Guilderland

There will be four seats open for the May 20 election with the top three vote-getters winning three-year terms and the fourth-place candidate filling out Judy Slack’s term, which ran through June 30, 2026.

Heyer had served as interim director of the Guilderland Public Library as staff suffered widely covered allegations of racism last year, lodged by the owner of a library café, that proved to be unfounded.

GUILDERLAND — An investigation following the recovery of a loaded pistol at Crossgates Mall in 2021 led to an arrest this week of a Guilderland teacher.

Supervisor Peter Barber ran through a list of recommendations based on his reading of the plan, which ranged from updating data and photographs in a number of places to some larger issues on which the public had also commented: including a distinct section on town character, conserving the pine bush, encouraging affordable housing, and preserving Altamont.

Guilderland in its letter states “that the FEAF and Draft Concept Plan are deficient and incomplete, and do not allow for a proper consideration of the significant and permanent environmental impacts that would arise from the construction of a temporary 750-space parking lot.”

Site work is slated to begin soon on approximately 28 acres along Western Avenue to make way for Costco as well as a 105,000-square-foot regional cancer center between the price club and Hilton hotel. 

While he takes his work seriously — protecting students he cares about — Sean Ralston said, “If I’m always serious, serious, serious, they’re not going to approach me.”

GUILDERLAND — Winn Construction began work on March 17 to replace the bridge on State Route 146 over the Normans Kill. 

The bridge is located between Tawasentha Park and Ostrander Road.

The state Department of Transportation project is anticipated to take two years to complete. 

“We are seeing significant declines in early elementary enrollment and future kindergarten projections,” Superintendent Marie Wiles told the school board. “If that holds true, that is going to work its way through the whole organization and it will be really important that the district, as hard as it is, right sizes staff as that happens.”

The $614 million facility sits on a 72.5 acre site and is part of the state and semiconductor industry’s $10 billion investment in semiconductor research at the University at Albany.