Guilderland

The transfer of the property to the town was a requirement for the developer of a four-lot cluster subdivision on State Farm Road.

Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy announced on Sept. 19 that she has secured $150,000 that will be used to help reconstruct an 18th-Century Dutch barn from Montgomery County within the modern center.

In a suit filed on Sept. 16, Kathleen Ogborn, the administrator of the estate of Robert Ogborn Sr., claims The Grand, Delmar Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, and Albany Medical Center failed to adhere to federal statutes governing long-term care standards.

ALTAMONT — The Altamont Fair will host its first Harvest and Wine Festival, at the fairgrounds on Sept. 21 and 22.

“We are working hard to bring back the tried-and-true tradition that once was here, only better,” said Amy Anderson, the fair manager, in a release from the fair.

The town board has been tasked with deciding whether to allow a project whose density and height are not permitted by town code. On Sept. 25, the planning board is likely to decide whether the sketch plan for Foundry Square will proceed to the town board.

In a press release on Monday, Albany Police stated they had taken Keri Mazzuca into custody and charged her with one count of second-degree murder, one count of concealment of a human corpse, and one count of tampering with physical evidence.

A public hearing was recently held on the proposed update, which is meant to “create a vision for the future for the town of Guilderland,” and is “intended to be a blueprint for the town and identify recommendations for a series of topics,” consultant Jaclyn Hakes told plan update committee members on Sept. 10.

Several parents recommended to the board that the child be home-schooled, which the district’s lawyer said the board has no legal right to do. Others expressed fear as well as anger while a 13-year-old student, who had been targeted, said he didn’t feel safe despite two adults accompanying the boy during the school day.

Asked if the Superfund site and the neighboring Patroon Creek are now safe, a spokesman for EPA responded, “The February 2024 Five-Year Review indicated that the Mercury Refining site is protective of human health and the environment now that all institutional controls, including environmental easements, are in place.”

Now that a student who was charged in February with making a threat of mass harm has returned to classes, the mother of one of the 20 students he had targeted wants to know what plan the school has in place to protect them. The superintendent assures that the district has safety plans but says, “There is no information I can share on how we would address the needs of a particular child.”