GUILDERLAND — Peter E. Knauss, a longtime resident of Guilderland, was key in setting up group homes for people with disabilities at a time when that was often unpopular. He died on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, in Madison, Wisconsin, with his son Jody by his side. He was 88.

Piecemeal planning invites random results.

Without a town planner for over a year, Guilderland is considering several large projects as residents express concerns.

The fact that a crime isn’t prosecuted doesn’t mean that it hasn’t happened.

A young woman has come forward to claim that Franklin Casatelli raped her nine years ago, when she was 14. Casatelli was sentenced earlier this month for raping a University at Albany student as she slept in her dorm room.

GUILDERLAND CENTER — Clara Joy Edgerton Freisatz, an independent woman who persisted through illness to care for her family, died on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. She was 86.

“She’s very down to earth,” said her daughter, Karen White. Mrs. Freitsatz was also resilient. She did not dwell on her hardships.

A motel that has long been closed and that many residents consider an eyesore may soon be rebuilt.

GUILDERLAND — After driving drunk last summer in a Crossgates Mall parking lot, Sean Kelly of Albany was sentenced on Feb. 6 to four months in Albany County’s jail, to be followed by five years of probation, for aggravated driving while intoxicated, a felony.