Voorheesville parade honors all veterans
Jack McClintock, Post Commander, Voorheesville
View ArticleOld contracts get new buzz in Knox
Two property owners want restrictions in old contracts removed.
View ArticleGuilderland hopes to hire new town planner in June
The town now plans to hire a full-time, not part-time, planner.
View ArticleGet your ‘Little Tikes’ toolbox ready: V’ville playground build is back on
A community build date has been set for the new playground at Voorheesville Elementary School after it received approval from the state education department.
View ArticleRensselaerville Library focuses on ‘what people ask of us’
Although the town of Rensselaerville has just 1,800 residents, residents checked out over 15,000 items from its library last year.
View ArticleBKW father says he was standing up to son’s longtime bully
A father from the Berne-Knox-Westerlo School District has said that accusations that he shook a child are false, and said that his own child has been subjected to bullying for five years.
View ArticleRebuild of Weaver Road bridge may start in June
It’s been closed for nine years, but once the rebuild starts, the Weaver Road bridge should be completed in about three months, officials say.
View ArticleAltamont board approves study of emergency water connection to Guilderland
The Altamont Village Board of Trustees, with just four days’ notice, voted to wait until June to decide on whether to apply for a grant for a near-million-dollar water-connection project.
View ArticleMonaghan, Canfora unopposed in re-election bids to VCSD board
VOORHEESVILLE — These questions were posed to the two candidates, Michael Canfora and Cindy Monaghan, both incumbents on the Voorheesville School Board, seeking re-election on May 15 in an uncontested...
View ArticleIt’s finally nice outside, go for a walk
Mark King, of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy, was in Clarksville last week to discuss local land preserves and the effect climate change will have on them.
View ArticleGuilderland grad dominates in the 10,000 meters, strives to be happy
Christine Myers of Altamont, a sophomore at Saint Rose, hopes to qualify for the NCAA Division II national championship.
View ArticleHuyck preserve to team with Vassar to stop spread of invasives
A $32,000 grant will fund efforts to stop invasive species at the Huyck Preserve in Rensselaerville.
View ArticleAfter questioning who should contact press, BKW board will review handbook
The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board voted to have an attorney review the board of education handbook, which states that the board president must act as the voice of the board, after another board...
View ArticleBKW to hire resource officer through sheriff’s office for $65K
The Berne-Knox-Westerlo School Board approved having the county sheriff’s office install devices to communicate with police as well as hire a school resource officer from the sheriff’s office at...
View ArticleMeat market: Falvo’s looking for new suitor
Falvo’s Meat Market has had just two owners in its history, Sam Falvo and Joseph Robilotto, who will be 78 years old this year. Robilotto is now looking for Falvo’s third owner.
View ArticleDEC seeks volunteers to assess water
The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation is recruiting participants for the 2018 summer sampling season to conduct water-quality assessments in streams and rivers as part of the State’s...
View ArticleVolunteers trained to track forest health
Landowners are being encouraged to help the state assess the impacts of deer on forest health.A new tool for citizen scientists to track local forest health is called AVID, for Assessing Vegetation...
View ArticlePodcast: Understanding the problem to find a solution with Febronia Mansour
Febronia Mansour, a senior at Guilderland High School, discusses her last three years of studies that range from the study of one's gait to examining the link of Alzheimer's disease and autism and...
View ArticleDaise charged with stabbing man she knew
BETHLEHEM — A woman was charged with stabbing a man in the Delaware Plaza parking lot on Sunday afternoon, May 6.The man had stab wounds on his arm, ear, and hand, according to a release from the...
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