The holidays are a time of giving and sometimes that means more than shopping at the mall.

By Zach Simeone

By Jordan J. Michael

VOORHEESVILLE –– Head Coach Bob Baron took over a Ladybird basketball program last year that had seen better days. The team doubled its win total.

Bertrand and Johnson present GCSD physical education plan, lauded by board

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — Robert Drake, once superintendent of the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District, has returned as high school principal. At a special meeting on Oct. 19, the school board appointed Drake by a unanimous vote. He started work the next day.

RENSSELAERVILLE — Ann Marie Vogel doesn’t wait for the holidays — she gives all year round.

By Zach Simeone

RENSSELAERVILLE — Ann Marie Vogel doesn’t wait for the holidays — she gives all year round.

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Chamber of Commerce is moving to “the hub of Guilderland,” says a release from the organization.

Moving the chamber to a central location, with visibility from Western Avenue, was a top priority for Kathy Burbank when she became executive director in 2007, the release says.

Illustration by Forest Byrd

The city of Albany has an incentive to bring more garbage to the rapidly filling dump on Rapp Road. The incentive is money.  The financially strapped city takes in millions of dollars from landfill users.