The track drop-off held up traffic on Main Street in Altamont for a total of approximately 45 minutes on Jan. 5, with the first closure lasting about 25 minutes and the second about 20, according to Altamont Free Library Director Joseph Burke. 

In 1956, Harry Simmons purchased two parcels of land from the McKown Farm Realty Corporation. Two years later, he sold 6.4 acres to Stuyvesant Plaza Inc. But Simmons “inadvertently omitted a small parcel of land from the conveyances to Stuyvesant Plaza,” according to a Jan. 3 lawsuit filed by the shopping center.

“The goal is to fill in these pieces and connect them for continuity — lands adjacent to one another provide for species movement, public recreation, and buffer from nearby development,” said Commission Executive Director Christopher Hawver.

Frank Casey, Guilderland

Dr. Bill Root, Guilderland

The population of Guilderland has more than doubled since the first markers were placed and many residents are not aware of their town’s history.

Nine organizations in the Capital District have received funding to pay for supportive housing to serve older adults, survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, and veterans and chronically homeless families as well as individuals with a mental illness or substance use disorder.