The budget proposes a standard 2.5-percent raise for all town employees, and no new positions were eliminated or created.

“We are aware that the residents pay our salaries,” Cataldo said. “We want to take care of them.”

The section proposed is between Route 146 and Carman Road, where a mural of Harold Greene was painted on the side of a bowling alley.

The symbolic “watchfire,” or very large ceremonial bonfire, is meant to honor all of those lost in United States military conflicts.

“Welkom in Gelderland” — No, it’s not spelled wrong!

_{Chris MacDermot, Guilderland}

_{Mary E. Toscano, Guilderland}