On April 21, the board agreed to set public hearings for four proposed local laws: a battery energy storage system moratorium, the codification of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission’s involvement in future development decisions, amendments to town rules for building in environmentally sensitive areas, and  Accessory Dwelling Unit zoning.

GUILDERLAND — Kelly Sloan, who leads St. Madeleine Sophie School in Guilderland, has been named Principal of the Year by the Capital Area School Development Association.

Birth rates are declining nationwide and immigration is slowing. More than half of New York’s counties, Scardamalia said, are in a state of natural decline with more deaths than births.

GUILDERLAND — The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza will celebrate its new location and 50th anniversary on Independent Book Store Day, Saturday, April 25.

The shop has returned to the place in the plaza where it opened in 1975 between two new venues, Sur La Table and Athleta.

The tax-levy increase is up 3.42 percent, which is under the state-set limit, requiring a simple majority to pass. Guilderland gets about two-thirds of its funds from local property taxes.

Without being able to get a marker through the Pomeroy Foundation, Haluska, an officer of the Guilderland Historical Society, set about raising funds. Twenty-five donors, with contributions ranging from $25 to $200, gave a total of $2,500.

Farnsworth is heated with three Lochinvar boilers — two were purchased in 2021 and the third in 2022 — and all three have had their cores fail, according to Guilderland school Superintendent Daniel Mayberry.

GUILDERLAND — The town has been recognized as a 2025 Tree City USA in honor of its “commitment to plant, grow, and maintain trees to benefit its community,” according to an April 14 announcement from the Arbor Day Foundation.

Arbor Day, which is celebrated on the fourth Friday of April, falls on the 24th this year.

Those who oppose the gridlocked measures — one of several issues holding up the state budget — include consumer advocates and trial lawyers who maintain the proposals would make it harder for injured parties to sue, would increase insurance-companies’ profits, and that there is no guarantee insurance costs will be lowered.

To qualify for workforce housing, rent plus required tenant-paid utilities would not exceed $1,706 per month.