GUILDERLAND Bruce Sherwin, a Democrat, who has been a councilman on the Guilderland Town Board for four years, says he has been rebuffed by the towns Democratic committee because he votes his mind.
Maggie Gordon GUILDERLAND -- Marlene Plant, who raised 10 children single-handedly after her husband left her, defines success for a mother as "putting your family first and doing the best you can with what you have."
ALTAMONT MaryEllen Cline, 49, searched for the perfect location for her café and country store for three years before finding her spot on Maple Avenue in Altamont.
DORMANSVILLE More people turned out to celebrate Frances Swarts birthday than she had candles on her cake. Swart is 95; close to 100 well-wishers celebrated her life on Sunday.
VOORHEESVILLE A handful of first-graders parents showed up at the school board meeting Monday with 43 form letters signed by other parents of soon-to-be second-graders; they were upset about class size.
NEW SCOTLAND Mark Fiato embodied the phrase to live life and each day to its fullest, his daughter, Amy Fiato said.
Mr. Fiato died on Sunday, May 8, after a bicycling accident on Saturday afternoon. He was 53.
RENSSELAERVILLEDianne Schanz has worked her way up the ladder. When she be-came a rural postal carrier in Berne in 1979, she thought the postal service was a good career move, she said. She turned out to be right.