn sprinklers.

The Knox assessor says each household in Knox would pay $38 annually to make up for lost tax revenues if the property were exempt.

KNOX — A bright man, quiet and capable, Daniel A. Driscoll devoted his life to public service.

VOORHEESVILLE — Scant comment has been heard on a trio of laws the village is considering. The public hearing will stay open through an Aug. 10 meeting.

Local doctors say they have never heard of a practice being shut down as abruptly as Hedy Migden’s when St. Peter’s Health Partners fired her on July 5; one called it “patient abandonment.”

Altamont’s new trustee, Madeline La Mountain, wants to see a green village that attracts visitors.

A two-year-old trespassing conviction was overturned by a Washington County judge on June 29 — providing welcome relief for Deborah Busch of Knox, and her boyfriend, Rory Russell.

GUILDERLAND — The school board here has new leaders, elected in split votes on July 5 at its annual reorganizational meeting.

The Bethlehem Class of 2016 memorialized the 49 people slain in Orlando with rainbow pinwheels in front of their school.

GUILDERLAND — More than two years after the Guilderland School District, faced with declining enrollment, sought ways to contend with empty classrooms, the school board Tuesday agreed to a contract with Victory Child Care.