ALTAMONT — Ella E. Armstrong was a woman with deep commitments — to her long-time work as a dental hygienist teacher in the Guilderland schools, to her church, to her fire department auxiliary, and to her family. She died on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. She was 94.

Carlos Quinones, 16 at the time, was also arrested on Oct. 1, 2018 on rape and other felony charges. The date of his earlier arrest is the same day that Raise the Age legislation went into effect in New York State, making it possible for many 16-year-old defendants to have their cases heard in Family Court. Raise the Age did not apply to Quinones' case for several reasons, said Cecilia Walsh of the Albany County District Attorney’s Office.

This change is intended to create more social connections for kids while they still have a team of four teachers who can help ease the transition for them, says FMS principal Michael Laster.

GUILDERLAND — The school board is considering bringing to the voters a pared-down $30.6 million capital construction project, reduced from the $42.7 million proposal defeated in October.

Paul Malecki, an Albany resident, has just started a project looking at the history of car racing at the Altamont fairgrounds.

Chief Building and Zoning Inspector Jacqueline M. Coons said this week that this debate might not have arisen at all, had the applicant’s sign been within the allowed 50 square feet.

GUILDERLAND — For the fifth year, Farnsworth Middle School is once again collecting new children’s books for Project Cameron’s Story.

This is a not-for profit organization that collects books for families with a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit at more than a dozen hospitals throughout New York.