Guilderland

ALTAMONT — On Wednesday night, after a packed hearing with more than 100 villagers, the Altamont Village Board voted, 3 to 2, to rezone the two-family home at 107-109 Helderberg Ave. from residential to commercial so that the adjacent Stewart’s Shop will be able to expand.

GUILDERLAND — Please help us find a forever home for A1 (T. Mont), our giant plush horse. Limited raffle tickets are being sold for $5 each; the drawing is on Dec. 20. He will be on display at the Home Front Cafe this weekend and you can always find a picture on our Facebook page.

The Guilderland Senior Services is offering the following activities the week of Dec. 17. Call the senior office at 518-280-7607 with any questions or for information.

Who was Rufus Wheeler Peckham?

The short answer is: A United States Supreme Court associate justice.

The Beacon Communities project soon to be proposed at Mercy Care Lane in Guilderland would be the first of its kind in New York State. It is modeled on Treehouse Foundation of Easthampton, Massachusetts, which has achieved “fabulous” results for the children raised there, said Duncan Barrett of Beacon, who said that Beacon was asked by the state’s Office of Children and Family Services to replicate the model in New York State.

We urge organizations and individuals to plan for the worst — put safeguards in place now so that you won’t be hurt.

Officials are not sure of the extent of contamination, or if the streams behind the property run to the Watervliet Reservoir, but they are proceeding as if the streams do enter the reservoir, said Rick Georgeson, spokesman for the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation’s Region 4.

GUILDERLAND — New town planner Kenneth Kovalchik will make a presentation to the town board, at its Dec. 18 meeting, about all of the existing and proposed apartment and senior-housing complexes in Guilderland.

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