Salerno loses post
Fails to pass or take Civil Service exam

ALTAMONT — Altamont will have to look for a new public safety commissioner.

A corrections officer was killed on June 26 because the breakdown lane on Interstate 88 wasn’t wide enough to accommodate another driver’s disabled vehicle.

No one has been charged in the fatal accident.

GUILDERLAND — The 31^st season of the summer concert series will kick off at the Guilderland Performing Arts Center tonight.

Making the grade
State cuts some tests, adds others to rate teachers

ALTAMONT — Sodden, dusty summer days are too soft to carry stories of creation.  Those stories rest on the heft of blankets and sharp, cold winter air.

GUILDERLAND — A new design center on Route 20 provides homeowners with a one-stop shop for everything from building materials to small decorative accessories.

GUILDERLAND – In this age of global economics, is anything made here anymore?

“That’s what we’re trying to figure out,” said Erika Gauthier, the program and membership manager for the Guilderland Chamber of Commerce.

Hired experts recommend changes for special education

GUILDERLAND — “There are good things happening but you can be better,” Edward Shafer told the Guilderland School Board last week.

ALTAMONT — Two sightings of a mountain lion have been reported in Altamont this week.