Guilderland

Garnering strength from history and comfort from moments of interconnectedness

Jen O’Connor, Eric Krans, Altamont

Five more COVID cases at GCSD

GUILDERLAND — New cases of COVID-19 were announced in two separate emails by Guilderland school leaders on Friday evening.

Superintendent Marie Wiles wrote that the district had learned of five cases either late on Thursday or on Friday.

Margaret Marion Saks Walker

ALTAMONT — Peggy Walker tried her hardest to make the world a better place, said her daughter, Dr. Elise Saks, and she made a difference.

She died peacefully in her sleep at her Altamont home on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. She was 73.

Guilderland, Pyramid appeal asks if judge replaced planning board’s judgement with his own

The issues Guilderland and Pyramid are appealing, according to the court filing, “are whether the court below erred in annulling the Town of Guilderland Planning Board’s site plan approval and SEQRA findings and whether the court below improperly replaced the Board’s discretionary determinations with its own judgments.”