Scouts hold bottle drive
GUILDERLAND — Boy Scouts from St. Madeleine Sophie’s Troop 50 will be holding their annual bottle drive on Saturday, Oct. 14.
View ArticleFirst Reformed Church of Bethlehem hosts pastor from Oman
On Sunday, Oct. 15, at 10 a.m., the First Reformed Church of Bethlehem will host a guest pastor, Aaro Rytkönen, executive director of the Al Amana Centre, in Oman, on the coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
View ArticleCounty advises people who have contact with a bat to capture the bat and have...
ALBANY COUNTY — A small number of bats in the county have rabies, a fatal viral illness that can be transmitted by a bite of an infected animal.
View ArticleHistory center under construction in Quaker Street
The Duanesburg Research and Archive Center is nearing completion in Quaker Street in Schenectady County.
View ArticleCounty warns elderly residents about phone scam
ALBANY COUNTY — Once again, elderly residents are receiving calls from a scammer claiming to be a public defender in Albany County as part of a con.
View ArticleVictoria Kraker
RENSSELAERVILLE — In the four years she has been town clerk, Victoria Kraker says that she and the deputy clerk have organized and updated as well as consolidated records.“We work well together,”...
View ArticleRandall Bates
RENSSELAERVILLE — When Randall Bates became Rensselaerville’s highway superintendent six years ago, he had a goal that he thought might be impossible. “My goal was to have all of our roads in a state...
View Article2017 Knox election: Traci Schanz for town clerk
KNOX — Traci Schanz, who is enrolled in the Independence Party, is running on the Republican line for town clerk. Schanz has lived in Knox for her whole life, and is looking for a way to give back to...
View Article2017 Knox election: Tara Murphy for town clerk
KNOX — Tara Murphy, a Democrat, is running on the Democratic line for Knox town clerk.Murphy, 40, has lived in Knox for the last 10 years. She is originally from Castleton-on-Hudson, in Rensselaer...
View Article2017 Rensselaerville election: Randall Bates for highway superintendent
RENSSELAERVILLE — When Randall Bates became Rensselaerville’s highway superintendent six years ago, he had a goal that he thought might be impossible. “My goal was to have all of our roads in a state...
View Article2017 Rensselaerville election: Donna Kropp for assessor
RENSSELAERVILLE — Donna Kropp, who has been a town assessor for 12 years, is running for the fourth time.She has lived in Rensselaerville most of her life and, at 65, is retired from her full-time...
View Article2017 Rensselaerville election: Hébert Joseph for assessor
RENSSELAERVILLE — Hébert Joseph, making his first run for public office in Rensselaerville, for assessor, said that, when he was campaigning in Medusa, a resident there told him, “You are the first...
View Article2017 Rensselaerville election: Michael Weber for assessor
RENSSELAERVILLE — Michael Weber had worked as an assessor for Rensselaerville before and hopes to do so again.He works fulltime as an associate broker for Re/Max — he’s been in the real-estate business...
View Article2017 Rensselaerville election: Kathryn Wank for assessor
RENSSELAERVILLE — Kathryn Wank, an Independence Party member, is running for a second four-year term as assessor. As well as backing from her own party, she has the Republican and Conservative lines too.
View ArticleConservative line for fall election set
With official voting results in, Democrats Adam Greenberg and Daniel Leinung will be on the Conservative Party line for the fall election.
View Article2017 Rensselaerville election: Robert Tanner
RENSSELAERVILLE — Robert Tanner, a Democrat, is running for town board because, he says, “Rensselaerville is a small town. I want to make it more bipartisan..”He went on, “There’s a lot of ‘them’ and...
View Article2017 Rensselaerville election: Jason Rauf for council
RENSSELAERVILLE — Jason Rauf grew up in Medusa and has lived in Rensselaerville for his entire life.At 30 now, he says he and his wife, Michelle, have decided to raise their first child, a daughter...
View Article2017 Rensselaerville election: Marie Dermody for council
RENSSELAERVILLE — Marie Dermody says, “You have no right to complain if you don’t want to fix what’s broken. I’m putting my money where my mouth is.”Dermody, a Democrat, is running for a council seat...
View Article2017 Rensselaerville election: Marion Cooke for council
RENSSELAERVILLE — Marion Cooke, a member of the Conservative Party, has served on the town board for eight years and is making her third run on the Republican line.What she is most proud of during her...
View Article2017 Rensselaerville election: Steve Pfleging for supervisor
RENSSELAERVILLE — “A small town is like a family,” says Steve Pfleging. A Democrat, he is unopposed in his run for supervisor.It is Pfleging’s first run for political office and he’d like to keep the...
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