ALTAMONT — The village’s proposed wastewater plant upgrade may be financed partly with funds from the state’s Environmental Facilities Corporation programs, Trustee Chris Marshall said this week.

GCSD prepares to borrow if $5M in state aid is delayed

Jonathan Lasselle had trouble hearing for the first few years of his life. He didn’t talk until after he turned 2. Now, at age 10, he sings in a prestigious choir, and has nearly perfect pitch.

GUILDERLAND — A retired Altamont couple is out $28,000 after a kitchen contractor failed to use their money to order cabinets, according to their son.

Father arrested for DWI and endangering his daughter

GUILDERLAND — An Albany man was arrested on Sunday for driving while intoxicated, and then letting his 9-year-old daughter get behind the wheel of the car.

GUILDERLAND — A Stanford Heights firefighter responding to a porch fire last Thursday night was driving drunk, and hit a Guilderland Police officer with his car, police say.

Brennan’s medicine combined art and science

GUILDERLAND — John Brennan says his career as a veterinarian spanned the change from art to science.

GUILDERLAND — A customer of Citizens Bank was robbed at gunpoint late Tuesday night, police say.

Desolation Road opens in Altamont

ALTAMONT — A public hearing for a photo shop and community art gallery will take place next Monday, town code enforcement officer Donald Cropsey told the village board last week.

Folksinger George Mann will pay tribute to his fellow Wobbly Utah Phillips

ALTAMONT — Utah Phillips, singer, songwriter, activist, and hobo, liked to tell this joke: How do you make a million dollars as a folksinger?  You start with two.