A head for figures, heart for Voorheesville

VOORHEESVILLE — Over the last four decades, Sarita Winchell has seen changes come to the Voorheesville Central School District and she’s been the driving force behind some of them.

New law may force out three planning board members

NEW SCOTLAND — Three planning board members have triggered a review since they were absent from meetings at least three times in 2010.

Kids from many cultures sign and sing on stage as one

GUILDERLAND — The audience kept on clapping last Thursday night as the second-graders took their bows from the Guilderland Elementary School stage.

GUILDERLAND — As William Lia transforms 20 Mall into Hamilton Square, the planning board here continued a site-plan review of the expansion, again, last week.

ALTAMONT — Altamont’s public safety commissioner, Todd Pucci, will take the Civil Service exam for police chiefs this Saturday.

Will new map of legislative districts become law?

NEW SCOTLAND — Centuries of history are woven into Karin Demis’s work, which she passes on to the next generation of weavers at Heldeberg Workshop.

It’s time to stop shredding the U.S. Postal Service

What surrounds a home contributes to its worth.

“Location, location, location is true,” said local Realtor Troy Miller of the popular expression.  Houses in areas with strong community fabric have an inherent value, he said.