A collection of photos from readers and staff this past week covers the bright glimmers of the fall season, a Voorheesville soccer moment of glee, a five generation family, and more.

Photos from around the area include coverage of a golf tournament for the J. Wyatt Spencer Memorial scholarship fund for Berne-Knox-Westerlo students, the second woman in 18 years to be an Albany firefighter, a 5K race in Tawasentha Park, and more.

Photos from around the area include coverage of a golf tournament in memory of Guilderland graduate Caitlin Clancy, the Rensselaerville Ride festival, local BOCES students, and the new Guilderland Senior Center.

The Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy’s Summer Festival marked many milestones on Sunday, July 17.

A village memorial  to Christine Marshall, an Altamont trustee from 2007 to 2016, is dedicated on June 30 in the triangular green space formed by the intersection of Maple Avenue and Bozenkill Road.

In Knox, the town held it's first annual Knox summertime Kickoff and Campout at Knox Town Park on Saturday June 4.

Rafael A. Nieves Sr. of Guilderland, whose son was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2011, addresses the crowd that gathered at Town Hall Wednesday for a ceremony to mark the naming of a section of East Lydius Street where he lives after his son.

Students demonstrated and investigated the more visual properties of some scientific phenomena.

On May 23 at the Town of Guilderland Highway Garage in Guilderland, a memorial service was held for Sean McCutcheon, who died on the job last year.