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Tensions persist in Westerlo over planning board abolishment
WESTERLO — The debate over the chicken and the egg matters little if the egg is cracked and the chicken is hatched and both are here to stay. Such is the case in Westerlo where political tensions have been multiplied and potentially crystallized by the town board’s decision to pass Local Law #3 late last month, abolishing the town’s planning board over what were nominally concerns about efficiency, but which critics have said from the start was a means of punishing “rogue” planning board members, as Supervisor Matt Kryzak would later describe them.
WWII veteran: Never forget the fallen
CAIRO — World War II veteran Ralph Osterhoudt has one message — never forget. Never forget the horrors of World War II, never forget the soldiers who died on the battlefield, and never forget the sacrifices made by all those who served and fought. Osterhoudt, 98, was the...
More than a rebrand: Hilltown Commons focuses on local good
RENSSELAERVILLE — Under new leadership, Hilltown Commons, formerly known as the Carey Institute for Global Good, is shifting its focus to grassroots community-building and skill-sharing that aims to strengthen local bonds across all four of the Hilltowns: Berne, Knox, and Westerlo as well as Rensselaerville. Hilltown Commons board members...
‘For a more perfect union,’ Mair proposes monument honoring mixed-race regiment
GUILDERLAND — Aaron Mair is a man on a mission. As the nation gears up to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, Mair wants to commemorate the only battle of the Revolutionary War fought in Albany County. Part of his passion comes from being a Guilderland resident but...
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