ALTAMONT — A spirited woman who loved — her husband, her children, her home, her flowers, her village — with passion, Bette Cowley remained independent and vibrant until her death on Sunday, May 6, 2018. She died in the home she loved. She was 91.

Febronia Mansour, a senior at Guilderland High School, discusses her last three years of studies that range from the study of one's gait to examining the link of Alzheimer's disease and autism and using the species Caenorhabditis elegans, a type of roundworm, to study neuroscience.

Christine Myers of Altamont, a sophomore at Saint Rose, hopes to qualify for the NCAA Division II national championship.

The Altamont Village Board of Trustees, with just four days’ notice, voted to wait until June to decide on whether to apply for a grant for a near-million-dollar water-connection project.  

It’s been closed for nine years, but once the rebuild starts, the Weaver Road bridge should be completed in about three months, officials say.

The town now plans to hire a full-time, not part-time, planner.

Natalie Joseph overcame a reading disability as a child and now, as a member of Albany’s Tulip Court, is passionate about promoting literacy.

GUILDERLAND — Four candidates are running for four seats on the Guilderland school board. The top three vote-getters will serve full three-year terms; the candidate who finishes fourth will fill out a two-year term.