ALTAMONT — The dogs in the park on Maple Avenue won’t fetch a ball or a Frisbee, but they will fetch some looks from visitors, and some perhaps will fetch a handsome price.

GUILDERLAND — Long-running and sometimes controversial Tuesday night school board meetings did not faze the students filming them for public access TV.

GUILDERLAND — Three of the biggest issues facing the town over the past year were addressed at a board meeting, which lasted four hours, on July 7 — stormwater solutions, solid waste management, and zoning law modifications.

Alcoholics go public

ALTAMONT— Because the violent storm on July 1 was not widespread, Altamont will likely not receive compensation for repairs and cleanup from the federal government.

GUILDERLAND — John Dornbush was a quiet hero.

GUILDERLAND — “Communication is the big issue,” said Richard Weisz after being elected to a fourth one-year term as president of the Guilderland School Board.

ALBANY — A boy who gave bear hugs as a sign of affection was embraced by the Guilderland High School graduating class on June 28 during ceremonies at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center.

Continuing what has become an Altamont Enterprise tradition, Melissa Hale-Spencer, the newspaper’s editor, has been named to the Golden Dozen again this year.

Low turnout typical for firetruck votes

GUILDERLAND — A low turnout for a Guilderland Center Fire Department vote, to bond a $400,000 fire truck, was nothing out of the ordinary.