Saranac Hale Spencer

CLARKSVILLE — More than 30 people and six businesses and organizations have filed a petition to review the United States Postal Service’s determination to close the Clarksville branch.

NEW SCOTLAND — Residents with storm debris will have until Oct. 1 to bring it to the town’s transfer station for no cost.

VOORHEESVILLE — After reducing the class sections in the middle school from five to four while putting together this year’s budget last winter, the school district was flooded with new eighth-grade students.

NEW SCOTLAND — After a domestic dispute at his home, Robert G. Ferullo, 35, set his house on fire, according to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office.

How to get help

With more rain falling on saturated ground this week, Governor Andrew Cuomo has requested that New Yorkers affected by Tropical Storm Irene be able to apply for retroactive flood and crop insurance coverage from the federal government.

ALBANY COUNTY — United States District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn found against a group of residents who sued the county, claiming that its new voting districts deny them an equal opportunity to vote for representatives.

Sharon Stein

NEW SCOTLAND — A common note sounded through Sharon Stein’s life, often tracing the intricate turns composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.  She died on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011 at the age of 68.

CLARKSVILLE — Months after the Bethlehem School Board closed the hamlet’s elementary school, the United States Postal Service has closed Clarksville’s post office.

NEW SCOTLAND — Floodwaters washed out bridges and roads, damaged houses, and claimed one life as Tropical Storm Irene blew through New Scotland on Sunday.

Franchini comes home to Voorheesville

VOORHEESVILLE — When James Franchini was thinking about going to graduate school or law school, he saw an ad promoting the Teach For America program and started down an unplanned path.

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