Since the pandemic, the town planner notes, there has been less demand for office space, and both requests for zoning changes are spurred by the applicants’ need for tenants.

Only one citizen spoke at the public hearing and all five board members were uniformly enthusiastic about the project, citing the need for affordable and workforce housing in town.

Jason Kenyon called The Enterprise because of concerns about losing his home but the story he told was about more than that — it was about how two friends on a warm April night got into a fight leading to dire consequences.

Director Hawver credits Senator Patricia Fahy, an Albany Democrat, for “taking the lead,” writing letters to Kathy Hochul, “urging the governor in the budget this year to include money for an upgrade to the grounds, the outdoor portion of our Discovery Center, to improve it for safety, accessibility, aesthetics, and sustainability.”

ALBANY COUNTY — In an era when antisemitism is on the rise, two local legislators are sponsoring a bill to establish a permanent Holocaust Memorial on the Empire State Plaza.

At the May 20 Guilderland Town Board meeting, Robyn Gray, who chairs the Guilderland Coalition for Responsible Growth, raised concerns she’d heard about police training at the Woodlawn Sportsmen’s Club on East Lydius Street and also spoke of the training in the ghost neighborhood in front of Crossgates.

Barber said only a half-dozen or so tax certiorari cases remain carried over from Guilderland’s townwide revaluation six or seven years ago. “If the board approves them,” said Barber before the two unanimous votes, “then they can’t challenge the assessment for three years.”

The barn where Tories hid in 1777 during the Battle of the Normanskill is still standing, according to research by Jeff Perlee.

All Guilderland propositions — school and library budgets, a school bus proposition, and a school capital project — passed handily.

GUILDERLAND — A man who snatched a woman’s purse at Stuyvesant Plaza on Sunday, police say, tried to flee but was stopped by bystanders.