Firefighters expect to have a definitive cause of the Sept. 8 spa fire within a couple of days.

Former Guilderland town justice Richard J. Sherwood has agreed to testify against his alleged co-conspirator, Thomas K. Lagan, after the two were arrested for bilking elderly clients out of more than $11 million.

For years, there has been a drugstore near each corner of the intersection of routes 155 and 20. No more.

ALTAMONT — Christopher Vincent Davis, of Altamont, loved and worked hard, his family said. He died unexpectedly on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 18, 2018. He was 22.

GUILDERLAND — Christian Peters died suddenly in a tragic motorcycle accident on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. He was 21.

Born on July 30, 1997, he was a graduate of Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School and a proud and cherished member of the longshoreman union, Local 1294.

Executive Director of the Albany County Land Bank Adam Zaranko called $350,000 an “initial asking price.”

GUILDERLAND — With low turnout in Thursday’s primary for Guilderland town judge, Bryan Clenahan bested Christine Napierski, securing both the Independence and Women’s Equality party lines for the Nov. 6 election. Napierski said on Friday that she will continue in the race.

ALTAMONT — On Sept. 5, Robert Rabbin, a Main Street resident, complained to the village board about gaps in the pavement on his street — the state’s Route 146 — at the railroad crossing next to library.

ALTAMONT — Margaret Everett Hughs, who showed her creativity in the pottery and dramatic jewelry she made, died on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, at Life Care Center in Keauhou, Hawai’i. She was 97.