Searching for a father he never knew, Thomas Bushnell digs deep,
Finding a family history of mediaeval battles and revolutionary inventions



BERNE — Thomas Bushnell began his search for family history so he could know his father.

GUILDERLAND — The Albany Athletics of the Albany Twilight League had an outstanding baseball campaign this summer led by some Guilderland natives.

All of us will get old some day if we don’t die first. So it behooves us to pay attention to the provisions being made now for the elderly, even if we aren’t there yet.

No swimming at Thacher
Plans scrapped for new pool



NEW SCOTLAND — The half-century-old bathhouse for Thacher Park’s Olympic-sized pool was demolished last week with no immediate plans for replacement.

GUILDERLAND — The town assessor’s office has been caught in the crossfire of political battling.

VOORHEESVILLE — Elemental Landscapes, Inc., a Voorheesville business owned by Jerry Parmenter, won an award for Garden Structures and Pavements, costing between $10,000 and $25,000, from the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association.

Taxes up 1.2 percent
School board uses $375K of huge budget surplus to ease burden

Still learning
Aidala talks about issues after suit

Letsons paid $5K
GCSD settles harassment suit

New tech super
Living a vibrant life of change



GUILDERLAND — The first-ever tech supervisor for the Guilderland schools is a model for what she preaches.