GUILDERLAND — People who may not have access to personal transportation will now be able to visit the Albany Pine Bush Preserve.

“It was the first place I used a computer, it was a social place...and it was an educational place,” said Joseph Burke, new director of the Altamont free Library. “I still remember the joy of discovering something new, something I’d overlooked before.”

"The worst thing you can do is make no decision," the vice president of the school board told his colleagues as they wrestled with reams of public opinion on how to solve the problem of too much space for too few students.

On Monday, Dec. 8, I woke up thinking I’d better get prepared as the weatherman was predicting a Nor’easter storm with several inches of snow.

Just a few weeks ago, there were millions of people glued to the television watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The three-hour Macy's event is held in New York City starting at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thanksgiving Day, and has been televised nationally on NBC since 1952. This parade started in 1924.

St. John’s Lutheran Church at 140 Maple Ave. in Altamont will hold Sunday worship services at 8:30 and 11 a.m.

Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m. The 11 a.m. service on Dec. 21, will include the annual childrens’ Christmas pageant. This year’s pageant is entitled, “Just a Little Christmas.”

GUILDERLAND — Doreen and Frank Piccininno of Highland Mills, New York are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Alicia Ann, to Jordan Robert Randall, son of Denise and Robert Randall of Guilderland.