School board holds public session to start super search

GUILDERLAND — The search is on.

Ads will be placed this week for a new superintendent for the Guilderland schools.

ALTAMONT — Maddie Jerominek has been standing outside of her home, even in this bitter cold weather, to scream.

“It has to be a blood-curdling scream,” she says, “so I go out in the snow and practice.”

GUILDERLAND — The amount of land preserved and maintained by the Pine Bush Commission has increased by 6 percent.

Grimm jumps in with proposal for appraisal

GUILDERLAND — The town is slated to go to court on March 1 to defend its assessment of the Metro 20 Diner. The diner’s owner is seeking a $1 million reduction, from $1.6 million to $664,500.

GUILDERLAND — A man died after he lost consciousness while driving on Western Avenue Saturday, and crossed over into oncoming traffic, striking another vehicle before hitting a tree.

What makes Redlich run?

GUILDERLAND — While many New Yorkers are anticipating a Democratic primary for governor, a handful of Libertarians hope to see their candidate force a GOP primary.

GUIDLERLAND — A new restaurant will open on Western Avenue in two weeks, in a building that has been vacant for over three years.

GUILDERLAND — The school board postponed a closed session it had planned for Tuesday night after a number of school board members decided not to go.

At issue is whether the executive session would have been legal.

FMS team designs Future City that makes homes for the homeless

GUILDERLAND — The earthquake hadn’t hit Haiti when the students at Farnsworth Middle School designed a Future City that would help provide housing for survivors of such a disaster.

Man arrested for posing as a fire inspector

GUILDERLAND — An Albany man was arrested Saturday for impersonating a fire inspector in order to scam money, and the Guilderland Police helped solve the crime.