Altamont hearing
Subdividing modernized



ALTAMONT — With some minor changes after public input, the proposed subdivision regulations for Altamont are set to be adopted by the village board on July 3.

Old Songs to communicate
Stories through murder ballads, parking-lot picking



ALTAMONT — Stories of old are told with the mournful twang of Mark Schmitt’s fiddle.

GUILDERLAND — A group of high-school seniors looked back to a time that seemed distant as they stood in the bright sunshine Thursday afternoon in a place that was once very familiar — the courtyard of Pine Bush Elementary School.

Will be Saratoga assistant super
Principal Piccirillo leaves GHS



GUILDERLAND — After not quite 20 months as principal of Guilderland High School, Michael Piccirillo is moving on.

GUILDERLAND — After a hiatus in town politics, Republicans are looking to revitalize their party and end a nearly decade-long Democratic hold on the town board.

GUILDERLAND — The town’s police force has promoted four officers among its ranks.

GUILDERLAND — An intense blaze Tuesday morning completely destroyed a Carman Road home, but the four children inside and their babysitter made it out unscathed.

ALBANY COUNTY — A local law to support and protect farmland and foster good relations between farmers and non-farmers passed unanimously Monday night in the Albany County Legislature.

New commercial and residential swimming pools need to have alarms to detect an unsupervised child or pet, or an intruder breaking the water.

HILLTOWNS — The race is on.

Two Democrats will be battling to represent the Hilltowns in the Democrat-dominated county legislature.