Knox Election 2017: Karl Pritchard for town council
KNOX — Karl Pritchard, a mechanic in the town of Knox, is running for the first time for a town office. Pritchard, who is not enrolled in a party, is running for town council on the Republican line.
View ArticleKnox Election 2017: Dan Hanley for town council
KNOX — Dan Hanley, a Democrat, is running on the Democratic line for the second time to keep his seat on Knox’s town council.Hanley, 48, grew up in Loudonville, but always loved the outdoors, including...
View ArticleKnox Election 2017: Brett Pulliam for town council
KNOX — Brett Pulliam, who is not enrolled in a party, is running for town council on the Democratic line. Pulliam, who has served on Knox’s planning board for about 12 years, is running in his first...
View ArticleKnox Election 2017: Vasilios Lefkaditis
KNOX — Vasilios Lefkaditis, 45, has been Knox’s supervisor for one two-year term. A Democrat, Lefkaditis is running on the Republican line; in the last election, after not getting major-party backing,...
View ArticlePhotos: Volleying to Victory
Volleyball teams for Guilderland boys, with a 2-6 record, and Berne-Knox-Westerlo girls, at 5-5, might be having rough seasons but they still play hard on the court as they push towards sectionals....
View ArticlePhotos: Blackbirds Win Under New Wing
It was homecoming weekend for the Blackbirds girls soccer team last Friday night in which the Blackbirds clawed into the Ichabod Crane.
View ArticlePhotos: Altamont Fall Festival
The second annual Altamont Fall Festival was held on Sept 30.
View ArticlePhotos: Digging In for Dugouts
Crossgates Mall staff started early Wednesday morning to build dugouts for the ballfield in Guilderland’s Tawasentha Park.
View ArticlePhotos: Honor Takes Flight
Leatherstocking Honor Flight was held at Albany International Airport last Saturday to send some Veterans down to Washington D.C. for the day.
View ArticleKnox Election 2017: Diane Champion for tax collector
KNOX — Diane Champion, a Democrat endorsed by both the Republicans and the Democrats, is running for tax collector in Knox. Champion has been the town’s tax collector for the last six years, and is...
View ArticleKnox Election 2017: Jean Gagnon for town justice
KNOX — Jean Gagnon, a Democrat, is running for town justice on the Democratic line. This will be her third time running the office in Knox.“It’s very challenging, because laws are always changing … ,”...
View ArticleKnox Election 2017: Tim Francis
KNOX — Tim Francis, a Republican running on the Republican line for town justice, is making his first try for a post in Knox government after serving for half his life in law enforcement.
View ArticlePhotos: Berne's new playground
The new playground at Berne Town Park in Berne was officially opened last Saturday.
View ArticlePhotos: West Elm in Stuyvesant Plaza Opens
A new home furnishing store in Stuyvesant Plaza opened on Wednesday in Guilderland.
View ArticleGuilderland to get $2.4 M for water infrastructure
The town is set to receive $2.4 million for a $4 million water project that will set up a permanent connection with Rotterdam and will expand municipal water to West Old State and Fuller Station roads...
View ArticleMarijuana found growing in Westerlo while searching for parolee
WESTERLO — A Westerlo man has been arrested for unlawfully growing marijuana after Albany County Sheriff’s deputies and New York State Parole officers inadvertently found the plants while searching for...
View ArticleDEC would kill bear only if it were injured
A bear police say was seen in Guilderland Wednesday will probably move out of the area as quickly as it appeared, said a wildlife biologist from the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation.
View ArticleParents to read aloud — on tape — from jail to their own kids
ALBANY COUNTY — There’s little that’s more reassuring to a child than the sound of her mother or father reading a book aloud. That’s the idea behind a new program getting underway at Albany County’s...
View ArticleBake sale raised $400 for food pantry. We are fortunate to live in a caring...
Judy Seery, director , Altamont Community Food Pantry
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