Depot Lane Singers offers a cure for cabin fever
With the holiday season over and winter promising to be around for a while, the Depot Lane Singers is offering interested singers the opportunity to escape cabin fever, practicing for spring concerts....
View ArticleMoral judgements begin at home and stop at the library door
“It is in the public interest for publishers and librarians to make available the widest diversity of views and expressions, including those that are unorthodox, unpopular, or considered dangerous by...
View ArticleLabelle gets 1 to 3 years for DWI
A Malta man who was driving drugged in Guilderland was sentenced on Jan. 8 to one to three years in state prison by Judge Gerald W. Connolly in Albany County Drug Court.The Albany County District...
View ArticleAlbany County Sheriff’s Office gets $17.6K for video interrogation equipment
ALBANY COUNTY — The Albany County Sheriff’s Office will get $17,629 in federal funds for videotaping interrogations, the governor’s office announced on Wednesday.A new state law will require police to...
View ArticleFirst Baptist Church of Westerlo to celebrate Pioneer Clubs Sunday
WESTERLO — Pioneer Club members and leaders at the First Baptist Church in Westerlo will celebrate Pioneer Clubs Sunday on Jan. 28 at 9:30 a.m.The community is invited to join in as club members sing...
View ArticleDEC to survey anglers
Anglers who purchased a freshwater fishing license between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2017, may be asked to participate in a survey designed to learn more about their angling behaviors, preferences, and...
View ArticleBethlehem gets $240K to divert food scraps from landfill
BETHLEHEM — The town of Bethlehem is among the municipalities in New York State to receive a total of $3.5 million for organic recycling projects and for food donation.
View ArticleLast ‘hate-crime ring’ member sentenced
ALBANY COUNTY — Frank Chrysler — a member of what the district attorney’s office termed “a hate-crime ring” — was sentenced on Friday to six to 12 years in state prison.Chrysler, 49, of Watervliet, was...
View ArticleSpecial-use districts underwater financially
The New Scotland Town Board discussed how Heldervale and Feura Bush will begin to pay back debt associated with their special-use districts.
View ArticlePhotos: Lions Tame Bulldogs
The Berne-Knox-Westerlo Bulldogs had a chance to even the score with Mekeel Christian Academy last Friday after the Bulldogs’ sectional semifinal loss to the Mekeel Lions last year. The teams were...
View ArticlePhotos: Combat on the Mat
Wrestlers from the combined Berne-Knox-Westerlo and Voorheesville team have had a tough season. Last Thursday, only five team members could compete against Fonda-Fultonville/Johnstown as the others sat...
View ArticleLearn about the women of the Schuyler Mansion
Judy Kimes, publicist, New Scotland, Historical Association
View ArticleI love all of our communities and don’t see any so-called ‘shitholes’
Timothy Albright, Meadowdale
View Article“Difficult decisions may be on the horizon.” GSCD to survey residents about...
Dr. Marie Wiles, Superintendent of Schools, Guilderland
View ArticleOur district’s silence is inappropriate in the age of #MeToo. Coach Baron...
Bob Burns , Voorheesville
View ArticleA public school should not help recruit 14- and 15-year-olds into the military
Richard J Ronconi , Berne
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