ALTAMONT — The Double Decker Stringband will revive old-time music for the Old Songs Festival this weekend.

GUILDERLAND — A Rotterdam man was arrested by State Police for stealing from Bob’s Towing and Crushing, at 3600 Western Ave.

Mark Van Wormer, 46, was charged with three counts of petit larceny, and criminal trespassing.

ALTAMONT — As folksingers croon old mountain ballads and jug bands wrangle stringed gourds into order, Jake Thomas sits to the side of the stage with hands aflutter.

ALTAMONT — A trio of drawn guns stopped traffic on Maple Avenue last Friday.

Plain-clothed officers leapt from unmarked vehicles, aiming their guns at the Volvo sedan driven by Vaughn Felix, ordering him to the ground. 

Town advises getting free Altamont card

GUILDERLAND —The town has weighed in on a $25 fee the Guilderland Public Library is instituting on July 1 for patrons who don’t pay taxes to support the library.

Runion, Redlich say they’ll sue each other

GUILDERLAND — Supervisor Kenneth Runion and town board member Warren Redlich have accused each other this week of illegal on-line acts, and both, in response, have said the other can sue.

School rallies to raise funds to fly teacher’s ailing mother home from Egypt

GUILDERLAND — Keir Aspin is a teacher who learned a hard lesson six years ago. He’s drawing on that lesson now and sharing it with others.

GCSD drafts policy to prevent harassment

GUILDERLAND — “We put action behind what we say we believe in,” said Superintendent John McGuire when asked why the district has developed a new policy on employee harassment.

Help for Rodinos takes wing with illuminated butterflies

With a decision on the fifth Rapp Road landfill expansion imminent, environmentalists are worried about harm to the Pine Bush Preserve, despite the proposal of an extensive habitat restoration project.