$79 million proposed budget
Tax-rate increase predicted at 4.2 percent



GUILDERLAND — After months of debate and public discussion, the school board unanimously adopted a $79 million budget proposal Tuesday night.

GUILDERLAND — A heated domestic dispute on Saturday ended, police say, with the husband barricaded in his home and his wife locked outside.

GUILDERLAND — Hashim Burnell’s trial for the murder of Todd Pianowski began last Tuesday in Albany County Court, and was then suspended by the judge on Monday in order to consider new fingerprint evidence.

ALTAMONT — The village has reached a settlement in a lawsuit with Guilderland landowners who questioned the validity of contract they had signed to sell five acres to Altamont for a new well for the water system.

GUILDERLAND — Daniel J. Mahoney is an accidental author.

Since he was a boy, he loved drawing, he says. Drawings filled up his notebooks in school; many of them were of his dog and other favorite animals.

Heath-insurance changes
School board hires new broker, sets up business-proactices committee

Concerns
Petition asks for zoning changes



GUILDERLAND — Town board members are considering rezoning sections of Route 20 after residents brought their concerns to Supervisor Kenneth Runion.

GUILDERLAND — Caught in the act, a peeping Tom was arrested by the Guilderland Police last week at the Cumberland Farms on 1870 Western Ave. Jason Hunt pleaded guilty on Monday to harassment.

GUILDERLAND — Guilderland Police stopped Keith A. Galley, 29, and Sean P. Ingles, 27, on March 29, after police observed Galley speeding along Carman Road, according to arrest reports.