ALBANY — Erick Westervelt, who just last fall was studying at the University at Albany and aspiring to be a police officer, was convicted Wednesday afternoon of second-degree murder.

KNOX—A Knox man has been charged with manslaughter and drunk driving after a crash resulted in the death of a Binghamton professor.
"He didn’t have a chance," Albany County Sheriff James Campbell told The Enterprise.

GUILDERLAND — Nearly all the residents of Leesome Lane — on a serene country road above Altamont — appeared at last Thursday’s zoning board meeting to oppose a neighbor’s request to have a dog kennel.

GUILDERLAND — The town’s zoning board heard plans last Wednesday for a popular coffee-shop chain and some opposition from a neighboring restaurant.

GUILDERLAND — After a young girl wandered away from her house and tried to cross busy Western Avenue, her father was arrested for not watching her. The girl was not hurt.

GUILDERLAND — Supervisor Kenneth Runion said he is finished playing games over the town’s animal shelter.

GUILDERLAND — To improve water quality and supply, the town is reviewing plans to loop dead-end water lines in a project that is estimated at a cost of $2 million to $4 million.

GUILDERLAND — The public has spoken.

About 100 people attended a library board meeting last Thursday where the trustees ultimately defeated a proposal, 7 to 1, to label sexually-explicit books for young-adult readers.