GUILDERLAND — Born to hardworking parents on a farm in Burke, New York on the Canadian border, Mariella (née Casey) Frush had both humble beginnings and a spiritedness that would later help to define her character.

Iris Broyde, Guilderland

Shirley Unser,  New Salem Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary

Judy Seery, Director Altamont Community Food Pantry

John B. Haluska, 2nd Vice President Guilderland Garden Club

Guilderland is a wonderful town, a great place to live, a model of just what a town should be in many ways. To keep it that way, though, the people of Guilderland need a vision for the future, a sense of what they want their town to look like, what characteristics they want it to have.

GUILDERLAND — Over the course of about 90 minutes on Monday, the nine members of Guilderland’s Comprehensive Plan Update Committee received a broad outline about how the next 16 months would play out.

The Guilderland School Board at its next meeting, on Nov. 15, will discuss the possibility of having a second school resource officer.

“Whether there’s going to be a recession or downturn, who knows but we have to plan for the worst and hope for the best,” said Supervisor Peter Barber.