The scheme netted an estimated $90,000.

A man called 9-1-1 to say his living room was on fire and he was going to get a bucket to put it out. When firefighters got there less than 10 minutes later, the home was 80 percent involved.

“Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” has a long waiting list at the Guilderland Library and is on back order at the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza.

Altamont has a new restaurant; Village Pizza has opened on the site of the old village butcher shop.

Guilderland’s low-key reorganizational meeting announced the addition of several new members to the town’s committees.

The town took in almost $4.6 million in prepayments of property tax during the last four days of 2017. Those who could benefit from prepaying, one expert said, are those who itemize, are not fully subject to alternate minimum tax, and owe more than $10,000 in taxes.

GUILDERLAND — The DARE program — the acronym stands for Drug Abuse and Resistance — isn’t just about drugs any more, explained Officer Matt Hanzalik of the Guilderland Police, who teaches the course to fifth-graders at Guilderland’s five public elementary schools.