The Crossgates ads went up on Dec. 8 and were also scheduled to run for four weeks at two other Pyramid-owned malls in New York: Sangertown Square in New Hartford and Walden Galleria in Cheektowaga, according to People for Ethical Treatment of Animals, an animal rights group.

Napierski was elected to the town board despite being at odds with the town’s Democratic committee and is now returning to a justice post she was earlier denied by that committee.

GUILDERLAND — The public library here had received a $1,000 grant from Albany County USA-250 Commission.

Asked about his goals in his new Guilderland post, Maher said, “I’m hoping that we can have a full slate of candidates and raise money for the party and bring some life back in because the party in Guilderland, they’ve been struggling for a few years now.”

Board members sounded receptive to the idea at their Dec. 9 meeting and learned that two nearby city districts — Albany and Schenectady — have adopted the strategy while no local suburban districts have.

“Yeah, it’s a place where families who are homeschooled can come bring their kids just to have open play games, projects,” project applicant Katie Coffey told Planning Board Chairman Stephen Feeney.

The village tax increase came amid an audit by the Office of State Comptroller.

The audit found employees used work computers for personal matters, the town hadn’t disabled accounts for workers who had left, and a contingency plan needs regular testing as well as adoption by the town board.

On Dec. 2, the Guilderland Town Board, after hearing no comments on the demolition at a public hearing, voted unanimously to authorize the destruction of the burned building. 

“It’s a 70-30 grant,” Dineen said, meaning the village is on the hook for 30 percent of the project’s cost.