Robert Mason, Guilderland

“This morning we are awarding over $225,000 to 16 municipalities with a goal and a purpose to enhance and develop city, town, and village-owned parks, playgrounds, and recreational facilities across Albany County,” said Joanne Cunningham, who chairs the county legislature.

ALTAMONT — Gary Spencer was a man of few words but the words he spoke or wrote mattered. He chose them carefully. He read widely, collecting first editions of books he loved even when he could ill afford them.

ALTAMONT — Gary Spencer was a man of few words but the words he spoke or wrote mattered. He chose them carefully. He read widely, collecting first editions of books he loved even when he could ill afford them.

“I’m here tonight,” Rachel Mormino told the Guilderland School Board, “because the school failed my child.”

John McCarthy, Guilderland

Larry Vincent, Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 50, Guilderland

Edgar V. Tolmie, Altamont

Nancy Cavillones, Member, Lady Dutch Field Hockey Booster Club

The train depot, built in 1864  the center of Knowersville, as Altamont was then called, became an unofficial village hall and meeting place. The station first agent, Henry Hawkins, served as the postmaster for Knowersville and the post office was located in the depot.