Rensselaerville Volunteer Ambulance to close
With 10 to 12 members, many retired and in their 60s, Rensselaerville Volunteer Ambulance announced that it would be closing, with the Albany County Sheriff’s Emergency Medical Services unit taking...
View ArticlePyramid plans five-story hotel next to Crossgates
Crossgates Mall’s management wants to build a hotel on Western Avenue, by the mall entrance. As a first step, Pyramid, which owns Crossgates, will go before the Guilderland Planning Board next week...
View ArticleRensselaerville Stage Creations to perform “The Vagina Monologues,” raise...
Rensselaerville Stage Creations will be performing “The Vagina Monologues” this weekend, as well as holding a silent auction to raise funds for the charity Equinox, which helps victims of domestic abuse.
View ArticlePhotos: Good Cheer
Showing off their team spirit, the Bulldogs of Berne-Knox-Westerlo and the Dutchmen of Guilderland smile, tumble and fly high during the Section 2 winter cheer championships last Saturday at Colonie...
View ArticlePhoto: Living the Dream
Five-year-old Tyler Grant has waited his whole short life to build a snowman, said his grandfather, Richard Grant.
View ArticleAwards and Achievements, March 2, 2017
Guard promotesThese local members of the New York Army National Guard have been promoted; — Chanel Kung from Slingerlands, assigned to Division Signal Company, 42nd Infantry Division, received a...
View ArticlePhotos: Kids teaching history
For third-graders at Lynnwood Elementary School in Guilderland, a Living Wax Museum held last Friday capped weeks of reading biographies. At the event, held in the cafeteria, students told visitors —...
View ArticleHilltown boosters and history buffs meet to discuss past happenings and...
The second hilltowns regional historical summit was held on Saturday to discuss and plan events that would promote history in the region, from Middleburgh to Duanesburg to New Scotland. At the meeting,...
View ArticlePhotos: Shooting for Glory
Excitement in the quarterfinal games led the Berne-Knox-Westerlo girls’ and Voorheesville boys’ basketball teams to heart-wrenching losses in their respective semifinal games on Monday and Tuesday...
View ArticleWemple-Person plans to make town history inclusive
Surprising facts about the new Guilderland town historian, Ann Wemple-Person, include that she knows how to wrangle chickens and drive a tractor.
View ArticleMcCoy says broadband will expand to Hilltowns
At his State of the County address on Monday night, Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy brought up new initiatives such as expanding internet access in the Hilltowns and efforts to finish paving the...
View ArticleGov announces new campaign for EV charging stations across New York
This week, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a new electric-vehicle campaign that includes the installation of charging stations, incentives for employers to encourage employees to drive electric...
View ArticleThrift shop opens for the season
The Elliott House Thrift shop will open for the season on Wednesday, March 15.The shop is located at the former Powell Store, next to the United Methodist Church on Route 81 in Norton Hill.The shop...
View ArticleWith tears and cheers, Mayor Gaughan is bid farewell
Altamont’s archivist called the Museum in the Streets project “a legacy the mayor is leaving us” as James Gaughan conducted his final village board meeting on Tuesday.
View ArticlePlanning board agrees to decide in a month whether to allow a party venue on...
Cynthia Elliott doesn’t mind another month’s delay on her 2015 application to have a venue for parties on her Brownrigg Road property, saying, “ I want the board to have an opportunity to reach their...
View ArticlePhotos: Blackbirds Trifecta
It was business as usual for the Voorheesville boys’ volleyball team in the Class C/D sectional semifinal and final. The Blackbirds are 19-0 and will be going for their second regional championship in...
View ArticlePhotos: FMS presents Oklahoma!
Farnsworth Middle School MASK presents Oklahoma! this weekend at the school, March 10-12.
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