Woman struck crossing Route 20 in dark
A pedestrian-vehicle accident on Western Avenue Monday morning left a woman with injuries that police say seem serious.
View ArticleResident safe in Curry Road house fire
It wasn’t clear Tuesday morning how many of the dozen or so cats that lived at 2973 Curry Rd. had survived the house fire.
View ArticleVCSD delays finalizing $24M budget
Based on aid in the governor’s budget proposal, Voorheesville plans to add two new teaching positions. The school board delayed finalizing its $24 million budget, though, as it waits for an overdue...
View ArticleFeed the hungry, help the planet: The state should require unused food to be...
New York State should require large facilities that regularly throw out quantities of food to give it to food banks instead. This would help the one in seven New Yorkers who go hungry and would also...
View ArticleMobil station in Guilderland seized for back sales taxes
The gas station at 1667 Western Ave., next to Ted’s Fish Fry, was seized by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance on Monday.
View ArticleFeed the hungry, help the planet
New York State should require large facilities that regularly throw out quantities of food to give it to food banks instead.
View ArticleDishonesty can be found at both ends of our very large political pond
Victor Porlier, East Berne
View ArticleAltamont adopts $2M budget
Altamont’s $2 million budget includes 2-percent raises for village workers with longevity bonuses — all with the same tax rate of $2.73 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
View ArticleCell tower proposed for Guilderland Center
The zoning board of appeals made decisions in March about parking boats in driveways and installing white vinyl privacy fences in side yards in a luxury neighborhood where those kinds of fences were...
View ArticleRaising trout from eggs teaches kids about more than biology
Voorheesville teacher Tim Mattison says, in the months his second-graders spend watching trout grow, they learn to appreciate wildlife and commitment to a project
View ArticleHighway Super sends letter asking for legal opinion on Supervisor’s authority
The superintendent alleges the supervisor had overstepped his authority in several instances.
View ArticlePhotos: Spring Flood
The backyard of Lawrence Mann, who lives just east of the Berne Public Library, is flooded Tuesday following rain and snow melt in the town of Berne. Mann said that the flooding has affected his...
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