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The $43 electric bill that Latham homeowners Ray Puffer and Robin Sachs just received is the first they've seen since May, when their rooftop $50,000 photovoltaic system began operating.

RHINEBECK - Thousands will head to the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival on Saturday to buy yarn, purchase winter clothes, pet sheep and goats and watch plenty of demonstrations.

The label that controls the rights to the 1960s recordings by the Rolling Stones has cracked open its extensive vaults to reissue a live album that captured the band during its youthful glory.

Over the past 35 years, my life has taken many turns, and many have been good turns.

On Sunday afternoon, September 20, Cindy Kimmerer of Guilderland had heard enough from her pediatrician about her son's illness most likely being a stomach virus.

Spotlight News is news that affects the reader: local events, local taxes, local politics, local schools, local business, friends and neighbors.

Spotlight News is news that affects the reader: local events, local taxes, local politics, local schools, local business, friends and neighbors.

Spotlight News is news that affects the reader: local events, local taxes, local politics, local schools, local business, friends and neighbors.

Guilderland resident asked to clean up his act Posted on: 09/14/09 Dan Sabbatino email: sabbatinod@spotlightnews.com Guilderland officials at their Tuesday, Sept.

Fresh apples in the cafeteria at Caroline Street Elementary School during lunchtime at the Saratoga Springs' school Thursday, Sept.

Bicycle competition in Altamont slated for end of September Posted on: 09/09/09 Dan Sabbatino email: sabbatinod@spotlightnews.com It's all about speed on Sunday, Sept.

Matt Nelligan's new party nixed Posted on: 09/02/09 Dan Sabbatino email: sabbatinod@spotlightnews.com Two new party lines in Guilderland and New Scotland faced objections, and one has been eliminated from the ballot, according to the Albany County Board of Elections.

Hailstorm inundates area roofers Posted on: 08/25/09 Dan Sabbatino email: sabbatinod@spotlightnews.com For Guilderland residents, the end of summer means school is back, football season and possibly a leaky roof, once the winter settles in.

TAKING WOODSTOCK'S cinematic problems start with wobbly psychedelic graphics that divide the title into three words:Taking/Wood/Stock. Is that title a naughty pun or a banal pun? Director Ang Lee and his writer-producer James Schamus try having it both ways.That's regrettably typical of this middlebrow team whose high-minded concepts always try for ...

Guilderland Police union seeks information silence Posted on: 08/26/09 Dan Sabbatino email: sabbatinod@spotlightnews.com An area law firm representing the Guilderland police union issued a statement Friday, Aug.

In this June 16, 2007 file photo, fans cheer at the Bonnaroo music festival in Manchester, Tenn.

Guilderland gathers for National Night Out Posted on: 08/12/09 Dan Sabbatino email: sabbatinod@spotlightnews.com Guilderland police asked residents to lock their doors, turn on a porch light, and join them on Tuesday, Aug.

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NEW PALTZ - The Ulster County Fair had only been open for a few hours Sunday before Bob Santorelli decided to pack up his barbecued ribs and chicken stand to prepare for his trip home to Altamont, Albany County.

Every major outdoor music festival eventually gets ugly. The rain turns ground into mud, churning under the feet of thousands.