“The work of cemeteries is considered an essential business,” said funeral director John Gulino. “The graves will be dug; people will be buried. It’s not going to get like Italy.”

Elsie J. Fisher of Gloversville, a Berne-Knox homecoming queen, died at home on Monday, March 16, 2020. She was 87.

As the county announced the number of confirmed cases of COVID went up today to 52, from 41 yesterday, Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber declared a state of emergency for the town.

Pine Bush trails remain open although the Pine Bush Preserve offices and Discovery Center are closed due to concerns about the coronavirus.

All scheduled programs, activities, and meetings have been cancelled but the preserve urges residents to use both its physical and virtual resources.

GUILDERLAND — Stuyvesant Plaza announced on Thursday that it will waive rent payments for all retail and restaurant tenants for a two-week period effective Friday, March 20.

Now we have a call from Guilderland — from Kenneth Kovalchik, the town’s planner — for the Hilltowns, Guilderland, and New Scotland to work together for the good of all. We endorse this call wholeheartedly. 

Some local businesses have had to completely alter how they do things after new general- and business-related coronavirus guidance coming from both the state and federal governments this week.

“We need to start thinking about regional impacts because, in my opinion, this proposal really kills home rule,” Guilderland's planner told the town board recently about an amendment placed into the proposed budget by Governor Andrew Cuomo.