Guilderland bans smoking, tobacco in its parks

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair

The Guilderland Town Board voted unanimously this week to ban smoking and the use of tobacco products and e-cigarettes in the town’s parks.

Opinion

The Butterfly Effect — Climate change threatens everyone

Climate change is here and harming us. While we commend those who are heroically acting to help, it is not enough. An overarching national policy and a global commitment are needed.

Guilderland

Seven years after fire, abandoned Governors Motor Inn is for sale

The Governors Motor Inn is listed for sale at $475,000, a price that Realtor Tony Trimarchi of CM Fox said takes into consideration the need to pay more than $200,000 to the county in back taxes.

New Scotland

New Scotland teen charged with assault by candlestick

A New Scotland teen was arrested for assaulting her uncle with a candlestick at her residence at a former New Scotland convent turned church and apartment complex.

Regional

Activists join forces to help families visit North Country inmates

A new organization, Friends in the Adirondacks, offers hospitality to visiting families of people who are incarcerated in the North Country. The organization’s other mission, said co-founder Martha Swan, is to open hearts and minds of local residents.

Hilltowns

Heroin is in the Hilltowns, says sheriff’s investigator

KNOX — Albany County Sheriff’s Investigator Amy Kowalski, who serves as a Community Liaison Officer, spoke alongside Catholic Charities representative Ed Fox at Tuesday’s town board me

Sports

Photos: Guilderland Welcomes the World to the Maccabi Games

Athletes from three countries and many states converged on the Capital Region this week to compete in the 2017 JCC Maccabi Games, an Olympic-style competition for Jewish teenagers ages 13 to 16.

Podcasts

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Letters to the Editor

See art and support animals

Arlene’s Artist Materials is having an Art Fair, showcasing local artists and craftspeople.

Golfers at YMCA tourney raised over $100K to help children

David Brown, president, Chief Executive Officer, Capital District YMCA

I applaud and thank the supervisor and board for clarifying implementation of shared services

Sean S. Lyons, Berne

Auditions coming up. Join the Hilltowns Players family

Penny Shaw, secretary, Hilltowns Players

Seniors can walk down Memory Lane and kids can see the past

Nancy Frueh vice-president, Knox Historical Society

7th anniversary of Schilling Park remembered. Schilling family personified the volunteerism that shapes and sustains Altamont

Jim Gaughan, Altamont

Columns

Old Men of the Mountain

John R. Williams

The OFs are out of the loop with online shopping but the loop is really a noose

Back Roads Geology

Driving Route 85: Seeing 450 million years of geologic history

Field Notes

Dennis Sullivan

What or who is worth something? We must meet the needs of everyone

The Historian's Desk

Remembering the trolley that once linked Guilderland to the city