Crossgates Mall asked for and got variances from the zoning board on Feb. 21 to put up signs on its Western Avenue hotel that, combined, are seven times bigger than normally allowed. The signs are needed, the board decided, to identify the five-story, 121,000-square-foot hotel.

GUILDERLAND — Paul D. Degener was a man of quiet grit who had a lifelong passion for muscle cars and a silly, sarcastic sense of humor, said his son, Brian Degener.

Mr. Degener “passed away surrounded by his loving family” on Saturday, March 3, 2018, his family wrote in a tribute. He was 70.

After three upset victories in a row, the Voorheesville girls’ basketball team won its sectional championship on Saturday. Seeded sixth in Class B, the Voorheesville Blackbirds beat the top-seeded Tamarac Bengals in the championship game, 51 to 46, at Hudson Valley Community College.

Guilderland wants to receive applications for a new town justice within two weeks and appoint someone by April 3, according to Supervisor Peter Barber. The appointee would replace Richard Sherwood, who faces felony charges in connection with $4 million stolen from estate funds Sherwood and another attorney managed.

Bill Van Dyke, who began his United States Postal Service career 25 years ago at Altamont’s post office, returns as its postmaster.

Logan Altieri of Guilderland earned $1,500 in less than one minute during last week’s winter break from school.

A 14-year-old from Guilderland has been charged in the robbery of Campus Mobile, which took place in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.

The gas station and convenience store are located at 1181 Western Ave., in front of the University at Albany, just over the city line, in Albany.