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Fifteen tips for lighting up the holidays

by Frank L. Palmeri

During the holidays, many homeowners drag out festive lights and decorations to create vivid landscapes bursting with color.

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Views vary on what the future holds

by John R. Williams

On Dec. 2, the first Tuesday of the month, the Old Men of the Mountain met at the Duanesburg Diner.

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County legislature votes, 34 to 4, to ban toys with toxins

Concerned about the cost of identifying outlawed chemicals, the county executive will set a public hearing before he decides if he will sign a bill banning sale of toxic toys in Albany County.

Current of communication must run both ways

In this era, municipalities shouldn’t consider dispensing information electronically as an add-on; rather it is essential. And citizens must do their part in letting their government know what information they need.

Empire Center finds most websites for public are failures

Those responsible for websites for Albany County, the town of Guilderland, and Guilderland schools found both fault and value in this fall's statewide survey by an Albany think tank.

Photos: Winter arrives early

Was it Thanksgiving or Christmas? Last Wednesday, just before families and friends gather to feast, up to a foot of snow fell on the region, causing many to change their travel plans — either leaving earlier for far-flung destinations or simply staying at home to enjoy the peace and beauty of a newly white world.

Rich are the lessons from a restored schoolhouse in Knox

History speaks to us in many ways — from the newly-painted clapboard of a one-room rural school and from the memories shared from the long-ago pupils, now aged but still shaped by their earliest learning.

Indian Ladder Farms raises its first glass of beer

The hoppy holidays are here.

Home repair grants available

VOORHEESVILLE, NEW YORK — A dozen or so low-income homeowners in Albany County may soon have repairs made to their single-family homes. The Albany County Rural Housing Alliance Inc. last week received approval for $300,000 in grant funds.

Study recommends look at joint facilities

A two-and-a-half-year study by municipal consulting firm Laberge Group outlined three pilot projects involving Albany County and the towns of Bethlehem, Colonie, and Knox.

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