Salon owner hopes to network with other stylists to help clients
On Sept. 18, Guilderland salon Hair Event & Wig Center on Western Avenue will offer free wig fittings, as well as complimentary wine and cheese, for area stylists and their clients, at an event...
View ArticleA planned plaza for New Scotland will feature all retail space.
After over a year of meetings and multiple redesigns, a development off of Route 85A was given conditional approval by the New Scotland Planning Board to move forward. Also at the meeting, the board...
View ArticleIn Hilltowns, EMS costs will increase by tens of thousands
Following the closure of Rensselaerville Volunteer Ambulance, the Albany County Sheriff’s Office has had to offer an ambulance with an emergency medical provider as well as a paramedic in a fly car....
View ArticleNew BKW biz manager looks to add stability
Former Berne-Knox-Westerlo treasurer Stacy King-McElhiney is stepping up to be the district’s newest business manager.
View ArticlePlotsky upends Duncan, the party pick, with over 70 percent of Dem vote
In the Democratic primary on Tuesday, Victoria Plotsky, making her first run for office, on a platform of reform, soundly defeated the incumbent representing the 38th District in the Albany County...
View ArticleGOP slate expects to clinch nomination after write-in campaign
Write-in candidates appear to have won the majority of the Independence Party nominations in Berne and Knox following Tuesday’s primary elections.
View ArticleLegislative chambers to be named for Conboy
ALBANY COUNTY — William J. Conboy II, the longtime Albany County attorney who died in January, will be honored in a ceremony Monday when the county legislature’s chambers are dedicated in his name.
View ArticleDems dominate in Guilderland small-party primaries
GUILDERLAND — The Republican challengers for town board did solidly in the Conservative and Independence party primaries in Guilderland Tuesday, but were bested by the Democratic incumbents.
View ArticleSchool plan to lease rather than build space for bus garage would save millions
A plan from the Voorheesville Central School District that will forgo the construction of a new bus garage in favor of leasing space from Albany County would save taxpayers $3 million over 30 years,...
View ArticleGCSD board will try to fund more classes at Altamont and Pine Bush
Parents of Altamont Elementary kindergartners asked the school board on Tuesday to create another classroom this year, to relieve overcrowding.
View ArticleNo new town planner in Guilderland’s immediate future
GUILDERLAND — Town planner Jan Weston, who had been on the job since 1988, retired at year’s end 2016, and the town has no immediate plan to replace her.
View ArticleMill Hill development wants to nix nursing home
A developer wants to build a three-story apartment building for residents aged 55 and older at Mill Hill Court and Route 155, as the final phase of a Planned Unit Development. If approved, this 92-unit...
View ArticleBecker Road solar farm goes before zoning board
A 2-megawatt solar array proposed for Becker Road in western Guilderland would reduce the electricity bills of the Guilderland School District, the sole beneficiary — indirectly — of the array’s power...
View ArticleHelderberg Reformed celebrates 250 years, looks to the future
GUILDERLAND CENTER — Helderberg Reformed Church, which has had five buildings and two locations, is celebrating the 250th anniversary of its founding. Longtime members recall when the church was the...
View ArticleConservative line for November still unknown in New Scotland
Razor-thin margins in the New Scotland Conservative primary has the race too close to call.
View ArticleCounty sets up hotline for Dreamers
Albany County has set up a hotline for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients to call for assistance from the county’s Regional Immigration Assistance Center.Effective Sept. 13, the...
View ArticleThis weekend, you can support the Friends at annual book sale
Sherry Burgoon, president, Friends of the Voorheesville Public Library
View ArticleGuilderhaven hosts fair and gathering
GUILDERLAND — Guilderhaven has a very busy fall schedule starting with the Rotary Pet Fair on Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Shaker Heritage Society.This is followed by our 15th Gathering of...
View ArticleWe set a record with 106 backpacks
Mary Beth Peterson, Hilltown Community Resource Center
View ArticleWiles promises fun elucidated ‘Baseball’s Greatest Hit’
Mary Ellen Johnson, vice president, Guilderland Historical Society
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