Democrat Gabriella Romero cruised to victory on Tuesday over Republican Alicia Purdy 15,968 votes to 5,122 to earn her first term in the New York State Assembly. 

On Nov. 1, attorneys for the IDA in court documents stated they had filed an acquisition map with the Albany County Clerk’s Office on Oct. 31, vesting the agency title to 4.23 acres of previously-owned town roads within the 16-acre project site.

J. Dineen, Altamont Reformed Church

Conor Webb, Guilderland

The demand for emergency response is growing, with a record 6,717 calls answered last year. “We’ve got an aging population,” Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber said at the ceremony, “and the key was how do we do it right,” he said of establishing a town-run service.

Martha Mallon, Instructor, Victoria Acres Altamont

Michael Koff, First Vice President, Westmere Fire Department

In another month or so, Lipps said, parents will receive notifications on when a school bus is coming to a bus stop and when the bus has left the stop.