Trustee post goes begging
Library trustees have briefly discussed reducing the size of their 11-member board, as often candidates are lacking, but decided 11 are necessary for committee work
View Article23-year-old dies grinding cut tree
Tree work has "many safety hazards," according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control.
View ArticleCar hits CDTA bus in fatal crash
GUILDERLAND — This afternoon, the car of an elderly Latham couple crashed into a bus, killing the woman passenger.The crash took place just before 1 p.m. where the Northway meets Route 20.
View ArticleThe day the ballet died
Dr. Jane DeRook, now 90, is saddened by the way the town of Guilderland cut ties with her 45-year volunteer labor of love, the Guilderland Ballet.
View ArticleNew Guilderland Chamber Director Cheryl Lasher wants to connect business and...
The new director of the Guilderland Chamber of Commerce has experience developing the business of both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.
View ArticleThe town of Guilderland owns 30 buildings
The newest building is the pool house at Tawasentha Park, which is scheduled for completion in mid-June. The final bid estimate for the construction of the building — which will include locker rooms...
View ArticleGuilderhaven holds garage sale
GUILDERLAND — Along with spring comes Guilderhaven’s annual garage sale held at 108 Halfmoon Dr. in Altamont on Saturday, May 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.We have an interesting assortment of items this...
View ArticleKnox Nursery School wraps up one year and looks to the next
April started with a snow day, the first one all winter. Who would have guessed the biggest snowfall of the season would come on April 4! Nonetheless, the 3- and 4-year-olds made some very impressive...
View ArticleSt. John’s
St. John’s Lutheran Church at 140 Maple Avenue in Altamont has an informal Sunday worship service at 8:30 a.m. and a traditional service at 11 a.m., on Sunday, Feb. 21.Sunday school starts at 9:45...
View ArticleOne step at a time
Thomas Walls has set out to discover his greatness as he walks across America.
View ArticlePhoto: Disposing safely of old presciption drugs
On Saturday May 2, at the Guilderland Public Library, the Guilderland Police Department held a free drop off for any old prescription medication.
View ArticlePhotos: Voorheesville Elementary presents Lion King, Jr
Voorheesville Elementary presents Lion King, Jr. at the Performance Arts Center at Clayton A. Bouton High School in Voorheesville.
View ArticlePhotos: Dutch Dominate
On April 29, Guilderland boys' lacrosse took on Averill Park in a Suburban Council match up at home.
View ArticlePhotos: Out of the Woods
Racing through the muddy trails at Thacher Park, middle-school-age boys compete in the New York Interscholastic Cycling League event on May 2.
View ArticleBradshaw pleads guilty to drunk driving
A drunk-driving conviction in the last decade means a steeper penalty for the 30-year-old.
View ArticleA life lost for sixty dollars
The fiancée of a young man killed in a wood chipper in Guilderland on May 4 says he was a one-day laborer, hired to fill in when a tree company was short-handed. She wonders why he was working with...
View ArticleAlbany school supporters speak out in the ’burbs: ‘End the soft bigotry of...
VOORHEESVILLE — “We are united for Albany Public Schools,” proclaimed the red T-shirts worn by many in the crowd of 80 facing the Voorheesville School Board on Monday night.
View ArticleAg bills to define farm size and commercial use
One law would permit a store similar to Westerlo’s The Original Applebees, now closed, and the other would change the minimum acreage requirements for farm uses from five to seven acres.
View ArticlePolice learn to identify and respond differently to the mentally ill
A three-decades-old shooting by Albany Police led to the creation of the city's Mobile Crisis Team.
View ArticlePolice say Cartwright’s 911 call led to his arrest
The 911 call in a recent domestic violence incident that led to a felony strangulation charge for a Guilderland resident was made by the accused himself, said Trooper Mark Cepiel, public information...
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