John Michael Tymchyn died doing what he loved — he was behind home plate, playing baseball.

“J.T. was suddenly called to his eternal rest on Sunday, April 17, 2016,” his family wrote in a tribute. He was 44.

ALTAMONT — Village flags were at half-staff on Saturday because Trustee Christine Marshall had died.

Town officials voted to grant the Mill Hollow developer's request to make the housing complex open to residents of all ages, and not just senior citizens.

Cory Ash, a young man from Albany, is seen driving eastward at 95 miles per hour in a stolen car on Western Avenue in Guilderland near Crossgates Mall before he crashes at Schoolhouse Road. He dies from his injuries. 

An elderly woman crossed over the double yellow line on Route 155 Sunday, causing a two-car crash that sent both her and the other driver to Albany Med. The other driver was Joseph Cotazino, 61, a well-known figure in Voorheesville, who is the leader of the Orchard Park Neighborhood Association, which is very active in local charity work. Gladys Chamberlain, 78, also of Voorheesville, may have had a medical event before crashing head-on into Cotazino's vehicle, say officials from the sheriff's office. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

If the project does not go in, board members pointed out, the land can revert to its original business zoning.

ALTAMONT —  Barbara A. Scrafford, who loved being a wife and mother, was a religious woman who led a Christian clown ministry.