GPL plans $4M budget, upgrades systems
GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Public Library’s board of trustees has approved an operating budget for 2017-18 of $4,038,583, based on a tax levy of $3,689,217.Guilderland residents will vote on the...
View ArticleVoorheesville library proposes $1.17M budget, one-cent tax increase
On May 16, school district voters will decided on a $1,171,500 Voorheesville Public Library budget for next year. The spending plan, after two years of no increase, is up slightly but still under the...
View ArticleA TV show brings new hope to a convicted man’s family
Cable crime channel Investigation Discovery re-examined the evidence in Erick Westervelt’s trial and conviction.
View ArticleSalvaging history in memory of Merli
A piece of history that Joe Merli salvaged now has a place of honor on the Gas Up grounds.When the old Mobil station in Duanesburg was demolished, Merli had saved its cupola.
View ArticleTulip Queen finalists include young Medusa resident
One of the five finalists for the city of Albany’s 69th Tulip Queen includes a 19-year-old resident of Medusa, Julianna Rauf.
View ArticleAltamont Enterprise May 4, 1917
TO HAVE ARMY CAMP It is practically certain that the triangle site in the town of South Bethlehem has been selected as a great permanent federal mobilization camp.
View ArticleLove blossoms in unlooked-for places
We first met Mary Browne over a quarter of a century ago. We were covering the Knox Zoning Board, of which she was a member, when an organization with the motto “help, to be helped” wanted to set up a...
View ArticleKnox Nursery School welcomes spring
KNOX — It’s spring and with it comes rain, robins, Easter, and vacation! We covered it all during April!As we know, “April showers bring May flowers.” This saying was depicted on a wall at our school...
View ArticleEarth Day race features green visitors’ center at Five Rivers
On a beautiful April 28 evening, 15 teams participated in the third annual Amazing Earth Day Race organized by the Friends of Five Rivers at the Five Rivers Environmental Education Center in Delmar.
View ArticlePumpkin and Max part of family love
BERNE — A 9-year-old Berne-Knox-Westerlo student has placed third in the annual Child Abuse Prevention Posters Contest.The student, Sadie Poole, had drawn herself and her family to demonstrate the love...
View ArticleSign-ups underway for town youth programs
GUILDERLAND — The town of Guilderland is currently accepting registrations for its 2017 spring and summer youth programs. There are still openings in over 100 youth sports and enrichment camps as well...
View ArticleSMIST board and STEM educators to discuss land purchase
On May 4, the board of directors of the Schoharie Mohawk Initiative for Science & Technology, a not-for-profit organization, will hold a forum, beginning at 6 p.m., at the Duanesburg YMCA.
View ArticleMix mystery with dessert as the Hilltowns Players present “Alibis”
Watch a mystery unfold at the Altamont Reformed Church. The adventure takes place during a dessert theater production of “Alibis” on Saturday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m. at 129 Lincoln Ave. Altamont.
View ArticleStrawberry Fields Forever
The Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy invites the public to explore Strawberry Fields Nature Preserve in Montgomery County at a grand opening event on May 20.
View ArticleEsther May Adams
ALTAMONT — Esther May Adams — the mother of five, grandmother of 15, and great-grandmother of 16 — died on Monday, May 1, 2017, at The Grand of Guilderland. She was 94.She was born on Sept. 27, 1922 to...
View ArticleWhiteman names two new partners and of counsel
Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP of Albany has announced two new partners: Robert Rosborough and Robert Stout, and Of Counsel Michelle Kennedy.Rosborough joined Whiteman as an associate in 2010 after...
View ArticleJury acquits Maeweather on three of four felony charges
The jury in the Tasheem Maeweather Crossgates Mall shooting case deliberated for about a day before reaching their verdict Friday afternoon, acquitting him on three of the four felonies with which he...
View ArticlePhotos: Knights Lance Birds
The Voorheesville Blackbirds had a tough time against the Lansingburgh Knights on Monday afternoon at Lansingburgh High School in a Colonial Council matchup. The Blackbirds are 1-3 on the year after...
View ArticlePhotos: Warriors Harpoon Dutch
In another hard-fought matchup between long-time lacrosse rivals, the Guilderland Dutchmen lost to the Niskayuna Silver Warriors — again. Last Thursday afternoon at home, the Dutch fell, 16 to 8.
View ArticlePhotos: Tough Times
With the season winding down and the games becoming more important to make a push for a good seed in sectionals, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo Bulldogs girls’ softball team and the Voorheesville boys’...
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