Phil Livingston, 73, of Guilderland, rarely exercised until a couple of years ago. That all changed when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

_{Linda Fahd, membership associate, Guilderland Chamber of Commerce}

_{Erika Gauthier, president, The Guilderland Chamber of Commerce}

_{Joseph J. Merli, Duanesburg}

Scores of contestants woke up early to face the bracing February air on Thompson's Lake on Feb. 1. The ice-fishing contest was less about competition or comfort than it was for the camaraderie and relaxation of sitting on an otherwise barren sheet of ice.

As the board and parents pushed back on limiting the schedule of in-school nurses, Interim Superintendent Lonnie Palmer deferred, but he said he's still committed to supporting preschoolers.