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Michael Dickershaid had been previously incarcerated for the attempted rape of a 15-year-old in the town of Westerlo, and was on parole at the time of this latest incident.

The Altamont Zoning Board of Appeals on Aug. 22 granted CM Fox Living Solutions LLC approval for four variances that will allow for four keyhole lots to be built off of Schoharie Plank Road West with less road frontage than is called for by code. 

For the better part of a decade, Crossgates Mall has been the scene of sporadic violence. Guilderland Police have a substation at the mall, which mostly handles shoplifting arrests.

BETHLEHEM — The Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce will honor three individuals and two organizations at its annual awards celebration on Oct. 26 at the Colonie Country Club:
— Lifetime Achievement awardees: Margaret Barkman, long-time owner of Barkman Farms, and Gregory Turner, owner Burt Anthony Associates;

Guilderland residents will pay $18.62 per $1,000 of assessed value in school taxes this year, which is a 2.3-percent increase over the previous year. When voters went to the polls to pass the $120 million school budget last May, the district had predicted a 2.66-percent increase. Property owners in the other three towns partially covered by the Guilderland school district will have a higher-than-predicted rate.

The Voorheesville School Board approved the rates at a special Aug. 18 meeting. 

These are among the eight designs for “I Voted” stickers that Albany County residents can vote on by Sept. 6. The winning design will be printed on stickers to be given to voters on Election Day.