In a press release on Monday, Albany Police stated they had taken Keri Mazzuca into custody and charged her with one count of second-degree murder, one count of concealment of a human corpse, and one count of tampering with physical evidence.

A public hearing was recently held on the proposed update, which is meant to “create a vision for the future for the town of Guilderland,” and is “intended to be a blueprint for the town and identify recommendations for a series of topics,” consultant Jaclyn Hakes told plan update committee members on Sept. 10.

Christine Duffy, Guilderland

Mark Grimm, Ranking member Finance Committee Albany County Legislature

John Haluska, Vice President, Guilderland Historical Society

Several parents recommended to the board that the child be home-schooled, which the district’s lawyer said the board has no legal right to do. Others expressed fear as well as anger while a 13-year-old student, who had been targeted, said he didn’t feel safe despite two adults accompanying the boy during the school day.

Asked if the Superfund site and the neighboring Patroon Creek are now safe, a spokesman for EPA responded, “The February 2024 Five-Year Review indicated that the Mercury Refining site is protective of human health and the environment now that all institutional controls, including environmental easements, are in place.”

Now that a student who was charged in February with making a threat of mass harm has returned to classes, the mother of one of the 20 students he had targeted wants to know what plan the school has in place to protect them. The superintendent assures that the district has safety plans but says, “There is no information I can share on how we would address the needs of a particular child.”

DeAnna Cornelius, Guilderland

The question we face, as a society, is: Should the government provide needed childcare in the form of public schooling?