Handgun license holders should delay recertification and do so by mail
Ray Kosorek, chairman, Capital District SCOPE
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Catherine Cunningham, Voorheesville
View ArticleA millennial ponders the complexities of learning local history
As I entered a gas station this morning, a fresh wave of artificial, forced-air heat smacked me across the face, causing a shudder down my entire body. Now, it has not been a particularly brutal...
View ArticleDialogue needed in school budget process
Although there has already been one Guilderland Board of Education meeting in the fall where the district asked for input on the school budget, I am unsure what was the extent of public input. I...
View ArticleVolunteer voices. Helderberg Ambulance seeks new members
January was a busy month for the Helderberg Ambulance Squad. There were 38 calls with 19 transports. The majority of these calls were medical. There were 24 calls in Berne and 14 calls in Knox. The...
View ArticleCrowd at hearing divided on Elliott’s plan for party venue
At a packed hearing Tuesday, twice as many New Scotland residents spoke in favor of Cynthia Elliott’s plan for a party venue — many of them citing the importance of keeping open space — as spoke...
View ArticleGCSD hopes to add services next year, stay under cap
The Guilderland school district anticipates being able to add new items to next year’s budget and wants to hear from residents, through its online survey, about what those should be.
View ArticleNo more 8th-grade field trip to Guilderland musical
A 40-plus-year tradition — of taking the entire eighth-grade class to the high-school for a free performance of the Guilderland Players’ musical — was done away with recently, and not everyone is happy...
View ArticleAltamont Enterprise Feb. 9, 1917
WEATHER WAS SEVERE Worst Storm of Season Experienced in Eastern States from Ohio to South Carolina.
View ArticleStand as one against hatred and bigotry
A Muslim woman, invited to educate others, spoke in a Voorheesville church, in a session sponsored by the church and the library. A rude interruption frightened her and some of the crowd. What can we...
View ArticleA regular classroom with special-needs students enriches all
How do kids in a co-taught classroom — one in which kids with disabilities learn alongside those without — really feel about the class?
View ArticleWideman brothers shine at Section II Class CC Wrestling Tournament
BKW-Voorheesville wrestlers were able to place at the Section II Class CC Wrestling Tournament last Saturday at Cohoes High School.
View ArticleThe names before "Guilderland"
GUILDERLAND — “From the West Manor of Rensselaerwyck to Westmere: Three Hundred and Fifty Years of Guilderland’s Place Names” will be the Guilderland Historical Society’s program at its Thursday, Feb....
View ArticleRaise a pheasant chick
The application period for the cooperative Day-Old Pheasant Chick Program to help hunters has opened.
View ArticlePreschool holds open house
VOORHEESVILLE — The Voorheesville Community Preschool is hosting an open house on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 10 a.m. to noon.The preschool has open enrollment programs for our 3-year-olds and for...
View ArticleHelderberg Ambulance seeks new members
January was a busy month for the Helderberg Ambulance Squad. There were 38 calls with 19 transports. The majority of these calls were medical. There were 24 calls in Berne and 14 calls in Knox. The...
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