GUILDERLAND — McKownville will have a new $9.6 million firehouse, built in the footprint of its current 57-year-old station.

On Tuesday, fire-district residents passed the measure in a landslide — with 80 percent of the vote, according to Michael Costabile, the chief of the all-volunteer department.

They had assembled for a plaque unveiling but, in addition to the plaque on the back, stone wall of the center, draped in festive scarlet, they were also greeted with three posters displayed on easels. Each pictured improvements totaling $3.9 million in state funds: a solar array, a warming hut, and upgrades to the park’s iconic Indian Ladder Trail.

Albany Dutchmen, Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber said, is a semi-pro, for-profit entity and its use of the field takes away from youth programs.

“This is the first time since the implementation of the tax cap there has been uncertainty about what we expect for state aid in the budget,” said Andrew Van Alstyne, Guilderland’s assistant superintendent for business.

The director of the Guilderland Chamber of Commerce and the chief executive officer of the Guilderland Industrial Development Agency both argued against the moratorium along with a business owner and a resident.

“The key to our success,” said Garry Robinson, “is the helpfulness … the knowledge of our staff. That’s the glue that holds this whole thing together.”

BETHLEHEM — Majid Godje, 24, of Jersey City, was arrested on April 15 for a robbery last December in a Slingerlands parking lot.

Bethlehem Police traveled to New Jersey to make the arrest and were helped in the investigation by the United States Marshal Task Force in New York and New Jersey.

On their trek, the women have learned about botany and biology, geology and geography, and history and varying cultures.

“We’re hoping to get community members and families of people who have loved ones in the cemetery,” said MaryEllen Domblewski, the cemetery association’s treasurer.

Birds are on the move — largely migrating in the dark.

Lights can confuse them and even kill them.

The state announced this week that it is once again participating in the “Lights Out” initiative, joining national and international efforts to turn off nonessential outdoor lights on state buildings.