Berne voters elect bipartisan board, oust Bashwinger

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

Democrats will dominate on the board after several years of Republican rule that brought government to a halt last year when three GOP-backed councilmen abruptly quit.

Opinion

‘Let’s prove that, when the systems fail, people don’t’

We felt a sense of great irony on Halloween as we started writing this editorial.

Guilderland

A behind-the-scenes look at the prep for Altamont’s Halloween centerpiece

This year’s theme is the classic video game Mario Kart. The display has Rainbow Road, Warp Pipes that lead to other worlds, and bleachers beside a lighted racetrack.

Sports

Photos: Eagles Take The Title In Defensive Battle

On Sunday, Nov. 2, the third seeded Guilderland battled top seeded Bethlehem for the Section 2, Class A championship at Schuylerville High School. The Dutch, the reigning champs, pressured to knock in a goal but the Eagles’ defense stood tall as Bethlehem edged out the Dutch 1-0.

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New Scotland

Democrats win in New Scotland

In the race for town board, Democratic incumbents Adam Greenberg and Dan Leinung bested their Republican rivals, Craig Shufelt and Christopher Mielke, to earn four-year bids on the town board, according to unofficial results from the Albany County Board of Elections.

Hilltowns

Farmer concerned over delay in proposed Berne solar project

RIC Energy plans to proceed “as soon as the moratorium is lifted if the solar law hasn’t changed too much,” Weston Hillegas said.

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Letters to the Editor

‘Land of Bitter Conflict’: Revival of a century-old marker casts light on local Revolutionary divisions

Nearly one-hundred years ago, New York state asked local towns and historians to assist with the celebration of the War of the Revolution’s sesquicentennial by identifying historic sites in their a

Make 118 South Main into a museum of Voorheesville and the railroads that built it

Timothy J. Albright, Meadowdale

Democracy on pause (press any key to continue, if one exists)

Emily Vincent, Berne

Recalling my boyhood on my family’s farm in the scenic Cole Hill valley

Rudolph A. Pitcher, Huntsville, Alabama

I have extensive knowledge of guide-rail and bridge-rail design

Joel Willsey, East Berne

Learn about Henry Knox and his noble train of artillery

Sandra Stempel, President, Berne Historical Society

Columns

A Glimpse of Guilderland History

Mary Ellen Johnson

Penny postcards record places of the past

Old Men of the Mountain

R. Douglas Marshall

Appreciating cars, old and new, and the caps to wear while driving them

Back Roads Geology

Geology for the masses: Winifred Goldring made the mind-boggling past accessible to the curious

Field Notes

Dennis Sullivan

‘What we can’t understand we call nonsense’