Desolation Road opens in Altamont

ALTAMONT — A public hearing for a photo shop and community art gallery will take place next Monday, town code enforcement officer Donald Cropsey told the village board last week.

Folksinger George Mann will pay tribute to his fellow Wobbly Utah Phillips

ALTAMONT — Utah Phillips, singer, songwriter, activist, and hobo, liked to tell this joke: How do you make a million dollars as a folksinger?  You start with two.

GUILDERLAND — What if Guilderland School District residents vote down next year’s budget on May 18?

GUILDERLAND — The Industrial Development Agency and the town board have decided to approve an extension on the Guilderland YMCA’s $5.24 million bond.

ALTAMONT — A grand archway once marked the village entrance to the Altamont Fair from, appropriately enough, Grand Street.

Marie McMillen, the fair’s operations manager, would like to see that entryway rebuilt.

GUILDERLAND — After just under a year on the school board, Julie Fletcher Cuneo, last May’s top vote-getter, is stepping down.

Although she regrets not finishing her three-year term, Cuneo said, she’s putting family first.

GUILDERLAND — Supervisor Kenneth Runion shocked the town board on Tuesday night when he voted with the Republicans — rather than with his fellow Democrats — against a local law that he had originally proposed.

GUILDERLAND — After 10 years of collecting payments, the town is releasing over $2 million to the state’s Department of Transportation, for the Northern Corridor Flyover Bridge.

Recession closes independent Italian eatery in Star Plaza