ALTAMONT — Esther M. (née Hubbard) Goodfellow, a teacher and active community member, died on Thursday, March 26, after a brief illness. She was 92.

Goodfellow taught at the Guilderland Central School District for more than 30 years before she retired in 1982.

GUILDERLAND — Tomasina “Tommy” (née Fallone) Kilmade, a family-celebrated cook, who also cooked for Guilderland schoolchildren, died on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center. She was 92.

Mrs. Kilmade was born in Mount Vernon, and lived most of her life in the Capital District.

Guilderland students spoke to the school board about the wonders of using applications and laptops by Google, tools that are more accessible out of class and which increase the exchanges between peers and teachers.

ALTAMONT — Merritt Glennon, a beloved husband and father who loved history and community involvement, died on Friday, March 27, at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany due to complications from surgery. He was 69.

GUILDERLAND — The town of Guilderland will begin accepting registrations for its 2015 spring and summer youth programs as of April 1.

While parents and speech therapists told the school board about the feared consequences of cutting a part-time post, the superintendent says student needs wil still be met.

To the Editor:

This is what I wrote to the members of the Voorheesville Board of Education.

For the owners of four different buildings along Maple Avenue near Main Street in Altamont, warmer weather can’t come soon enough. They have been without running water for about four weeks, ever since their pipes froze.