BERNE — Thomas Spargo, a state Supreme Court judge and Berne resident, should be removed from the bench, said the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct last week.

By Michelle O’Riley

VOORHEESVILLE — A fuel tank leak has led to soil contamination at the Mobile station on Route 85A.

NEW SCOTLAND — A country-club community is proposed for New Scotland — literally.

Many people dream of living on a golf course, and that could become a reality for 37 families who can afford $400,000 or more for a home.

‘Conservative"
4-percent hike on $20M budget

VOORHEESVILLE — The school board unanimously approved a $20 million budget proposal on Monday night, which is a 4-percent increase over this year’s $19 million plan.

BERNE — Many of the players for the Berne-Knox-Westerlo softball team this season are new to softball but have played other sports.

GUILDERLAND — They’ve come out in droves for the Guilderland boys’ track-and-field team.

VOORHEESVILLE — The -and-field teams will be smaller than they have been the past couple of years, but will be competitive as they move up from Class C in Section II to the larger Class B.

ALTAMONT — The village has reached a settlement in a lawsuit with Guilderland landowners who questioned the validity of contract they had signed to sell five acres to Altamont for a new well for the water system.

GUILDERLAND — Daniel J. Mahoney is an accidental author.

Since he was a boy, he loved drawing, he says. Drawings filled up his notebooks in school; many of them were of his dog and other favorite animals.