Guilderland

She explained that the lunisolar calendar has 12 months and uses a repeating cycle of 60 years to name years, months, and days. Zodiac animals are used to name the years — and this is the year of the Fire Horse, which, Qin said, signifies speed, freedom, and action.

Barry Alex Finsel portrayed a department that was geared to help the most vulnerable students, that has a curriculum representing a diverse body of students, and that focuses on individual students developing their own voices.

A driving factor, not unique to Guilderland, Van Alstyne said, is “health insurance continues to rise.”

The Dec. 19 opinion from the Rural Guilderland Referral Committee states Acton Albany’s application to open a community resource center at 6378 Gun Club Road “is not consistent and does not meet the criteria set forth in the previous” town-issued special-use permit.

Studies have been commissioned, committees convened, and reports filed, but getting the state to ultimately commit to the idea has stalled.