GUILDERLAND — A quiet and kind man, Robert Jewett Thomson was cheerful and loving, his wife said. He worked as a civil engineer and had a passion for sailing.

Marion E. Michaels loved to travel with her best friend — her husband, Daniel C. Michaels. She died on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. She was 82.

Carol Waterman, Guilderland

Concerned neighbors and family members of residents gathered along with fire crews Sunday afternoon in front of a tidy brick home at 3825 Carman Road, between Morningside Road and Carman Plaza.

Local doctors say they have never heard of a practice being shut down as abruptly as Hedy Migden’s when St. Peter’s Health Partners fired her on July 5; one called it “patient abandonment.”

Altamont’s new trustee, Madeline La Mountain, wants to see a green village that attracts visitors.

A Slingerlands Little Leaguer places third in the country in his age group in the MLB Pitch, Hit and Run competition.

Filmmaker Alex Guilderland, originally from Uzbekistan, loves his adopted home of Guilderland so much that he incorporated its name into the pen name that he uses for all of his creative projects.

New Guilderland Public Library trustee Jason Wright has been living in Guilderland for more than a decade and ran for town clerk a few years ago.

Tawasentha Park’s new poolhouse is brighter and more modern than the old one that burned down a year ago.