GUILDERLAND CENTER — Joy Freisatz pages through hefty tomes on Norman Rockwell the way most people look through family albums.

She pauses to point out pictures that bring up personal memories. She shares stories from her family’s past and her own childhood.

GUILDERLAND — Matthew Nelligan, the outspoken schoolteacher who rallied hundreds of students to keep his job, announced this week that he has resigned as a teacher in the Guilderland School District.

Town to fill post

GUILDERLAND — John Macejka Jr. oversaw the first revaluation in the history of Rotterdam and he will likely conduct the next one in Guilderland.

GUILDERLAND — A masked robber stole $2,500 from a man making a night deposit at the Bank of America in a case with striking similarities to an armed robbery at the same bank in May, according to Guilderland Police.

ALBANY COUNTY — Betty Barnette won a seat Tuesday on the state Democratic committee against the will of the county committee leaders.

GUILDERLAND — Since Macy’s had been improperly disposing of hazardous waste, the department store has agreed to pay the Environmental Protection Agency $49,725.

ALTAMONT — A dog described by Altamont’s public safety commissioner as “dangerously aggressive” was killed Tuesday, by a police officer’s single shot. A second dangerous dog is still at large, said Commissioner Anthony Salerno.

With fuel price hikes, officials concerned about the elderly in need

ALTAMONT —Winter is coming and village officials want to be sure residents, especially the elderly, aren’t left out in the cold.

“I love it,” says Blackwood her first day on the job

ALTAMONT — The face of village hall — the person who is there every day and most visible to the public — is about to change.

GUILDERLAND — The seven people who provide tech support for the Guilderland schools will get 3.9-percent raises for each of the next four years.