Altamont didn’t have to test for asbestos following the late September main break on Schoharie Plank Road West because the village’s entire system did not shut down for four or more hours or experience a significant loss of pressure. 

Laurel Bohl, Councilwoman, Guilderland

Eric Reimer is a pastor who tweets.

He is the new pastor at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Altamont. “The word of God …,” said Reimer, “needs to be proclaimed wherever people are. The Lutheran movement itself exists largely because of changes in the way people communicate.”

Christine Govin, Guilderland Teaching Assistants

Dean Whalen, Chairman ACT Holiday Decorating Elves

Kirby Wilson, Church Council Secretary Altamont

In the hotly contested six-way race for two town board seats, Christine Napierski was still the top vote-getter by a substantial margin, according to results posted on Nov. 17 by the Albany County Board of Elections.

The Guilderland Town Board is lead agency under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and it was determined the project “will not have a significant effect on the environment.”