GUILDERLAND — At about 4 p.m. last Thursday, the Guilderland school district posted a notice saying, “We have just been advised by the Guilderland Police Department that Raquan Dyson has been released from custody.

Martha Warner Whitney had “no moss growing under her feet,” said her daughter. Always active, she helped others as a nurse and school psychologist and worked to improve Guilderland Center where she’d lived.

She died peacefully on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center in Albany. She was 91.

On Wednesday, attorney for Save the Pine Bush Todd Ommen contended he was before the judges because his “client finds itself dismissed from this case without any court having heard the substance of its claims.”

Mark Grimm, Albany County Legislator

This cautionary tale is not meant to dampen enthusiasm for preserving the Cobblestone Schoolhouse. Rather, it is meant to inspire the town, or whoever ends up with the schoolhouse, to do it justice.

The competition had begun early Friday morning with a physical-fitness regimen, said Lieutenant Colonel Paul Bailie. It will end with a 12-mile ruck march — walking fast over rough terrain with a heavy backpack — in the Pine Bush, he said.

The work, described by Supervisor Peter Barber during the March 15 town board meeting as “mostly grub work” to get “ready for more heavy duty construction,” was due to start on Tuesday. 

The Guilderland Zoning Board of Appeals approved 352 square feet of signage where the town’s zoning code allows only 150 square feet; it also approved seven signs for a total of three businesses when two signs per business is allowed. 

A Farnsworth Middle School custodian was charged with rape; police said a 14-year-old girl was the victim. The school district superintendent said that the victim was a student at the middle school, that the alleged incidents occurred off school grounds, and that social media played a role.

ALTAMONT — Gerald “Gerry” Thomas Nopper Sr., a proud firefighter and a man of great faith, died peacefully Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at his home in St. Petersburg, Florida. He was 81.

“He took a lot of pride in serving his community, helping people and being a fireman,” said his son, Robert Nopper. “He was a real good man.”