Dan Alexander, Guilderland

ALTAMONT — “John ‘Jack’ Anthony McCullen of Altamont joined his devoted wife Edna in everlasting peace and love on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021,” his family wrote in a tribute. He was 90.

ALTAMONT — Richard Frank Fonda — a farmer; a veteran; a welder; a printer; a carpenter; and most of all, a family man — died on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. He was 96.

ALTAMONT — Teri and John Conroy are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Hannah Rose, to Joshua Ryan Drake, son of Michelle Lestage and Dale Drake, on Sept. 10, 2021 at the family farm in Altamont.

A celebratory reception is planned for June 2022.

ALTAMONT — Gloria Chardeen, a mother and grandmother who had worked as a Guilderland school secretary, died peacefully at home in Altamont on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. She was 80.

She was born in Albany to Henry and Edna Bink on Oct. 10, 1940.

Mrs. Chardeen was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Delmar.

Lois King Gallager, Voorheesville

“The default mechanism is we literally do nothing, and December 31 comes and goes, then we are allowing both the dispensary and the places where you can actually use marijuana to take place,” said Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber during the town board’s Aug. 17 meeting.