Guilderland

Efforts to rename a road for Major General Harold Greene in his hometown of Guilderland uncovered a little-known fact — that Route 20 is already dedicated, to the memory of a disabled veterans’ organization.

GUILDERLAND — Thomas T. Van Wagenen Jr., a lifelong resident of Guilderland, was remembered by his family this week as a man with a strong sense of fairness and a good sense of humor.

GUILDERLAND — Two county legislators have recently gotten grants for seating projects in Guilderland.

Albany County Legislator Dennis Feeney got a $3,000 grant for the Guilderland library and fellow legislator legislator Mark Grimm got a $3,000 grant for the Guilderland Babe Ruth youth baseball organization.

GUILDERLAND — Josuelle Ortiz, an employee of the Crossgates Mall security office, was arrested on May 21 for taking a wallet from the lost-and-found drawer.

Guilderland Police were called to the security office for a report of an “internal theft,” the arrest report says.

Defeated in his bid for a seat on the school board, Sean Maguire joins the Industrial Development Agency, and retired state worker Darrell A. McKnight takes over the late David Bosworth’s seat on the Environmental Conservation Advisory Council.

GUILDERLAND — Amanda Bailly — a 2006 graduate of Guilderland High School now living in the Middle East — returned home this week for a free showing and discussion of her film, “8 Borders 8 Days,” which tracks the efforts of a single Syrian mother and her two children to travel to freedom in Europe.

A new apartment complex of 96 units proposed for Western Avenue near Guilderland’s Hannaford is one of many apartment projects recently approved or under consideration along the length of that road.

Guilderland Central School District held it's 14th annual ENL extravaganza at Farnsworth Middle School last Wednesday, June 7.

It was hot and humid at Union-Endicott High School in Endicott for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association outdoor track and field championships. Guilderland sent three individual competitors and one relay team last Friday and Saturday.

We have always counted on our community. We are able to continue our important programs because of the support that you give us.

Thank you for coming to our annual fundraiser in Orsini Park on Saturday and a special thanks to Outpost #4, the wildlife rehabilitation organization that brought raptors.

 

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