ALTAMONT — When members of the Trumpler family turn on the taps in the Brandle Road farmhouse where they live, the water comes out brown.

— Nicole Fay Barr
GUILDERLAND — As Robert Hunt works busily in his yard, he often forgets about his surroundings. Then he turns, catches a glimpse of his house, and feels like he’s been "socked in the gut," he said.

— Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — Thomas P. Farrelly, a beloved high school math teacher and long-time girls’ softball coach, is being memorialized with a scholarship in his name.

— Matt Cook

— Maggie Gordon

— Maggie Gordon

ALTAMONT — The library’s three-month search for a new director has, just like a good novel, a happy ending.

— Matt Cook

ALTAMONT—The owners of popular hangouts in Altamont and Westerlo are hoping to sell their stores as soon as possible.

— By Maggie Gordon

GUILDERLAND — Tim Mulchy and Dotty Merza have each been in the real-estate business for 20 years. In that time, they have seen house prices rise, along with the fees charged by real estate agents.

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GUILDERLAND — Three friends from Guilderland High School’s class of 1997 say that they were glad to have each other as they served in the armed forces in Iraq.