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Rios pleads guilty to robbery — again

FEURA BUSH — A Feura Bush resident, Rodolfo Rios, 52, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to first-degree attempted robbery in Albany County Supreme Court, only a year after being released from state prison for armed robbery.

Carman Road fire quelled quickly

No one was home at 3488 Carman Road, a single-family home, when an observer called in a report of smoke emanating from the house, said Sean Maguire, commissioner of the Westmere Fire District.

Fire destroys four apartments at Stone Ridge Court

Pine Bush partners with CDTA to expand access to preserve

by Anne Hayden Harwood

GUILDERLAND — People who may not have access to personal transportation will now be able to visit the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.

Burke has found his dream job

by Anne Hayden Harwood

“It was the first place I used a computer, it was a social place...and it was an educational place,” said Joseph Burke, new director of the Altamont free Library. “I still remember the joy of discovering something new, something I’d overlooked before.”

Personnel changes imminent

by Jo E. Prout

NEW SCOTLAND  — The town is soliciting résumés for openings on the planning and the zoning boards; due to term-limits enacted in 2011, board members can serve only two five-year terms.

Police say kindergartner was strangled by his cousin

by Marcello Iaia and Melissa Hale-Spencer

KNOX — While 5-year-old Kenneth White’s aunt and legal guardian was away for 30 minutes to visit his school Thursday afternoon, he was strangled in his home, police say.

Stannards have new lease on life

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

The town judge treated them like human beings, say elderly Stannard sisters who have a sense of freedom now that charges stemming from their housing too many stray cats have been adjourned.

Photo: Questions for a congressman

Middle-school students competing in a C-SPAN competition sat down Monday with Congressman Paul Tonko to talk about health care and federal finances.

Flying Dutchman seeks direction in sea of competing ideas

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

"The worst thing you can do is make no decision," the vice president of the school board told his colleagues as they wrestled with reams of public opinion on how to solve the problem of too much space for too few students.

Photo: Heroes from the Hilltowns

The county legislature recognized firefighters from Berne, East Berne, and Westerlo on Dec. 15 for their service helping during a severe snowstorm in Erie County in the middle of November.

Photos: Nature thwarted but not defied in the Hilltowns

A tour of three sites in the Hilltowns Tuesday morning showed off the conservation projects that have been the labor of the Albany County Soil and Water Conservation District, partnered with the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Photos: Holiday high five

The 13th day-long Victorian Holiday celebration in Altamont included four winter markets, a house tour of more than 200 people, and a visit from Santa.

Officials ask for response on pipeline plan

by Jo E. Prout

Albany County is looking for answers from the Tennessee Gas Pipeline and its parent company, Kinder Morgan. Both the county legislature and New Scotland Town Board  have passed resolutions calling for information sessions.

Solar for town, water-well law still in the works

by Jo E. Prout

NEW SCOTLAND — A decision about a solar vendor for municipal energy is expected in the next few weeks, and the proposed town water-well law is still on tap, according to town board members.

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