By Jordan J. Michael

GUILDERLAND –– The players on the Lady Dutch soccer team have plenty of speed, but Head Coach Barb Newton is uncertain of their fitness level as the team edges closer and closer to the start of the 2010 season.

By Jordan J. Michael

VOORHEESVILLE –– Defending champions have nowhere to go but up, especially when the same players show up for another try at it.

By Jordan J. Michael

ALTAMONT –– The sun was in full force for the record number 363 participants of the 13^th Annual Altamont 5K on Saturday. It was a worry-free day for an event that usually gets hit by unfortunate weather.

House fire no accident

GUILDERLAND — A fire that partially destroyed a house at 6068 East Old State Road last week was not accidental, according to the Guilderland Police.

Luke Martland said it will be a close race, but he thinks he can defeat incumbent Senator Neil Breslin in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary for the 46^th District, which covers all of Albany County.

RENSSELAERVILLE — This rural Helderberg Hilltown is the first in the county to adopt a law on large-scale wind power, and the word is prohibition.

ALTAMONT — As the packed midway started to empty out on Friday night, word of a man with a gun spread quickly through the crowd.