GUILDERLAND  The owners of Star Plaza want to cut the mall’s assessment by more than half.
GUILDERLAND  Contracts with three out of the town’s four unions have been settled without pay raises for employees.
By Zach Simeone
RENSSELAERVILLE  ’Tis the season for a new truck and better lighting at Town Hall.
By Jordan J. Michael
VOORHEESVILLE  The Lady Blackbirds got out of the gates early on Tuesday and never looked back.
WESTERLO  Marine Luke McDermott is returning home to Westerlo this week, with no legs, but a strong heart.
The community will have a conversation in January about next year’s school budget
GUILDERLAND  For a January forum on next year’s budget, the school board had considered presenting key topics and letting the public ask questions.
HELDERBERGS  Nature’s bounty, in its many forms, was in the hands of children last weekend.
RENSSELAERVILLE  The Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve was given 37 acres on Gifford Hollow Road last week by the Woodhouse family.
Bickel best at backstroke
GUILDERLAND  After breaking the Section II record for the 100-yard backstroke two weeks ago, Jenna Bickel kicked her way to Buffalo last weekend and won a state title in the same event.