These local students were among 31 from the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical School inducted into the National Technical Honor Society with grade-point averages of 92 or greater at Career & Tech, an overall average of 85 or greater at their high schools, and fewer than six absences:

GUILDERLAND — On Saturday, May 16, Guilderland Boy Scout Troop 50 worked to improve the Fort Hunter town park.  The project was coordinated and directed by Matt Cortelyou as his Eagle Project.

_{Howard W. Borden, Altamont}

To prosecute wolves in sheep's clothing, laws should be drafted that increase penalties for crimes if the elderly or disabled are targeted.

The Independent Living Center of the Hudson Valley has a new workshop series, “Claiming Our Power, Sharing our Stories.”

_{Mark Grimm, Guilderland}

_{Tim Stanton, Feura Bush}

Bruce W. Dearstyne, who grew up in Berne, surrounded by history, has included a chapter on the tenant farmers' rebellion in his new book on the spirit of New York.

A Slingerlands man was sentenced on May 19 in Bethlehem Town Court for driving while impaired by alcohol.

ALTAMONT — William and Kathy Johnson of Altamont are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Emaline Anna Johnson, to James Edward Bates, son of Julie and Robert McRobie of Oswego, New York, and Edward Bates of Baldwinsville, New York.