Bemis tweaks the traditional

Soon after Robert Bemis learned to quilt, he ate a fortune cookie.  It didn’t foretell his future, but it has stuck with him.

seeking 2^nd term on V’ville School Board

…The Altamont Enterprise rises to the task, winning 10 statewide awards,
placing fourth for single flags

Terry Anderson sounded the high note at this year’s New York Press Association Convention, held last weekend in Saratoga Springs.

Taxes to go up 2 percent, spending down to $21.3M

VOORHEESVILLE — The school board unanimously accepted a $21.3 million spending proposal for the next school year — a decrease of about 1.8 percent in spending from the current budget.

Embracing diversity in Voorheesville

NEW SCOTLAND — Like the other patrons of the Voorheesville Mobil station, Dianne Luci was charmed by the family who bought it a year ago.

VOORHEESVILLE — The 2007 teachers’ contract has been extended for a year with some changes to parental-leave guidelines, the salary schedule, and longevity payments.

Bill broached for new size cap

NEW SCOTLAND — Two years after the first bill that would have capped the size of shopping centers, and a year after the last size-cap bill was defeated, a new proposal is on the table.

Hello, Dolly! still going strong

VOORHEESVILLE — The cheerful veneer of Hello, Dolly! keeps the mood light through the musical’s sober undertones on the high school stage.

NEW SCOTLAND — Among the hulking plow trucks crowded into the highway garage, the town board met to discuss the options for expanding its space.