Opinion

From the editor: Let’s follow the example of these food-stamp recipients

“If they don’t have hope, they have nothing left.”

Guilderland

$1M added to tab of $8.9M Normans Kill bridge

There are currently no concerns about the hillside along the Normanskill failing.

Sports

Photos: Eagles and Guilderville Dive Towards States

Last Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 6 through Nov. 8, Guilderland-Voorheesville and Bethlehem swim squads took to the pool at Shenendehowa to look to qualify for the state competition on Nov. 21 to 22 at Webster High School in Rochester.

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New Scotland

Voorheesville receives $250K insurance payout after cyber theft

Superintendent Frank Macri noted that Voorheesville had worked with various law enforcement agencies on the incident, and that he was told the school district’s experience happens “more often than you can imagine.”

Hilltowns

Approval for reroofing BKW schools gets 77% of the vote

BERNE — On Monday, Berne-Knox-Westerlo voters heartily approved a $5.142 million project to reroof both the elementary and secondary schools.

The capital project was approved with 77 percent of the vote: 295 to 87, according to figures released by the district.

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Letters to the Editor

Why didn’t the town alert us?

Kerry Dineen, Mayor; Nicholas Fahrenkopf, Michelle Ganance, John Scally, Sandra Serafino, Trustees, Village of Altamont

We hoped the comptroller would agree with us

Peter G. Barber, Town Supervisor; Christine Napierski, Deputy Supervisor; Amanda Beedle, Town Board member; Jacob Crawford, Town Board member; Gustavo Santos, Town Board member

Someone please explain why

William Goergen, Guilderland

Kudos to Willsey, relentless advocate for public safety

Ed Rosen, Delmar

Any reasonable person would question the honesty of our town board members

Jess Sardella, PMP, New Scotland

I will not cease working hard for the betterment of our town

Adam Greenberg, New Scotland Town Board

Columns

A Glimpse of Guilderland History

Mary Ellen Johnson

Penny postcards record places of the past

Old Men of the Mountain

R. Douglas Marshall

Appreciating cars, old and new, and the caps to wear while driving them

Back Roads Geology

Geology for the masses: Winifred Goldring made the mind-boggling past accessible to the curious

Field Notes

Dennis Sullivan

‘What we can’t understand we call nonsense’