Many of the speeches at Guilderland’s commencement ceremony on June 23 focused on the idea that life doesn’t always follow a neat design. For instance, Principal Thomas Lutsic told the class, he didn’t expect his parents to leave when he was 8, or that he’d end up never graduating from high school.

GUILDERLAND — Barbara H. Gearhardt, a school secretary who loved music and minerals, died on Sunday, July 1, 2018. She was 85.

ALBANY – Thomas Lagan, a financial advisor and lawyer who worked with former Guilderland town justice Richard Sherwood, was indicted by a grand jury for a scheme in which he and Sherwood plundered over $9 million from family trusts they were responsible for overseeing, according to an announcement on July 3 by New York Attorney General

At the time of the 2018 graduation, Alyssa Gelfand, who died in a car crash a year ago, is remembered by her many friends and with a feature film and a scholarship.

GUILDERLAND — These Guilderland High School graduates were awarded prizes and scholarships:

GUILDERLAND — A minute before midnight on June 30, John Seminary of 3771 Western Turnpike in Guilderland fired a gun during the course of a domestic dispute in his home, according to a release from the Guilderland Police Department.