Deputy Mayor Hotaling mourned

VOORHEESVILLE — Always a leavening presence, William Hotaling was part of the village’s bedrock.  He died on Monday, May 2, 2011 at St. Peter’s Hospital surrounded by his family.  He was 69.

career success in New York City to embrace life as a country gardener

Old house comes with subterranean woes

GUILDERLAND — Rev. Jim Fitzmaurice was shocked when he walked around the back of Christ the King Church on Monday morning and saw graffiti spray painted on the church’s brick wall.

NEW SCOTLAND — The ethics law that the town board unanimously adopted nearly a year ago and went into effect in January has been amended by a narrow margin.

NEW SCOTLAND — Town board members are negotiating the details of the latest incarnation of a bill that would limit the size of retail development.

GUILDERLAND — Fan Chen calls Guilderland’s Community Gardens “a mini United Nations.”

Bemis tweaks the traditional

Soon after Robert Bemis learned to quilt, he ate a fortune cookie.  It didn’t foretell his future, but it has stuck with him.

Three incumbents, one newcomer run for four school board seats

GUILDERLAND — After more than a decade of contested — sometimes hotly — school board campaigns, there will be no race in Guilderland this May.