On their trek, the women have learned about botany and biology, geology and geography, and history and varying cultures.

GUILDERLAND — Police here were called on Sunday at about 1:145 a.m. for shots fired at Frenches Hollow Road and the Watervliet Reservoir, leading to the arrest of two men and a juvenile for having a stolen weapon.

“The personnel we anticipate using for the investigation are billed at rates between $250 and $400 per hour,” says the Guidepost document. “These rates are substantially lower than our normal billing rates. We recommend setting a budget not to exceed $15,000 in professional fees.”

Robert Porter says people he knows are taken aback to learn he didn’t graduate from high school.

He’s 58 and will be receiving his diploma at Guilderland High School on May 14.

The planning board has approved a site plan for 12 units of independent senior housing on Carman Road and was presented with a proposal for a 36-child daycare facility on Western Avenue. 

First presented as a 70-lot subdivision in September 2022, then 66 homes just a couple of months later, BM Guilderland LLC is now looking to build a 42-lot subdivision on 87 acres spanning four properties along Route 146. But the pared-down proposal still has residents raising similar concerns.

Superintendent Marie Wiles said the district needs the traditional buses “no matter what.” Splitting the bus purchases into two propositions, she said, would help ensure getting those traditional buses even if the electric buses aren’t popular.

The district had used some of its federal funds, meant to help with pandemic expenses, to hire an extra nurse since there were added needs with vaccinations. Those federal funds run out next fall.

An Albany County Court judge OK’d the settlement on March 22. 

Altamont’s tax rate for next year is set to increase from $2.14 per $1,000 of assessed value to $2.18 per $1,000.