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- Sports poll: Which Suburban Council softball team will win the Section II Class AA title? | 2 days, 23 hours ago
- Tax District dropped for townwide plan to fix drainage | 3 days, 7 hours ago
- New Scotland OK's New Salem water project | 3 days, 9 hours ago
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Latest blogs
- Guilderland Chamber's Annual Awards Dinner on June 12
- Voorheesville MS drafts pilot policy for electronic devices
- Tonko to visit V'ville library, discuss healthcare changes
- A look at the girls basketball field for Sectionals
- A look at the boys basketball field for Sectionals
- Section II swim meet primer
- Cricket steps up another notch as Tri-City joins Commonwealth League
- Guilderland Named Best Tasting Water in Albany County
Sports
- Sports poll: Which Suburban Council softball team will win the Section II Class AA title?
- Softball: Harrigan leads Guilderland past Mohonasen
- Boys lacrosse: Guilderland handles Bethlehem
- Baseball: Bethlehem bests Guilderland on Coaches vs. Cancer night
- Softball: Guilderland pulls away from Bethlehem
Lifestyle and Entertainment
- Park lovers give back
- [Photo Gallery] Taking a peek at farm life
- Smart House breaks ground
- Forest Walk stops in Normanskill
- Walkers step up in heart disease fight
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- LETTER: Salute our EMS heroes
- LETTER: Remembering veterans important year round
- LETTER: Minimum wage vote a failure of democracy
- LETTER: An open letter from NYSUT
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Crime
- CEG president arrested on drunk driving charges
- Shoppers arrested at Crossgates for allegedly passing forged checks
- Police investigate local banks scam incidents
- Who let the dogs in?
- Slingerlands residents arrested for car thefts
Business
- Flood of concerns over subdivision
- Nursing home deal tabled
- Smart House breaks ground
- Tech Park talk in Slingerlands
- Chamber: Guilderland businesses in bloom
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Latest stories
Guilderland police contract cleared
Two-year agreement holds annual 2 percent salary increase
The Guilderland Town Board on Tuesday, May 7, approved a new two-year contract with the town’s police union, which has around 35 members. The agreement provides a retroactive 2 percent salary increase each year.
McCoy makes move to keep funding nursing home
Contingency funds targeted to make payroll for July
Three days after the Albany County Legislature tabled a vote on privatizing the county nursing home vote, Albany County Executive Dan McCoy has sent out a request to move $2.2 million from the county’s contingency fund in the budget to meet the facility’s July payroll.
Meet the new Colonial Acres at open house event
New golf course operator connects with Big Brothers Big Sisters
Business has been steady at Colonial Acres Golf Course during its first month open under a private operator.
Flood of concerns over subdivision
New Scotland residents pack hearing to lament drainage issues, board rebuts claims
Neighbors of a proposed 12-lot subdivision in New Scotland fear their existing drainage issues would only worsen with new construction, but town officials and the developer claim the opposite is true.
Tax District dropped for townwide plan to fix drainage
Guilderland GOP robo-calls McKownville residents, supervisor says change not political
The Guilderland Town Board is backpedaling on a plan to establish a special taxing district in McKownville in a favor of a townwide fund aimed at fixing drainage issues across the board.
New Scotland OK's New Salem water project
$3M extension hinges on purchase agreement with Bethlehem
The New Scotland Town Board on Wednesday, May 8, unanimously approved the boundaries of the New Salem Water District, but the town though must finalize a water purchase agreement with Bethlehem before the taps are turned on.
Tournament stocks community chest
SEFCU’s Monopoly tournament nets $20k for Center for Disability Services
This year, on Tuesday, May 7, 305 players took on the challenge at The Albany Marriot on Wolf Road for the 21st Annual SEFCU Monopoly Tournament and helped raise $20,000 for the center.
Nursing home deal tabled
County comptroller urges legislature to turn over control
The Albany County Legislature tabled a deal to give control of the county-run nursing home to a private company at a Monday, May 13, meeting, after hearing a presentation from County Comptroller Mike Conners urging action.
Making it better for all moms
Local Girl Scouts troop chooses Community Maternity Services for service project
This year, members of one Bethlehem Girl Scout troop will be showing their appreciation for more than just their own mothers. Since January, members of Elsmere Brownie Troop 1308 have been collecting supplies to be donated to Community Maternity Services, an agency of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany.
CEG president arrested on drunk driving charges
F. Michael Tucker, president of the Center for Economic Growth, was allegedly found to have had a blood alcohol content more than double the legal limit while parked in Stuyvesant Plaza on Friday, May 3, according to police reports.
Park lovers give back
Volunteers pitch in to help Thacher Park for 'I Love My Park Day'
More than 50 people turned out to lend Mother Nature a helping hand at John Boyd Thacher State Park for New York state's second "I Love My Park Day" on Saturday, May 4.
[Photo Gallery] Taking a peek at farm life
Indian Ladder Farms showcases baby animals and activities
Baby animals returned to Indian Ladder Farms in Altamont on Saturday, May 4, with children clamoring to chicks, ducklings, bunnies, lambs, pigs and goats.
Smart House breaks ground
Living Resources’ modern Guilderland group home to house six residents
Living Resources, a Capital District nonprofit, held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, May 1, for its group to be located off Ardsley Road in Guilderland. The building was touted as the state’s first barrier-free “smart house” designed especially for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Forest Walk stops in Normanskill
Forest Owners Association looks to promote knowledge of responsible festry
Members of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy are looking to educate landowners about forest management with a woods walk through the Normanskill Preserve.
