Cancer soldier, 13, is welcomed to the Union Army’s 125th Regiment

GUILDERLAND — A year ago, Liam Flaherty was riding the school bus with his friend Nat Mussman — both are students at Farnsworth Middle School — when Nat said, “Liam, you have a lump on your neck and you should point that out to your parents.”

Liam did.

“His friend saved his life,” said Liam’s father, Matt Flaherty. “He had a tumor on his thyroid. They did a needle biopsy, then a surgical biopsy.”

Opinion

From the editor: The Enterprise 3rd in state among single-flag newspapers

Elizabeth Floyd Mair listens to voices others often don’t hear. She is persistent in ferreting out the stories of people who are sometimes crime victims, sometimes perpetrators. She finds the humanity in both.

Guilderland

Guilderland school board’s $100.9 million budget to go to voters May 15

The school district’s budget includes several items added Tuesday by the school board — after contentious debate — without public discussion.

New Scotland

Facing death, Pastor Kendall recalls a life well lived

After half-century as a pastor in the Reformed Church in America, the last 27 at the Unionville Reformed Church in Delmar, Pastor Thomas Kendall has stepped down and is now considered a pastor emeritus.

Regional

Child Victims Act left behind in state’s budget, kept alive by survivors

Survivors of child sex abuse say they will continue to press the New York State Senate to allow a vote on the Child Victims Act — which would extend the statute of limitations, giving child victims more time to process their abuse and come forward. The Act has passed with bipartisan support in the Assembly, but has been stonewalled in the Senate.

Hilltowns

Westerlo applies for grant to repair highway garage

A state grant could fund the majority of repairs to the Westerlo Highway Garage, a task that the town has struggled to complete due to residents’ concerns about high cost.

Sports

Photos: Scotties Bite Dutch

The spring season opener Tuesday saw the Guilderland boys’ lacrosse team playing in a cold drizzle of rain, sleet, and snow, losing to Ballston Spa, 13 to 5. The fields were wet with leftover snow at Ballston Spa so the game was moved to the artificial turf at Union College in Schenectady.