GUILDERLAND — Ann M. Stressel was a caring person who “made everyone feel like they were the most wonderful,” said her daughters Nancy and Linda. She loved her family above all else and found purpose in giving back to her community, according to her daughters.

Maggie Smith has devoted her life to the restaurant she launched 25 years ago, after winning at the track.

Residents of Van Wie Terrace watching their neighbors’ house burn said what good people the Denns are.

The Albany County Planning Board told Pyramid the ring road around Crossgates Mall is already very congested. Chairman Dominic Rigosu told Pyramid, “At some point, you have to say you have to mitigate it,” referring to the current traffic situation.

The Altamont Village Board asked the planning board for its recommendation about an application the village board received from JNT Development, seeking to rezone 120 Park Street to allow for apartments to be built on the site.

GUILDERLAND — The Legionella bacteria that caused an outbreak in February, sickening two residents of the Promenade at University Place Assisted Living facility, killing one of them, has been found to match samples from a 2012 outbreak

The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation prohibits tree-cutting from April 1 to Oct. 31 in areas where the northern long-eared bat lives, to avoid hurting bats that might be roosting in the trees.