Gardineer sentenced for breaking Leandra’s Law
ALBANY COUNTY — Graham Gardineer, 41, of Guilderland, was sentenced on Jan. 8 by Judge Stephen W.
View ArticleVoorheesville graduates gather to retrieve a lost physics balloon
“To reach 100,000 feet with our balloon is our ultimate goal,” said former high school senior Alexandra Cunningham last March when Project Icarus was just getting underway.
View ArticleRail trail enthusiasts learn paved portion will open in the spring
A standing-room-only crowd attended an Albany County Helderberg Hudson Rail Trail information session Tuesday at the Cornell Cooperative Extension office in Voorheesville and learned that the entire...
View ArticleTwo officers sentenced for inappropriate contact
Local residents Joshua Spratt and Martin Zaloga — both former police officers — were sentenced on Jan. 7 in Albany County Supreme Court for separate cases of inappropriate contact with a minor.
View ArticleWhat will happen to 9 acres between UAlbany and McKownville?
The University of Albany Foundation's purchase of a large tract of wooded land adjacent to the campus but within a residential area has neighbors worried.
View ArticleAdirondack land and cobblestone school of no use to modern GCSD
The school district is poised to sell one unused property — a piece of vacant land near Sacandaga Lake — while it finds itself unable to sell another — a 19th-Century cobblestone schoolhouse in...
View ArticleSchool district close to tax settlement with Stuyvesant Plaza
The school board last week approved using a total of $248,500 for back taxes owed to Stuyvesant Plaza for its Executive Park property.
View ArticleA new era for Knox
Vasilios Lefkaditis, the new supervisor, ran his first meeting with a more intense style than his predecessor and offered personal help or connections to solve problems.
View ArticleRadon is a silent killer
January is Nation Radon Action Month, an Environmental Protection Agency initiative to brings the dangers of radon to the forefront of news nationwide. Radon is a naturally occurring carcinogen with...
View ArticleReporters from 11 countries converge at Carey Institute
RENSSELAERVILLE — Twenty-three long-form journalists, from 11 countries, make up the second class of the Carey Nonfiction Residency.The Carey Residency is one of very few places in the United States...
View ArticleGuard promotes
These local members of the New York Army National Guard have recently been promoted:— Joshua Sanchez from Delmar, serving with the Company D, 3-142nd Aviation, is promoted to the rank of sergeant;—...
View ArticleGCSD sends 18 musicians to Suburban Scholastic Council Music Festival
GUILDERLAND — Eighteen Guilderland students have been selected to participate in the Suburban Scholastic Council Music Festival, to be held at Scotia-Glenville High School on Saturday, Jan. 16.
View ArticleDepot Lane Singers plan ‘Away We Go’ spring concerts
Anyone who is looking for an opportunity to briefly escape the rigors of their everyday schedule, improve their quality of life, and just plain have fun, is invited to be a part of the Depot Lane...
View ArticleHamilton Square Price Chopper to close and remodel as Market 32
The chain will send targeted discounts to regular customers of the store, to encourage them to shop at other nearby Price Choppers during the transition.
View ArticleZach Hilton is top dog
Berne-Knox-Westerlo's Zach Hilton joined the 1,000-point club this week.
View ArticleUndefeated Birds get clipped
Blackbirds lose first conference game on Jan. 8 to Lansingburgh.
View ArticlePhotos: Undefeated Birds get clipped
The Blackbirds lose their first conference game 64-52
View ArticlePhotos: Dutch Grapple
The Guilderland wrestling team participated in the Saratoga Invitational at Saratoga High School on Jan. 9.
View ArticleThe problem of e-waste is as wide as the world and as close as individual choice
The United States produces more electronic waste than any county on Earth yet has no national laws on how to dispose of it and no plants to recycle it.
View ArticleGHS plans STEAM Academy to help students choose careers
GUILDERLAND — The passion of high school students here describing their tech-savvy creative projects to the school board Tuesday night unfolded into the measured words of school leaders mapping a...
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