Reporter’s notebook
Locked in court



GUILDERLAND — Covering a murder trial is never easy. There are no happy endings — not for either the family of the accused or of the deceased.

GUILDERLAND — After nearly 11 hours of deliberation, a jury found Hashim Burnell guilty of shooting Todd Pianowski to death while robbing him in his Guilderland apartment and then robbing his girlfriend at gunpoint.

ALBANY COUNTY — Together, two candidates from opposing tickets in Tuesday’s primary will be representing the 104th District in New York State’s Democratic committee.

SOUTH BERNE — Joel L. "Jody" Rapp "loved everything," his mother, Rachael Rapp, said.
Mr. Rapp died on Saturday as a result of injuries he received during an accidEnt on Friday evening. He was 34.

BERNE — Paul Zuk — a farmer, a mechanic, a woodworker — was a man of many talents, all cultivated through hard work and shared with generosity.

Volunteers help flood victim
Citizens change the course of stream and Whiteford’s life

BERNE — A Berne man died Saturday after his truck went off Cole Hill Road Friday night and burst into flames.

NEW SALEM – This New Scotland hamlet with water supplied by the neighboring town of Bethlehem may one day have a water district of its own.

VOORHEESVILLE — The Voorheesville football team came into the season confident in its defense. It looks like the Blackbirds can be confident in their offense as well.