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Residents who spoke during the recent town board meeting felt the plan did not say enough about preserving the Albany Pine Bush, but said too much about providing water to Altamont.
In memory of Jessica Rowinski, a mother, wife, and daughter, and a friend, and in honor of the Rowinski family, I am respectfully asking our community in Albany County to find some solution that will ...
Panic and anxiety are real and they attack your brain in mysterious ways. I always enjoyed driving and could go anywhere. Now I depend on others to go certain places, but I’m thankful to live a normal ...
Knowing our personal stories are being held hostage and yearning to escape, another Greet, Meet and Share is on the calendar for July 21 at 6 p.m. at the Berne Public Library. Let’s see what we can do ...
The past and present town supervisors have been woefully inadequate in dealing with this. I’m hoping that a new town supervisor may be more helpful in resolving a number of issues that remain ...
Mr. Elble, rest in peace. Editor’s note: Mark Mutz was in the Bristol County Agricultural High School Class of 1981.
This dedication follows that of the “Patriot Burials” marker located at the New Scotland Cemetery honoring the 14 patriots buried there. Both markers were funded by a grant from the Pomeroy Foundation ...
This was not a re-enactment of the shot heard round the world, marking the start of the American Revolutionary War. Rather, this was a re-enactment of a simple task that no doubt happened in our midst ...
On No Kings Day, June 14, 2025, I joined Joan Storey for the honk-and-wave action featured in the June 19 edition of the paper [“ On No Kings Day, Storey says, ‘We have to find strength through each ...
Commission Orders Trains Continued by D. & H. The Public Service Commission has issued an order requiring the D. & H. to continue in operation two commutation trains morning and evening between Albany ...
Joanne Cunningham, who chairs the legislature and represents part of Bethlehem, introduced the bill in March after the town of Bethlehem was not immediately informed about contaminants in New Scotland ...
An altercation with a food-delivery driver, police say, led to a New Scotland man being arrested on several charges. On June 29, State Police charged Paul D. Byron, 43, with first-degree attempted ...