Elected trio changes face of planning

NEW SCOTLAND — Changes in appointed leadership positions were significant, but not surprising on the first day of the year.

GUILDERLAND — The school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to appoint Charles Dedrick, the district superintendent for the Capital Region BOCES, as a search consultant for finding a new leader for the Guilderland schools.

BERNE ¾ As his first order of business, George Gebe, Berne’s new supervisor, wished a happy New Year to those who watched him take the oath of office at the town board’s 2010 re-organizational meeting on Jan. 1.

Town board splits along party lines on just two appointments

GUILDERLAND — Following the November elections, which returned the Democratic incumbents to office, no new appointments were made for the new year.

The golden door will stay open if we hold to our expectations

Illustration by Forest Byrd

Dems maintain control despite GOP challenge,
motocross divides town, manure affects water, seniors ride bus

Divisive election centers on commercial zoning, ends in landslide for size cap

DELMAR –– A hockey game with a lopsided score can be just as entertaining as one with a close score. Guilderland and Bethlehem provided evidence of that on Saturday night.

Mayor Gaughan is re-elected and presides over police,
fire-truck purchase, sewer repair, budget, and tree planting

A contentious year leaves Dems in control as town plans projects for stormwater,
forms zoning review committee, and pulls out of the Rapp Road landfill