By Jordan J. Michael

BERNE –– The Berne-Knox-Westerlo softball team is trying to identify its strengths and weaknesses.

GUILDERLAND — Engineers and planning board members locked horns last week on the same issues the board objected to three years ago when a proposal was made for a 12-lot subdivision on Church Road.

Mother asks if playing fields are safe

GUILDERLAND — Christina Diamente is concerned about the safety of the playing fields at Guilderland High School.

She says of student athletes, “They are literally eating the dirt.”

Liberate tomorrow’s crop of home workers

Illustration by Forest Byrd

Zoning is a sign of a civilized society. It represents the willingness of the individual to make sacrifices, to be regulated, for the common good.

Property taxes steady as Altamont adopts hold-the-line $1 M budget

Slingerlands baby has life-saving heart surgery

SLINGERLANDS — Kira Engel is undergoing high-risk heart surgery today, and her aunt has organized a benefit in East Berne to help her family cover the costs.

ALTAMONT — The new Altamont Parts Store offers familiar faces in a familiar place — the former Altamont bowling alley.

Budget set at $87.4M, cuts 40 jobs instead of 80

By Jordan J. Michael

ALBANY –– The 10 Colonial Council track and field teams gathered at Albany Academy on Tuesday for a friendly start to the season.