and Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — The two Republican candidates for town board have challenged the Democratic candidates to debate.

GUILDERLAND — The Guilderland Town Board is having a special meeting, on Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m., to discuss David Kershaw’s employment. The board will meet in closed executive session.

GUILDERLAND — With funding on the horizon for clean-up of the Army’s former bivouac area, good will abounded at the meeting last Thursday of the Restoration Advisory Board.

GUILDERLAND — While many agree that another nursing home on Mercycare Lane is a good idea, some have reservations about added traffic to the "dangerous" intersection of Mercycare Lane and Route 20.

GUILDERLAND — Many residents on Brandle Road have questions and concerns about Altamont’s plans to pump water for village residents and for a proposed senior-housing complex.

GUILDERLAND — Tracy McCallum was tearful as she left last Wednesday’s zoning board meeting. She said that, because of the board and her neighbors, her dogs were going to die.

By Maggie Gordon

GUILDERLAND — The New York Independent System Operator is planning on relocating 300 of its 400 employees, now in Albany, to East Greenbush.

By Maggie Gordon

ALTAMONT — The Altamont Community Tradition presented three awards for Citizen of the Year Sunday, at the organization’s annual picnic.

By Maggie Gordon
GUILDERLAND — Alice Begley has been a Guilderland resident for 51 years and the town historian for almost 10. She took the job because it "just melted in" with her passion for history, and reading and writing about it.