ALTAMONT — Mayor James Gaughan was elected for a second four-year term on Wednesday with two-thirds of the vote against challenger Harvey Vlahos; the unofficial count was 327 to 218.

To cut 47 jobs, hike taxes 4%

GUILDERLAND — As the recession deepens, the school superintendent here proposed an $85 million budget Tuesday night that cuts 47 jobs.

 ALTAMONT—Incumbent trustees Kerry Dineen and Dean Whalen are running unopposed in the March 18 election for second four-year terms. Dineen is running on the same ticket as Mayor James Gaughan while Whalen is running independently.

3-D holograms and cyber chips
earn a prize in communication for FMS designers of a Future City

GUILDERLAND — Communication counts.

ALTAMONT— Neil Taber is running unopposed for his eighth term as judge on the Fairness Party line. It’s a one-man party he created himself.

GUILDERLAND — The town board is divided on whether to add a third part-time judge to its court.

Village invited to Celebrate America to raise funds for fifth-graders trip to the Bronx Zoo

ALTAMONT — Lions and tigers and bears — oh, my!

In tracing a migration of sharecroppers to the Pine Bush,
Lemak writes a community’s history and finds friends

Day-long chase ends with arrest

GUILDERLAND — On Monday night, a car chase led State Troopers from Princetown into Altamont, and then Guilderland, where residents were startled by the whir of helicopters overhead, and the number of police cars on the road.