Deferring to DEC

The watchdog group Save the Pine Bush, which celebrated its 32^nd anniversary on Sunday, has lost its case against the City of Albany over the fifth expansion of the Rapp Road landfill.

Plaster ornament crowning glory for restored Gothic mansion

ALTAMONT — Jessica Lynch, granddaughter of Benjamin M. Crupe, traveled from Manhattan last Tuesday to ask the village board to honor its 2001 commitment to include Crupe’s name on the entrance sign to Bozenkill Park.

GUILDERLAND CENTER  — After attending two town-sponsored meetings in the last year to discuss plans for the Guilderland Center hamlet, residents have decided to form a neighborhood association.

Plastic to pour into NEIP

School board holds public session to start super search

GUILDERLAND — The search is on.

Ads will be placed this week for a new superintendent for the Guilderland schools.

ALTAMONT — Maddie Jerominek has been standing outside of her home, even in this bitter cold weather, to scream.

“It has to be a blood-curdling scream,” she says, “so I go out in the snow and practice.”

GUILDERLAND — The amount of land preserved and maintained by the Pine Bush Commission has increased by 6 percent.

Grimm jumps in with proposal for appraisal

GUILDERLAND — The town is slated to go to court on March 1 to defend its assessment of the Metro 20 Diner. The diner’s owner is seeking a $1 million reduction, from $1.6 million to $664,500.

GUILDERLAND — A man died after he lost consciousness while driving on Western Avenue Saturday, and crossed over into oncoming traffic, striking another vehicle before hitting a tree.