Guilderland

Students came in, one by one, with their families since the school’s traditional moving-up ceremony had to be cancelled to prevent the spread of coronavirus during the Altamont Elementary School Class of 2020 Moving Up and Recognition.

Several citizens urged the zoning board not to allow a renovated McDonald’s to have triple the allowed signage.

Guilderland High School graduates will watch a video of their graduation ceremony at the Jericho Drive-In on June 20 and then, a week later, will walk across a stage set up in front of their high school to collect their diplomas.

On Saturday, about 100 people marched in Altamont in support of Black Lives Matter. One marched as a Wobbly, another as a Jew, a third as a teacher, a fourth as a mother. At the end, they knelt together in silence for eight minutes and 45 seconds to honor George Floyd. 

On Monday, Guilderland teachers and the seniors in the Class of 2020 kept their social distance, but not their emotional distance as faculty lined the high school walk to see their students one last time and wave goodbye.

A dozen seniors at Capital Region BOCES passed the state’s EMT practical exam.

Three incumbents — Herb Hennings, Mark Keeling, and Phil Metzger — are running to keep their seats on the Guilderland Public Library Board of Trustees. They are being challenged by Marcia Alazraki and Richard Rubin.

Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber is expecting a 20-percent reduction in sales-tax revenues for the second quarter, which amounts to a loss of about half-of-a-million dollars. But, he said, the town, is “in fairly good shape” financially since it has “healthy reserves,” which he described as being “in the millions of dollars.” He has no immediate plans to lay off or furlough town workers.

Harvey Vlahos​, Altamont

Memorial Day wreath ceremony at Altamont’s Orsini Park on Monday.

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