ALBANY COUNTY — The joy of Christmas is universal, but the sermons to celebrate it are as varied as the preachers who give them.

A day after learning there will be no state funding for the Empire State Games in 2011, those involved in both the summer and winter Olympic-style competitions are scrambling to salvage what they can.

Osterhout’s book uses old photos to tell of a family who ran a Big Band hot spot

Paging through Willard Osterhout’s new book feels like leafing through a family album.

By Zach Simeone

Christopher Daughtery, 23, of Fulton, was arrested by the Schoharie County Sheriff’s Office on Oct. 15 for setting fire to a barn in the town of Wright.

He was charged with third-degree arson and second-degree criminal mischief.

By Zach Simeone

Greenville Laundromat is open 14 hours every day

GREENVILLE — A new Laundromat opened here about three months ago, filling the void left when the town’s long-time Laundromat closed a few years ago.

Two New Scotlanders vie for county judgeship

Dem incumbent McEneny challenged by Busch on Tax Payer and GOP lines

By Zach Simeone

ALBANY COUNTY — Voters here will decide on Nov. 2 between longtime Democratic Assemblyman John “Jack” McEneny and Knox native Deborah Busch, a relative newcomer to politics.

Incumbent Dem Breslin challenged by GOP’s Domenici and Reform’s Carey