Superintendent Marie Wiles says the hope is the added funds will increase the number of places available so that families who were disappointed in lottery results may still have a chance of their children attending. “This is a game changer for our partners,” she said of the preschools the district works with, “and for our community.”

ALTAMONT — Thelma I. Elgie, longtime resident of Altamont, died peacefully on Thursday, May 30, in Albany with her loving family by her side. She was 102.

Born in 1922, she was the daughter of the late George and Hattie Spawn Gade. She was the beloved wife of the late Augustus “Jim” Elgie Jr. who died in 1956.

During a May 7 meeting Altamont Mayor Kerry Dineen said, “We got four letters about this subject because … in one area where I thought the leash law was a leash law — personally, I always thought that — we actually don’t have it, a  leash is not necessarily required on dogs outside of private property.”

Judi Dineen, Altamont Parade Committee

Elizabeth Floyd Mair, Guilderland

William Simons will speak on “Jews, Dodgers and Brooklyn: Before the Diaspora,” looking at the special relationship that existed between Brooklyn’s large Jewish community and baseball’s Dodgers before they left for Los Angeles.

GUILDERLAND — A May 17 car crash led to a felony gun arrest.
Guilderland Police responded to a crash with injuries near Route 20 and Church Road where a Jeep was reported to have rear-ended another car after which the people in the Jeep fled the scene on foot.