Choices program educates young people on consequences of poor driving habits,...
Edward Biittig, Duanesburg
View ArticleI am looking forward to seeing Dr. Migden again, and I am not the only one
Raymond C. Briggs, AAS, RN, Guilderland
View ArticleBerne has been ready and willing to negotiate with highway workers
Kevin G. Crosier, supervisor, Town of Berne
View ArticleKnox planning board gives thumbs down to a second business district — again
A town that wants to guard its rural character seems to be of two minds about whether to create additional business districts within its borders.
View ArticleCumby revises proposal for a gas station at routes 20 and 146
Cumberland Farms hopes to build a second convenience store and gas station in Guilderland.
View ArticleOff by a year, town attorney admits mistake
The ins and outs of BANs create a headache for Knox.
View ArticleOld pipes mean new rates
The town of Bethlehem and the village of Voorheesville have considered, if not already implemented, water-rate increases.
View ArticleJeep rams into urgent-care office
A jeep drove into a medical office on Route 20 in Guilderland Monday; the driver told police she wasn’t sure if she stepped on the brake or the gas.
View ArticleEvent with Muslim speaker to kick off series on diversity
An event co-sponsored by the Voorheesville Public Library and the First United Methodist Church will feature a local Muslim activist in the hopes of kickstarting a discussion about diversity that will...
View ArticleTextbooks sold tax-free to students
A nearly 20-year-old policy allows college students in New York State to purchase textbooks tax-free. There is little advertising of the policy, but government and business officials assert that it is...
View ArticleTruth matters: You must seek it
Each of us has, just a click away, information from all over the world on any subject about which we are curious. This can make us broad-minded and well informed, or it can make us narrow-minded and...
View ArticleA boy and his (service) dog
Will Gibney of Guilderland is the first child with a diagnosis of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, or PANS, to ever receive a service dog from Canine Companions for Independence.
View ArticleSportsmen send kids to environmental camp
Two students at Farnsworth Middle School are headed for a week at science-and-wilderness Camp Colby in the Adirondacks this summer, after their essays won them scholarships from a local shooting group.
View ArticleFirst Baptist Church of Westerlo to celebrate Pioneer Clubs Sunday
WESTERLO — Pioneer Clubs members and leaders at First Baptist Church at 618 Route 143 in Westerlo will celebrate Pioneer Clubs Sunday on Jan. 29 at 9:30 a.m.
View ArticleHistorian White to speak on how World War I devastated the local...
NEW SCOTLAND — Christopher White will present a program on the devastating impact of World War I on the Capital District’s German-American community.He’ll speak at the New Scotland Historical...
View ArticleLasdun teaches workshop on writing nonfiction
James Lasdun, a fiction writer, poet, and screenwriter, will conduct a workshop at the Writers Institute on memoir and the personal essay during the spring 2017 semester. Writers interested in...
View ArticleFree tax prep
VOORHEESVILLE — AARP Tax-aide, the nation’s largest, free, volunteer-run tax-assistance and preparation service will once again be preparing income tax returns at St. Matthew’s Parish Center in...
View ArticlePhotos: Guilderland road named for Vietnam vet Ladouceur
Part of West Lydius Street, from Carman Road to Church Road, is being renamed for Guilderland resident Army First Lieutenant Lanny G. Ladouceur, who was killed in Vietnam.
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