By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– The Dutchmen varsity basketball team lost a close game to Saratoga in the early stages of the season. Guilderland returned the favor on Tuesday.

Illustration by Forest Byrd

New York’s plan for the Empire State Games — athletes will have to pay if they want to play — undermines the purpose of amateur athletic competition.

GCSD residents share their priorities at community forum

GUILDERLAND — Twenty-eight residents answered the school district’s call for guidance on what the community values.

ALTAMONT — High school seniors sat solemnly in front of coffins, each topped with a single rose, as they listened to Mark Gautheir.

Appointments made for new year

GUILDERLAND — A new year did not end old controversies on the Guilderland town board.

Michael Paolino, who left after less than a year as the Guilderland High School principal, now has an interim job as principal of Troy’s middle school.

In 2009, bigger town hall, better cell service

KNOX — In the coming year, Knox residents can look forward to a more accessible and expanded town hall and to better cell phone reception, according to the town supervisor.

By Jordan J. Michael

VOORHEESVILLE –– Blackbird bowling coach Jim Duncan can’t seem to find or hold onto as many bowlers as he’d like to.

Albert E. Raymond III puts on black robe

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — One of the town’s two judges has stepped down, but an eager replacement has jumped in to fill his shoes.

Illustration by Forest Byrd.

Photo: The Enterprise — Melissa Hale-Spencer