Opinion

Will the Berne Town Board step up to help its residents and prevent a flood?

The dam needs to be repaired. At the worst, if the dam gave way, lives and homes could be lost; at the best, if the dam is removed, the homes, without a lake, would lose value.

Guilderland

More senior housing proposed for Carman Road

The Guilderland Zoning Board at its Feb. 4 meeting was presented with a proposal from Robert Abbatiello to build 18 units of housing for people 55 and older at 3400 Carman Road.

Sports

Photos: Running Quick Times Towards States

On Saturday, Feb. 14, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo, Bethlehem, Guilderland, and Voorheesville track teams took to the Hudson Valley Community College indoor track floor for a last-chance battle to get to Staten Island for the state competition on March 6.

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Regional

‘The legacy we leave behind’: County announces conservation of 330 acres

“By some magic recipe, we all figured out: OK, town money, county money, and Mohawk-Hudson money and got it done,” said Joanne Cunningham who chairs the Albany County Legislature.

New Scotland

Planners raise questions, get answers on fire as they review 2 BESS proposals

The New Scotland Planning Board is currently reviewing two proposals for battery energy storage system (BESS) facilities in town. 

Hilltowns

Past issues surface again: Jansen’s solar proposal and Helderberg Lake’s request for a tax district

The new Berne Town Board continues to hear public comments and to adopt new policies as it learns of issues left from the previous administration.

 

 

 

 

 

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Letters to the Editor

We rescue horses from the slaughterhouse and nurse them back to health

Diana M. Hinchcliff, Rensselaerville

Fewer polling places can lead to longer lines to vote

Aileen Wehren, North Liberty, Indiana

New nukes will divert funds from renewable and safer energy

Tom Ellis, Albany

‘The rule of law is not self-executing’

Sybillyn Jennings, Knox

Remembering when old horses were not shot; they lived out their lives on the farms where they were worked and loved

Timothy J. Albright, Meadowdale

Take a postcard tour of early 1900s Guilderland

John B. Haluska, Vice President, Guilderland Historical Society

Columns

Old Men of the Mountain

Old Women of the Mountain, where are you? Don’t you like breakfast?

Back Roads Geology

Mike Nardacci

Awe: The Pyramids of Pharaoh Sneferu induce wonder as they stand in splendid isolation above the desert sands

Field Notes

Dennis Sullivan

A swamp cannot drain itself

Thinking about things

Frank L. Palmeri

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