Town board to decide on proposal to turn golf course across from FMS into 256...
The developer of an apartment complex would donate 23 acres to the town for use as open space.
View ArticleAs work changes, industry and education work together to adapt
A nationwide cumulative student-loan debt $1.36 trillion and a burgeoning local “middle-skill” job market has some students, their families, and educators questioning if a four-year degree is still the...
View ArticleAltamont Enterprise Jan. 25, 1918
FUEL ORDER HAS FARREACHING EFFECTSAll Industries and Business Places, With Few Exceptions, Will Observe Mondays Until March 25 as a Holiday, According to Garfield’s Order.
View ArticleEarly decision — college is not the only valid choice
Vocational courses provide students with useful skills and often a job with a sizeable paycheck upon high school graduation.
View ArticleSummer Young Writers Institute accepting applications for summer workshops
A summer workshop for teenage writers is accepting applications through April 1.The New York State Summer Young Writers Institute is a 13-day in-residence writing workshop for high school students who...
View ArticleShopRite offers free fruit to shopping kids
ALBANY COUNTY — ShopRite, including its supermarkets in Albany, Colonie, and Slingerlands, is now offering a piece of fruit, for free, to kids under 13 as they shop.A parent or guardian can get a “Kids...
View ArticleHannaford launches rewards program
Hannaford Supermarkets has launched My Hannaford Rewards, a grocery-store loyalty program that adds rewards for store-brand items and leaves prices untouched.Shoppers who choose to participate will...
View ArticleOwners of Fox Creek Market open new eatery in Knox
The new restaurant in Knox is run by the owners of Fox Creek Market in Berne, and offers food like burgers and wraps and may eventually have postal boxes.
View ArticleArrest for Altamont break-ins followed by Guilderland arrest
Some of the items stolen in two break-ins at village homes have already been pawned and sold, say Altamont Police.
View ArticleCounty to testify in federal lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies
The county executive said Friday that the county will be joining hundreds of other plaintiffs to testify against the pharmaceutical industry this coming week.
View ArticleState of the County address brings local and national issues into spotlight
The county executive touched on local issues in his speech, but used national issues such as the #MeToo movement and the opioid epidemic as a springboard into announcing new county initiatives.
View ArticleKnox adopts new town seal
Knox’s newly adopted town seal features a tin horn and Native American mask, a pill box, and a farmer.
View ArticleTonko bill would extend Medicaid coverage of inmates, save lives
If Congressman Paul Tonko’s bill passes, an inmate with an addiction could go from a prison recovery program to an outside program without having time in between to relapse.
View ArticleG’land schoolchildren overcome mild errors with ‘Speedy Speech’
A program of five minutes a day a few times a week at school and five minutes at home each night works better than traditional longer therapy sessions, say two Guilderland school district...
View ArticleHighway drug bust leads to 8 years in state prison
GUILDERLAND — Last June, Shamel Greene was stopped on I- 87 in Guilderland by police who found illegal drugs in his car. Greene, 35, of Utica, was sentenced on Friday to eight years in state prison.
View ArticleSengabo, a refugee from Rwanda, built a new life in Albany and is helping...
A refugee from the civil war in Rwanda helped found a not-for-profit group in Albany that teaches new immigrants and refugees the English language and about American culture.
View ArticleTonko bill would extend Medicaid coverage of inmates
If Congressman Paul Tonko’s bill passes, an inmate with an addiction could go from a prison recovery program to an outside program without having time in between to relapse.
View ArticleGuilderland schoolchildren overcome mild errors with ‘Speedy Speech’
A program of five minutes a day a few times a week at school and five minutes at home each night works better than traditional longer therapy sessions, say two Guilderland school district...
View ArticlePhoto: BKW's Tom Galvin hits a milestone
Last Friday night at home, the BKW girls' basketball team's head coach earn a big milestone in winning his 350th game, 3rd in section 2 all time in wins, as BKW won 62 to 49.
View ArticlePhotos: Bulldogs Bite Birds
The Voorheesville boys’ basketball team hoped to move up the Colonial Council standings with a critical matchup against Cobleskill-Richmondville last Friday night at home.The Birds battled hard but...
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