POUGHKEEPSIE — Every year, the Adirondack team at the Empire State Games wears yellow.

But this year, the girls’ lacrosse team representing the region had a big splash of red.

POUGHKEEPSIE — Local athletes converged this weekend in Poughkeepsie and the surrounding mid-Hudson region to take part in the 28th annual Empire State Games.

By Bill Sherman

GUILDERLAND — The federal government is closing down what is left of the Army depot — all materials are slated to be removed by the end of the summer — but the future of the 35 acres on Depot Road remains unclear.

GUILDERLAND — Kevin Reilly, with the Defense National Stockpile Center, said he’s heard from people convinced the mounds of ore at stockpile centers cover missile silos.

and Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — The two Republican candidates for town board have challenged the Democratic candidates to debate.

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Town Board is having a special meeting, on Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m., to discuss David Kershaw’s employment. The board will meet in closed executive session.

All of us who witnessed the horrors of the ballot discrepancies in the 2000 Presidential election realized voting reform was needed.

RENSSELAERVILLE — A young man who was arrested for kidnapping and rape after escaping from Rensselaerville’s Camp Cass Residential Center has received nearly the maximum sentence for the crimes.

WESTERLO—The Albany County District Attorney’s Office is seeking jailtime for a Greenville man who is charged with drunk driving in Westerlo.