ALBANY — “There was a weird noise coming from the chipper,” said tree climber Brendon John Andres, crying on the witness stand last week at an Occupational Safety and Health Administration hearing in Albany as he recalled the death over a year ago of  a co-worker.

GUILDERLAND — Democratic incumbent Supervisor Peter Barber is being challenged again by Republican Brian Forte, who ran against hi

GUILDERLAND — Democrat Jean Cataldo, who is running unopposed for a second term as town clerk, says that being at the counter is the best part of her job.

GUILDERLAND — Two years after their first race for Guilderland Town Supervisor ended with Barber edging past him, Republican Brian Forte is running for the same post, this time with Barber as the incumbent.

Forte served on the town board for the three years before his run for supervisor, from 2012 to 2015.

GUILDERLAND — Democrat Peter Barber, a lawyer who chaired the town’s zoning board for years, was elected supervisor two years ago in a tight race against Republican Brian Forte. They were vying for the post held by Democrat Kenneth Runion, who retired after 20 years as supervisor.

GUILDERLAND — Democrat Paul Pastore, a lawyer who joined the town board in 2006 after serving for six years as assistant town attorney and counsel to the planning board, is running for re-election.  

GUILDERLAND — Enrolled Conservative Kathy Burbank, who led the Guilderland Chamber of Commerce for seven years, is running as a challenger for one of two open seats on the Guilderland Town Board.

GUILDERLAND — Democrat Patricia Slavick, who was first elected to the town board in 2000, is running for a fifth four-year term.

GUILDERLAND — Enrolled Conservative Michele Coons is running for town board in Guilderland, the town where she grew up and hopes to see her two young-adult children stay to eventually raise their families. “Having a passion for the town where you live is definitely a qualification,” she said.

GUILDERLAND — Richard Sherwood, 57, who has been a town justice in Guilderland since 2013, describes his courtroom philosophy as listening to both sides and not jumping to a quick decision.