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Enjoy the Holidays Open Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day “Serving the “S h Capital C l District Since S 1988”” Member Guilderland Chamber of Commerce

Prevent unnecessary accidents Let us keep your lot clean RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL FULLY INSURED • SNOW PLOWING • CLEANING WALKWAYS • SALTING • CALCIUM

Let Athos pamper you this holiday season.

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We'll do all the work, so you can have a merry time!

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Comfort and Joy Await You This Holiday Season at Belle Images Skincare

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Anti-Aging Facial with Moisturizing Hand Paraffin Reg $83 Now $75

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s we approach the holiday season and all the hurries and activity, I want to take a few moments to request that all our residents be especially conscious of their neighbors as they move around Town at this busy time of year. Please be careful as you drive or walk; all of us can make safety a primary concern at this special time of the year.

With the winter season ready to descend upon us, our residents should remember the seasonal recreational opportunities that we offer in Guilderland’s parks. While the ground is bare, the extensive trails in Tawasentha Park, the Winter Recreation Area, and the Community Gardens are available for hiking. When snow coats the ground, the same trails are available for snowshoeing and ungroomed cross country skiing, while sledding is enjoyed by many at the Winter Recreation Area.

Groomed trails for cross-country skiing are available when weather permits at Western Turnpike Golf Course.

Limited amounts of rental equipment are available.

Please contact the Parks and Recreation Office at 456-3150 for information on what specific activities and equipment are available on any given day.

Guilderland’s Western Turnpike Golf Course will be offering a nice gift opportunity this Christmas season.

2012 season memberships will be available at a special discounted rate for those who pay their membership fees by December 15, 2011. This “early-bird special” represents an extra discount in addition to the normal discount offered for membership fees paid by February 1. Total savings amount to a reduction of nearly 20% off regular seasonal membership rates. Please call the Parks Office at 456-3150 for more information, or go to the Western Turnpike Golf Course page on our website, www.townofguilderland.org for more information on this program and for a downloadable membership application.

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have created a large number of varied issues for our residents. The Town of Guilderland has worked diligently throughout this challenging period to continue to provide essential services without adding to the tax burden of our residents. Careful controls over expenses have been accompanied by the ongoing review of ways in which Town departments can work together to increase the efficiency of Town operations without compromising the efficient delivery of services. We have also worked with both unionized and non-unionized Town employees to participate in our efforts, and as a result, there will once again be no cost-of-living increases provided to Guilderland employees in 2012. Further, certain positions in the Town workforce have been changed from full-year to seasonal status. These efforts have combined to produce positive results, and Guilderland will enter 2012 with a Town budget in place that maintains a strong program of municipal services while once again requiring no increase in the general Town tax rate.

The holiday season is a special time of year for Guilderland residents of all backgrounds and traditions. Whatever the variety of celebration in your own household, I would like to take this opportunity to express to you, on behalf of all the Town’s employees and elected officials, my sincere good wishes to all Guilderland families for a safe and enjoyable holiday season, as well as a New Year ahead that will bring happiness and success to all.

Kenneth Runion, Town Supervisor

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appy Holidays!! I am again urging you all to support your locally owned business, be they in the mall or through a website. It looks as if people are doing this; if you have been to Robinsons Hardware or Ta-Da, they are packed!! And there are lots of great DEALS TOO! Lots of good deals for health insurance tooFor the first year in several, many rates for plans that the chamber offers are going down in price! Our HMO plan and EPO plan have only gone up 3%, and yes, many of your transition (mix between co-pay plan and small deductible) and high deductible plans will go down for 2012! Our lowest plan is a high deductible plan (the old major medical) and is only $104 a month.

The Chamber is excited to announce that through our group tour company, Celtic Tours, we are offering a trip to Tuscany, Italy in 2012. The trip is an eight day trip where you stay in one beautiful villa and do day trips to Rome, Florence, San Giminiani, and Siena, a wine tasting and much more! The chamber member price of just $2500 includes air, daily bus trips, all taxes and transfers, admissions and tours, a wine tasting, a Tuscan feast, a villa dinner, all breakfasts, the overnights at the villa, and more. It really is all inclusive. The community price is $2700, still a great deal, and a sweet Christmas present!!

UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS: Fri. Jan. 6 â&#x20AC;&#x201C;The State of the Town with Town Supervisor Runion, Guilderland School Superintendant Wiles, SUNY Albany VP of Facilities John Giarrusso and Library Director Randall. Location to be determined- $5Holiday Party-Wed. Dec. 7, 5:30-7:30-CM Fox Design Center, 2390 Western Ave, Guilderland. Join us at CM Foxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 6000 square foot design center for our holiday bash with cooking demonstrations in the model kitchen, a DJ, chocolate fountain, and holiday vendors! $10 members, $20 nonmembers.

Wed. Jan. 18, 5:30-7 pm-A Different Mixer at Different Drummers Kitchen.

Cooking Demos in the demo kitchen, and lots of very cool products!$10 members, $20 non-members.

Rsvp for all events at www.guilderlandchamber.com/calendar Have a great holiday, slow down and enjoy your family and home!

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTS Thursday, December 1-31st: On Display at the Guilderland Public Library---Joan Hihn Photo Exhibit of her work during regular business hours.

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456-5400 Saturday, December 10: Town of Guilderland Park and Rec. bus trip to NYC. Depart from Crossgates Commons at 7am and return 10pm. $38 pp prepaid. Contact Linda at 456-3150 for details and availability.

Altamont Community Traditions (ACT) 10th Annual Victorian Holidays Celebration.

Musical performers, Santa arrives by train, Historical Homes tours ($). Beginning at 9am. For more details call 861-5645.

Best Book Sale at Guilderland Public Library from 10am to 4pm.

Savor the Spice of Life with Chef Shaw Rabadi of BFS. Book signing and demo from 12-2:30pm at the Guilderland Public Library. For details and availability, call the Library at 456-2400.

Old Songs presents: Nowell Sing We Clear, featuring John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred Breunig and Andy Davis. 3pm at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 142 Maple Ave., Altamont. Tickets $20. Call 765-2815 for details.

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Thursday, December 15: “Gluten Free for the Holidays” presented by Registered Dietician, Linda Crowley from 7-8pm at the Guilderland YMCA. Learn about checking labels and cooking delicious gluten-free recipes for the holidays! Free to members, $5 for guests.

Sunday, December 18: Suburban Sounds Holiday Concert and Reception at the Guilderland Public Library, Helderberg (Lg.) Meeting Room from 2-4pm. Call the Library for details 456-2400.

Thursday, December 29: TWiin Dance Party at the Guilderland Public Library, Helderberg (Lg.) Meeting Room from 7-8:15pm. Come try the latest version of Just Dance for the Wii, dressed in your party best! Open to “tweens” in grades 3-6. Register with Youth Services, 456-2400 x9.

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However, as I reviewed our completed transactionss during the past year one thing struck me. Many, y, many, many of our clients that we sold homes for sold d because they had to, not because they wanted to. o.

Often the reasons included divorce, job loss, illness, s or job relocation. These were clients that would have kept their homes if possible but had to sell due to circumstances beyond their control. In retrospect, I realized we often benefited from the misfortune of others that felt the pain of the economy in 2011, which is not the reason we are in business.

So here is my proposal. If you find yourself in a situation where you are selling a home, because you have to, not because you want to, call us. We will sell the home of one person (randomly chosen if we receive more than one request by 1/30/12) for free. That’s right absolutely no charge! Here is the fine print, we must legitimately determine, at our sole discretion that you are selling due to a situation beyond your control such as job loss, illness, etc. If we determine this to be

the case, we will sell your home for free! This is not a gimmick where we dump you in the Multiple Listing Service and forget about you. You will receive the exact same 89 point marketing plan that our paying clients receive including our proprietary Internet system, professional photography, and home staging that has made us one of the top residential real estate firms in the Capital Region. It is simply our way of saying thank you and doing the right thing in a tough economy, during a season that is focused on giving.

So if you have to sell your home call us at 1-800-4487016 Ext 5555 for a confidential 24 hour recorded description of what you need to do. Have an absolutely fabulous Holiday Season!

Kevin Clancy has been providing real estate appraisal and brokerage services in the Capital District for the past 18 years. A NYS real estate broker and general certified real estate appraiser, Kevin received an undergraduate degree in marketing from Siena College and an MBA from the University at Albany. He resides in Altamont with his wife and two daughters. Kevin can be reached in the office at 518-861-7016.

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Message from Theresa Adams, RN NASM-CPT

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Making and keeping your fitness goals for 2012…

Research shows that people who make New Year’s Resolu ons are 10 mes more successful in achieving them than those who do not. I will guide you through the next three months to help you get started on having a successful year with posi ve change and successful goal se ng. Just follow these guidelines: Begin a Journal: Start December by wri ng down your thoughts and goals for 2012. Begin your journal by honestly answering these ques ons for the upcoming year: What fitness goals do I want to achieve?

What is most important to me about achieving those goals? What has prevented me from achieving them in the past? Answering these ques ons may take you all month long. You will really have to take a long, hard look into yourself. Self monitoring, such as journaling, enhances accountability and will keep you focused.

Set Specific goals: Ask yourself why you want to achieve your goal at least two mes. Let’s say your goal is to lose 20 pounds

by June. Why do you want to lose 20 pounds by June? “So I can be healthy and have more energy to exercise”. Why are you concerned about increasing your health and exercise in this Ɵme frame? “My doctor said if I lose 20 pounds by my next visit, I can get off of my diabetes and blood pressure medicine”. Specific goals uncover your true mo va on so you are be er equipped to customize your fitness program.

Set RealisƟc yet Challenging goals: Be realis c. Se ng achievable goals at the upper end of your ability will inspire more effort from you and build your confidence. If you are unsure how to do this, enlist the help of a Professional Trainer or Die cian for guidance. Good trainers have not just mastered Exercise Science , they understand the psychology of peak performance to help their clients achieve more. A er se ng more challenging goals, people tend to think longer, harder, and more crea vely at accomplishing those goals.

Set both Long Term and Short Term goals: If your long term goal is to lose 20 pounds by June, that may seem too overwhelming to imagine. However, take that same goal and break it into shorter terms, like losing one pound each week un l June sounds both a ainable and reasonable. Short term goals help you feel a sense of achievement in a rela vely short period of me. They will result in be er performance and a heightened sense of determina on. Successful short term goals make the long term goals appear to be within reach.

Believe in yourself: Belief is one of the most powerful predictors of change and success. Those who believe in themselves work harder, achieve more, perform be er, and set effec ve goals. Successful people know what they want from life. Be a successful person…Let today be A New Beginning for You!!

Theresa Adams, RN NASM-CPT, CES is a Certified Personal Trainer with an advanced certification in Corrective Exercise Specialization. She is also a Registered Nurse who spent most of her career in cardiology.

Theresa instructs Zumba and Aqua Zumba and has been taught to train people of all ages and fitness levels as well as those with special needs including pregnancy.

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Victorian Holiday House Tours and Village Stroll Sunday - December 11th - 1:00 to 4:00pm Tour six of our villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s glorious Victorian and Period homes, traveling from house to house via our free trolley. Tickets will be available at the Masonic Hall, 138 Maple Avenue.

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12:00-4:00pm FESTIVAL OF TREES PLUS WREATH AUCTION Please join us for our annual Festival of Trees sponsored

by Altamont Country Values and First National Bank of Scotia. Afternoon festivities will include: x Children’s temporary tattoos, balloon sculptures and holiday craft activities x A display of gingerbread houses crafted by local children x Please bid in our silent auction on the exquisitely decorated wreaths and vote for your favorite tree

Victorian Holiday House Tours 3:30pm The winning on the wreaths will be announced andbidsVillage Stroll

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from GUILDERLAND MARTIAL ARTS

2563 Western Ave, Guilderland • (518) 690-1269 • www.guilderlandmartialarts.com

I dedicate this month’s article to the accomplishments of our newest Blackbelts. You may see them around town committing acts of great character and kindness, for that is the true sign if a great Blackbelt.

Left to right: Amelia Rowland, Joseph Kujawski, Nicole Teaney, Bill Fleming, Kendall Fleming

Master Rice owns Guilderland Martial Arts and holds a 5th degree Black Belt in Taekwondo. Master Rice is also a Math teacher at Guilderland High School. Guilderland Martial Arts offers classes starting at age 4 as well as an afterschool program and summer camps. For more information please call 690-1269.

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KEYS TO FUN Guilderland, NY • (518) 862-2233 Q. What year did your music education program for adults 50+ start?

A. The Keys to Fun® program started 17 years ago by its founder Lou Lansing and is continued by qualified instructors in four states.

Q. Where are you located and were you always in the same location?

A. We are currently located at 1736 Western Ave. in Albany but are going to be moving soon to a larger store within two miles of our current location in the beginning of 2012. We ask people to contact our staff for more information.

Q. Do you teach children?

A. No we only teach adults 50 and over. All of our instructors are specially certified to teach mature adults.

Q. When did you get into the business?

A. I started in the business in 1996 and am the current President of Keys to Fun. Q. Do you have many regular students? Is there anything specific that they are always coming in for?

A. We have over 200 students attending classes and our students come in to see us once a week for classes and sometimes twice when they have a scheduled private lesson. They come in for small group music lessons on the piano, organ and/or keyboard.

Q. Are you known for anything special?

A. Our specialty is teaching to mature adults age 50+, in fact we just celebrated a birthday with a customer who just turned 91. We are known for taking someone who has never played a musical instrument, can’t read music or “carry a tune in a bucket” to love and enjoy making the kind of music that they love in a way that they can accomplish with great success.

Q. What hours are you open?

A. We are open most days from 10-5, but we also offer classes in the evening and teach until 8:00.

Q. What do you love most about the business?

A. All the instructors and I love working with adults and teaching them to play a musical instrument and teach them to fall in love with music all over again. They get to play their music, their way… It is a lot of fun.

Q. What do you think is your biggest challenge with the business?

A. Convincing people to start is the biggest challenge. Most adults feel they are too old, not dexterous enough, or have no musical ability. I have one student who started when he was 72

and is now 83. He was told he had a “tin ear” and that he should never try to sing or play music.

He now enjoys making music and playing in retirement centers bringing them the music that they love.

Q. Are their health benefits from being involved in the KEYS TO FUN® program?

A. There have been countless studies that have shown the benefits to learning a musical instrument but there is one that is specific to the type of program we teach. The Music Making and Wellness Project headed by Dr. Fredrick Tims of the Michigan State Music Therapy department assembled a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from various universities throughout the United States and Sweden. The study was projected over a five-year span. Phase I was a preliminary trial that took place from January 1996 to September 1997 at Music Centers in Clearwater, Florida. In this phase, 80 subjects were divided into two groups: the experimental group took weekly organ/keyboard lessons of varying levels, whereas the control group did not. All participants were asked to complete written wellness inventory tests to assess general physical health and self-perception of their mental states. The data were collected over 50 weeks: blood tests were taken and participants completed written survey tests every 10 weeks.

The research results were positive. Anxiety, depression and perception of loneliness all decreased for those taking music lessons, while very little change occurred for members of the control group. Most significant in the study was that the blood tests of those taking lessons indicated a 90 percent increase during the test period in levels of Human Growth Hormone (hGH), which normally decreases at a rapid rate as one ages.

Higher hGH levels will increase energy, while decreasing the occurrence rate of illnesses related to aging. Those not taking lessons showed very little change in hGH levels during the same time frame.

Q. When do classes start?

A. We start classes a couple of times through out the year and will be beginning classes in the very near future. We teach both day and evening classes through out the week.

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THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS ALBANY WESTERN AVE-UNIVERSITY AREA WINS IHG 2011 TORCHBEARER AWARD ATLANTA (Oct. 24, 2011) – The Holiday Inn Express Albany Western Ave-University Area received the IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON: IHG, NYSE: IHG (ADRs)] 2011 Torchbearer Award, the company’s most prestigious award.

The Torchbearer Award was presented during the 2011 IHG Americas Investors & Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, Oct. 24–26, 2011.

The Holiday Inn Express Albany Western Ave-University Area is one of only 116 properties within the Americas chosen from the IHG system of more than 4,400 hotels for achieving the highest levels of excellence in all aspects of operation -- from quality to customer satisfaction. A 2011 Torchbearer trophy, the company’s symbol of excellence, will be on permanent display at the hotel.

“It is my pleasure to name The Holiday Inn Express Albany Western Ave-University Area as one of the finest hotels in our industry,” said Kirk Kinsell, president, the Americas, IHG. “This hotel embodies the spirit, product and service that continue to make IHG properties known and admired throughout the world, continuing our mission to deliver Great Hotels Guests Love.”

Nearly 5,000 franchise owners, operators and company officials attended the 2011 IHG Americas Investors & Leadership Conference.

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DON’T “SURVIVE” THE HOLIDAYS, “THRIVE” THEM Jennifer L. Noonan, Chiropractor

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lease know, I’m writing this article as much for myself as for all of you!

If there is any time of year that can challenge eating habits, stress control, an exercise routine or proper sleep, it’s the holidays. Here are some coping strategies we can try together. #1. Don’t miss your Chiropractic wellness visits! If there is anything I’d love for you to “get” about chiropractic, it’s that it is for OPTIMAL HEALTH, that it STRENGTHENS AND ENHANCES YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM and that it COMBATS THE EFFECTS OF STRESS. #2. Create new, more active traditions. Instead of making 10 different types of cookies, make 2 or 3 and then go snowshoeing, ice-skating or play powder-puff football. #3. Get an exercise partner for the holidays. Accountability can go a long way this time of year. Walking and talking with a friend can be a great way to burn extra calories and reduce your stress level. #4. Take time each day to unwind. Just a few moments a day to have a cup of tea, listen to some music or look through and old photo album can make the difference between surviving and thriving. “You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.” #5. Don’t aim for perfection, and enjoy the imperfections. I could go on about this one, but rememberthere is no such thing as the perfect holiday. Don’t place unrealistic demands on yourself or those you love. Just be grateful and happy for the important things. #6. Set healthy boundaries and learn to say “NO”. Come on lets say it together… “NO, I’m sorry, I can’t.”

Didn’t that feel good?

Hope to see you for a life-giving adjustment this holiday season.

Please “like” us on Facebook and share how you “thrived”. Dr’s. David and Jennifer Noonan, Albany.

We’d love to hear your story!

Dr. Noonan resides here in Guilderland with her husband David, who is also a Chiropractor, and her sons Connor, Noah and Aiden. She is a graduate of Guilderland High School, SUNY Cortland and New York Chiropractic College. She has served families in the community with chiropractic for over 18 years.

Call 869-3415 for a consultation.

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Q. What year did your business start?

A. We opened Akanomi Japanese Restaurant on August 3, 2011.

Q. Where are you located?

A.We are located at 2568 Western Avenue in Carpenter Plaza. The Plaza is on the corner of route 146 (Carman Road) and Route 20 (Western Avenue). Our telephone number is 357-0888.

Q. Do you have many regular customers? Is there anything specific that they are always coming in for?

A. Although we have only been here for three months, we do have many regular customers that come in for lunch and dinner.

We have found that at lunch time our customers really enjoy the lunch box specials. For dinner, many people like our Prix Fixe menu. This menu has four courses including a choice of soup or salad, an appetizer, an entrée and dessert. While the lunch box specials are for takeout or dine-in, the Prix Fixe menu is for dine-in only.

Q. What hours are you open?

A. We are open Tuesday through Thursday, 11:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Our hours on Friday and Saturday are 11:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. On Sunday we open at 12:00 p.m. and close at 9:30 p.m. We are frequently open on Monday, but please call in case we are closed.

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Q. What is the most popular dish at Akanomi?

A. Two of our most popular salads are KANI (crab meat salad) and SEAFOOD salad. Our most popular sushi rolls are TOMO ROLL and AKANOMI ROLL. People also love our Teriyaki and Hibachi entrees.

Q. At this time of year do you offer anything special for the holidays?

A. Yes, we have party platters from the sushi bar or kitchen with a variety of options.

Q. Do you have a website?

A. Yes, our website is Akanomisushi.com. You can also find us on Facebook, Yelp and Super Media.

Q. What do you want the community to know about you?

A. We have enjoyed the past few months as new restaurant owners and appreciate our customers. As a thank you, we will offer FIVE DOLLARS OFF expenditures of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS or more if you mention that you read our feature in Our Towne! This offer will be extended until December 31, 2011.

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by Barbara Nichols Randall, Director, Guilderland Public Library Say December and here in the Northeast the first things we think of are winter snow and ice!

Not surprisingly the library has many books that are about both snow and ice. Our childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s books about snow focus on the joy of playing in it. Perfect Snow by Barbara Reid tells the story of a class building an enormous snow fort with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;perfectâ&#x20AC;? first snow of the season. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Snowing

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Wilson A. Bentley, known as The Snowflake Man, was the first person to photograph a single snow crystal. His lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is fascinating. The library has both books and DVDs that tell his story. You can also see some of his photos visit the Western New York Library Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website www.wnylegacy.org.

Two interesting nonfiction books related to winter are Bugs and Bugsicles: insects in the winter by Amy S. Hansen and The Winter Harvest Handbook: year-round vegetable production using deeporganic techniques and unheated greenhouses by Eliot Coleman.

If you are still feeling chilled by the prospect of our winter weather, you can do what Kathy Reid-Naiman suggests: Sing the Cold Winter Away: family songs for winter time with a sing-a-long with her CD. Other upbeat musical and visual winter reflections are found in the Sentimental reflections series Winter stories of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heritage in scenery and song.

And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget all the cookbooks we have with great recipes for hot cocoa!

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Selling Your Home in 2011?

Getting to the real estate closing table today is much more challenging than a few years ago. During the first 11 months of 2011, only 45% of Guilderland homes listed have actually gone under contract or closed.

In this kind of a real estate market you need a realtor with the experience and a proven track record on your side. With over 2000 homes sold and 25 years in the business, Fraida Varah has sold more homes in Albany County than any other realtor.

Find out what homes are selling for in your neighborhood by going to fraida.com and clicking “What’s Your Home Worth” ...or call us at 438-9302

1414 Western Avenue, Guilderland

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