Altamont’s tax rate for next year is set to be the same as this year: $1.97 per $1,000 of assessed value. And for the second year in a row, the board of trustees plans to levy approximately $300,100 in property taxes, which is about $8,000 below the state-set levy limit.

E.A. Chevrette Jr., Guilderland

Leanne Royer, Vice President Altamont PTA

Senbahavalli Ramasamy, Guilderland

Shirley Unser,  Capital District Christian Women’s Connection

GUILDERLAND — Blake Spears, 40, of Westmere, was sentenced on Friday to 300 months in prison for sexually exploiting a child.

The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Thomas F. Relford, special agent in charge of the Albany Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Iris Broyde, Guilderland

Tom Capuano, Thom Breitenbach, Altamont

E.A. Chevrette Jr., Guilderland

“Our goal,” said Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber at the time the recent pathways planning started, “is to make it a more walkable community.”