— Bill Sherman

ALTAMONT — The village moved one step closer Tuesday night to borrowing $1.4 million for its new drinking-water system as the board of trustees unanimously passed a bond resolution.

— Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — Four Guilderland High School students, three of them wielding baseball bats, were arrested Monday after police say they were trying to burglarize the new house at Farnsworth Middle School.

— Melissa Hale-Spencer
GUILDERLAND — Should the state change the rules for teachers’ pensions"

— Nicole Fay Barr

— Nicole Fay Barr

GUILDERLAND — Monday night, the town’s Democratic committee unanimously nominated candidates for this year’s town election. Four incumbents and two newcomers got the party’s nod.

Waiting for state funds

Park, pool, and battlefield site

— Nicole Fay Barr

GUILDERLAND — It’s springtime, and the town board’s fancy has turned to parks.

— Nicole Fay Barr

GUILDERLAND — Melvin Abelseth’s favorite time of year is winter. It’s then that he feels a camaraderie with friends who share his passion — curling.

— Nicole Fay Barr

GUILDERLAND — John Daly says it’s his obligation, as an elected trustee of the Guilderland Public Library, to warn parents about the books their teenagers are reading.

— Maggie Gordon

ALTAMONT — Some lessons stay with you for a lifetime. Helen Vartigan is 63 now. She remembers her tour of duty as a 25-year-old nurse in Vietnam as vividly as if it were yesterday.

— Matt Cook