GOING OUT FOR TWISTS AND TURNS
A balancing act: Humor and drama come to the stage as Miller adapts book

By Zach Simeone

The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General conducted a study in 2005 comparing disability payments for veterans across the 50 states that reveals some interesting facts about war veterans in New York State.

Should more vets get Civil Service boost?

Two yeas and one maybe from incumbents

GUILDERLAND — Two of the three school board members whose terms come due this year said they will seek re-election. The third, school board President Richard Weisz, is undecided.

Student protesters dwindle, threaten to defeat budget unless demands are met

GUILDERLAND — Elijah Sharma, a Guilderland High School senior, will turn 18 in February.  The first election he’ll vote in will be in May for the school board and school budget.

NEW SCOTLAND — The newly-elected New Scotland Republican Party chairman said this week that there is a difference of opinion between Republicans and Democrats on how the town should be developed.

By Jordan J. Michael

BERNE –– The BKW cross-country team claimed the Western Athletic Conference title in both boys and girls divisions on Oct. 21 in Fort Plain.

By Zach Simeone

KNOX — The town board unanimously approved a tentative budget for 2009 at last week’s meeting. The budget calls for a tax-rate increase of roughly a nickel per $1,000 of assessed value.

By Zach Simeone

As Shell WindEnergy looks to build industrial-sized wind turbines in Albany County, on the crest of the Helderbergs, residents and officials have taken stances both in favor and against the idea of commercial wind farms.