GUILDERLAND — Simon and Edna Litten aren’t living off the grid yet, but they’re getting closer.

The couple lives in a house on Main Street in Altamont and had solar panels installed on the south-facing roof of their barn four years ago. According to Mrs. Litten, they expect the system to have paid for itself by 2020.

GUILDERLAND — Just before 7 a.m. last Thursday morning, a woman drove her sport utility vehicle along Route 20 from the intersection with Schoolhouse Road to 1769 Western Ave. with a man on its hood.

Lisa Knowles, her high school's valedictorian, has high expectations not only for herself but for the special-needs students she oversees.

Electric cars are clean, quiet, but need to be re-charged every day.

To the Editor:

To the Editor:

The AIDSWalk in Albany’s Washington Park, sponsored by the AIDS Council of Northeastern New York, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 27, starting at 1 p.m.

I am looking for sponsors for the walk.

If you are unable to walk, will you please sponsor me?

To the Editor:

A hearty thank-you to everyone involved in preparing the take-out roast-turkey dinner at the Helderberg Lutheran Church in Berne.

To enjoy a complete, delicious roast-turkey dinner in the warmth and comfort of our own home on a wet, rainy evening last Saturday was great.