ALBANY COUNTY — Building permits for multifamily housing outpaced those for single-family homes in the Capital Region in 2016 for the first time in recent memory, said Mark Castiglione, executive director of the Capital District Regional Planning Commission.

The same trend continued in 2017, he said, but to a lesser extent.

Tod Mell received his $91,290 annual salary from the Guilderland School District from the time that he was placed on administrative leave in April 2018 until Dec. 27. His letter of resignation was accepted by the school board at its Dec. 18 meeting.

GUILDERLAND — Seven police agencies responded when a large group of young men and women were fighting inside the ThinkGeek Store at Crossgates Mall on Friday evening, Dec. 28.

The Guilderland Police responded at 8:20 p.m. and, according to a release from the department, arrested three teens for disorderly conduct:

Don Rittner believes that the Altamont Fair, with its many museums and long-standing traditions, can fill the gap left by schools that no longer teach civics or history. He’s writing a book on the fair’s 125-year history.

The Altamont Free Library will not charge its members late fees on borrowed children’s books for all of 2019.

Guilderland Police are working with the managers of stores that have been targeted, giving them tips on how to recognize a situation that fits the recent pattern of disruptive incidents, and how to respond.  

The Rosenblum Companies, the developer that owns Great Oaks, says that office-space rentals are lagging. Proposed apartment buildings would have amenities open to office tenants and would, the developer hopes, make the commercial space more attractive to potential tenants.

While there is no reason in the zoning code for the Altamont Planning Board to reject a proposal for 120-foot monopole telecommunications tower to be placed above the village, the board has decided to allow the public more time to offer its input on the proposed project.