“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.

Deb Barnes Breitenbach, Altamont

Sue Green, Guilderhaven

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. 

Craig Bousquet, Guilderland

The mall’s parent company, Pyramid Management Group, announced in November that it had secured new financing totaling more than $200 million for Crossgates Mall in Guilderland and Crossgates Commons in the city of Albany. 

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