In Keir Aspin’s Farnsworth Middle School classroom, the old game of spinning a globe, placing your finger on a random spot when it stops, and then dreaming of traveling there has been replaced by a feature on Google Earth. 

Anthony Gentile, 57, told Judge Gary L. Sharpe of the United States District Court on Monday that he was “of course terrified of prison,” prior to being sentenced to five years on child pornography charges.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student-athlete George Marinopoulos of Slingerlands has earned a weekly football award from the Liberty League.

ALTAMONT — The village is once again planning to host its annual Victorian Holiday celebration. Organized by Altamont Community Tradition, the celebration — on Sunday, Dec. 10, from noon to 5 p.m. — is a family event that attracts visitors from across the Capital Region.

When fire takes a home or a business, it can take a long time to rebuild.

The Board of Education needs to decide whether the 200-year-old original Cobblestone Schoolhouse that was the district’s first school building is worth keeping — and spending $50,000 to repair — if it does not have a pressing practical purpose.

The Albany County Sheriff’s Office is in the process of bringing all first responders in the county onto the same 800-megahertz system. Guilderland has budgeted $300,000 to outfit its communications center with the equipment needed to use the system.