Jake Crawford, a Guilderland Town Board member who chairs Albany County’s Democratic committee, said of the county executive, Daniel McCoy, “I said I wanted the first one in Guilderland and he delivered.”

GUILDERLAND — A helicopter flew overhead and police cars and ambulances were parked in lots outside of Guilderland’s Crossgates Mall on Friday afternoon.

The resources were deployed after a fake emergency call of a shooting in a mall parking lot was made to Guilderland Police at about 12:34 p.m.

The only appointment that engendered discussion was the new attorney, Janet Thayer, and the controversy centered not on her person nor her professionalism but rather on the process used to select her.

After the results were in, Superintendent Marie Wiles told The Enterprise, “I am delighted — in particular for Farnsworth Middle School and their enormous class sizes.”

The retired Guilderland resident has spent a lifetime helping the needy and vulnerable both as part of his career and in volunteer work.

In the way most of us breathe air — an essential intake to sustain life — Leonard A. Slade Jr. breathes poetry.

“We did have a little bit of a dip in proficiency level from pre-pandemic,” said Rachel Anderson of Guilderland students’ test scores. This was typical across the state and nation.

ALBANY COUNTY — The pandemic — or at least the government declarations of emergency it engendered — is ending not with a bang but a whimper.

The library has negotiated new contracts with its union employees. Raises were needed, according to the library’s director, Timothy Wiles, because salaries were higher at other local libraries, making recruiting and retention difficult.

Last month, the Biden administration announced that it would spend $1.1 billion to provide free COVID vaccinations to uninsured Americans after the vaccines are commercially marketed.