GUILDERLAND — Last June, Shamel Greene was stopped on I- 87 in Guilderland by police who found illegal drugs in his car. Greene, 35, of Utica, was sentenced on Friday to eight years in state prison.

A program of five minutes a day a few times a week at school and five minutes at home each night works better than traditional longer therapy sessions, say two Guilderland school district speech-language pathologists.

ALTAMONT — Natalie S. Michaels “was a fun-loving person, whose smile would light up a room,” said her wife, Eileen Margaret.

“When I first saw her, that’s what I saw — just that smiling face,” Ms. Margaret said.

Natalie S. Michaels died at her Altamont home under hospice care on Dec. 30, 2017. She was 71.

The developer of an apartment complex would donate 23 acres to the town for use as open space.

Guilderland Police have found the driver, said spokesman Curtis Cox of the Guilderland Police, aided by a witness who took down a license-plate number.

Some of the items stolen in two break-ins at village homes have already been pawned and sold, say Altamont Police.

ALTAMONT — James W. McIntyre Sr. loved the Marines, loved his work at General Electric, and loved his family. He died on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in Florida with his family. He was 80.

“He was an all-around good guy,” said his son Timothy McIntyre. “He will be sorely missed.”

A new book looks back on Guilderland establishments that have disappeared from the landscape.

GUILDERLAND — Just as school was starting, at 7:50 a.m. Thursday morning, Jan. 18, Guilderland Police called Westmere Elementary School. “The police had received a 9-1-1 call and quickly determined it was not a credible report,” said Superintendent Marie Wiles.