We got frantic calls from people who could not get their prescriptions filled and outraged calls from people who had loved and trusted their doctor, demanding an answer. We have none.

At some point, someone has to push the pause button, said Yomika Bennett of the Albany County Planning Board, outlining her reservations about developers’ plans to build 173 apartments along Loughlin Street.

A young Altamont trumpet player and recent Guilderland grad will play a solo on a big local stage before heading to college.

Local artist Karin Kuck has brought a “virtual gallery” to the Altamont Free Library.

GUILDERLAND — A quiet and kind man, Robert Jewett Thomson was cheerful and loving, his wife said. He worked as a civil engineer and had a passion for sailing.

Marion E. Michaels loved to travel with her best friend — her husband, Daniel C. Michaels. She died on Wednesday, July 13, 2016. She was 82.

Carol Waterman, Guilderland

Concerned neighbors and family members of residents gathered along with fire crews Sunday afternoon in front of a tidy brick home at 3825 Carman Road, between Morningside Road and Carman Plaza.

Local doctors say they have never heard of a practice being shut down as abruptly as Hedy Migden’s when St. Peter’s Health Partners fired her on July 5; one called it “patient abandonment.”

Altamont’s new trustee, Madeline La Mountain, wants to see a green village that attracts visitors.