“There’s some barbershops and dental offices that want to be in the neighborhood,” said developer David Zhang of potential tenants although he stressed discussions were preliminary.

Elaine Person has an alter ego — Val N Tine. Val wears a suit of rainbow stripes with patch pockets in the shape of hearts. She has a permanent smile painted in red, curly pink hair, and a heart for a nose. She is a clown — a clown with a serious mission: making others happy.

“It’s almost a miracle,” said Pat Canaday, describing the humble origins of human clothing made from animal skins. “Then people learned they could criss-cross threads.”

 “We worked our way through our wait list … We actually still have vacant seats,” said Rachel Anderson.

“It’s almost a miracle,” said Pat Canaday, describing the humble origins of human clothing made from animal skins. “Then people learned they could criss-cross threads.”

In building the solar facility, care was taken not to disturb the land, Carlene Pruitt said. “We have to be very conscious and mindful when it comes to the production or development of projects like this,” she said. “We can’t drill, you know, like pilings into the dirt. So what we do is we use a ballast system — they look kind of like cinder blocks — to hold the racking and the panels on top of the soil so there’s no penetration of the soil whatsoever.”

While an aging John Steinbeck traversed the country in 1960 in his camper with his dog, Charley, to discover and write about the “new America,” Carey is aware of a still newer America permeated with technology. She wants to help people find a path in this brave new world.

GUILDERLAND — A fast-food restaurant that is relatively unknown in the United States but found in several countries in the Middle East and Africa as well as in India, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Canada, is coming to Guilderland.

Last October, Floccuzio sought a variance to build a warehouse on the 10.7 acres he’d bought in the Rural Agricultural district at the corner of routes 20 and 158. This month, he sought a variance to build three houses on the same acreage.

GUILDERLAND — Three men smashed the front window of an upscale boutique in Stuyvesant Plaza at about 12:43 a.m. on Tuesday, stealing merchandise, according to a release from Guilderland Police.