As the leaves fell and the temperatures dropped, action heated up on the gridiron and cross-country trails for local athletes.

KNOX — A local food bank is looking for volunteers to help at a farm that provides food for the hungry and the community.

Standing strong for the sake of democracy

Illustration by Forest Byrd

By Zach Simeone

ALTAMONT — Camp Wildwood will finally be getting village water, after a unanimous vote of approval last month by Altamont’s board of trustees.

GUILDERLAND — Best friends.

Those are the only words needed to describe Andrew Smith and Paul Booker.

GUILDERLAND — Citizens were clearly frustrated Tuesday night when the school board president told them they couldn’t speak in public about two teachers they wanted to defend.

It turns out board members were frustrated, too.

Crowd mobs school board in defense of McManus & Nelligan

Pastor says, “We’ve got to pray and weep and then get up and work.”

KNOX — A church isn’t just a building. 

This is the message Pastor Jay T. Francis has been sharing this week.

GUILDERLAND — Since January, the two-man minority on the split-party town board has been calling for a property-assessment discussion and part of it will be had on July 8.

By Zach Simeone

ALTAMONT — A Schenectady resident has been remanded to Albany County’s jail for burglary in the village.