By Zach Simeone

WESTERLO — A fire in town destroyed the home of a family and its tenant last week.

The blaze began at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 144 Slade Hill Road, under a trailer owned by the Ferguson family.

NEW SCOTLAND — Jake Moon cast about two generations ago, but his likeness now graces an old diner in Clarksville.

He was “sort of a Rip Van Winkle type,” Moon’s great-grandson said of him.

By Zach Simeone

BERNE — E. Stewart Jones, who has represented former Supreme Court Justice Thomas Spargo during the better part of his decade-long legal battle, is fighting a conflict-of-interest charge that could take him off the case.

NEW SCOTLAND — Official discussion started Tuesday on a controversial law that would cap the size of new retail buildings in town at 50,000 square feet and new shopping centers at 100,000 square feet.

By Jordan J. Michael

BERNE –– Andrea VanDyke became the fourth Berne-Knox-Westerlo varsity basketball player to score 1,000 career points on Friday. She couldn’t have asked for a more relaxed atmosphere.

By Jordan J. Michael

The contest isn’t over yet.

Local athletes are upset with the pay-to-play plan for the Empire State Games and are joining online petitioners in calling for the restoration of state funds.

To solve a problem, people have to know about it and understand it

Dear Marcy,

By Jordan J. Michael

The number of high school games across the state will be cut next year, although each section has yet to finalize details.

GUILDERLAND — Most of the Guilderland School Board members expressed disappointment Tuesday night at the scope of a study on the structure of administration in the district.

GUILDERLAND — Joe’s Service Station fell silent last week.