Redlich leaves town and board post

GUILDERLAND — Tuesday, July 5, marked Republican Councilman Warren Redlich’s last town board meeting.

Not in top three for required exam

Guilderland soldier killed in Afghanistan

GUILDERLAND — “Bright smile, big heart” — words used to describe Rafael A. Nieves Jr., the 22-year-old soldier who died in Afghanistan on July 10.

UAlbany interested in Holt-Harris tract

GUILDERLAND — The University at Albany is interested in purchasing a historic piece of land that would encroach on the residential neighborhoods in McKownville if it were developed.

Guilderland School Board elects new leaders — O’Connell and Towle-Hilt

GUILDERLAND — “We’re opening up boxes we may have closed for a long time,” said Colleen O’Connell this week of leaders in the Guilderland School District.

A black belt and pianist, White plans future as psychologist

Marion Rose White, Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s salutatorian, credits her family for her success.

Sheepskins enough to cover a flock lose their meaning and put families in hock

I’ve had seven graduation ceremonies, but I hold only one degree.

Wagner sets out for Michigan

VOORHEESVILLE — Ellen Wagner is eager to explore.

Voorheesville’s salutatorian plans to pursue physics and film — she is interested in the complexity of each.

An athlete and scholar, Forti hopes to join the Peace Corps

“We all knew Katie was going to be valedictorian,” said Marion White, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo salutatorian, of Kathryn Sierra Minnie Forti.

Graduates take the wheel

VOORHEESVILLE — With the 95 graduates poised to start steering their own lives, the sheer potential in the high school auditorium was palpable, lightening the auditorium’s thick summer air last Friday.