When the paid GEMS squad took over from the volunteer Western Turnpike Rescue Squad, McGaughnea said, “The ones that we originally bought, we bought from Western Turnpike and they don’t really fit the way we operate as an ALS ambulance,” he said of Advance Life Support.

The town board agreed on legal action to respond to a suit filed by Burger King, claiming the town is responsible for flooding and to seek reimbursement from St. Peter’s Hospital due to long ambulance waits.

The agency is working to define what constitutes workforce housing

Edna Litten, Altamont

Heather Murphy, Guilderland

The $10 million firehouse will be built in the footprint of the current 58-year-old station. 

Matthew Grunert, Guilderland

One Guilderland resident proposed an award for a student essay on democracy. Another resident questioned the school’s policy on daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. And a middle-school French teacher spoke about teaching liberty and justice in her classroom.