Falling rocks on the Indian Ladder Trail in John Boyd Thacher State Park severed the spinal cord of a Clifton Park woman, leaving her paralyzed.

NEW SCOTLAND — Ivan Lawson, a longtime elementary-school teacher, was a patient and kind husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, his family said. He died peacefully in his New Scotland home on Thursday, April 25, 2019, after a brief illness. He was 91.

To keep costs down, the way the Voorheesville Central School District pays for prescription drugs will have to change or there could be bigger problems in the future.

Voorheesville Elementary School students will be learning coding and programming skills, thanks to a grant secured by Alan Fiero, a long-time science teacher who became a teaching assistant in retirement.

John Boyd Thacher State Park is receiving $1.35 million from the state to help update the park’s aged infrastructure.

As open space becomes scarce, municipalities are looking to their zoning code to help stem the tide of development.

NEW SCOTLAND — The Mendelssohn Club of Albany will perform a concert, “An Afternoon of Music,” at the New Scotland Presbyterian Church at 2010 New Scotland Road in Slingerlands on Sunday, May 5, at 3 p.m. followed by a reception with light refreshments.

All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

VOORHEESVILLE — Janice Winters was a homemaker in every sense of the word. She grew vegetables that she canned for her family to eat. She sewed clothes for her children to wear. She even mowed the lawn of her family’s yard.

“Her kids were her life,” said her daughter, Heidi Gran.