Sandra Sorell, Voorheesville

Shirley Unser, New York Capital District Christian Women’s Connection

Hellen Wager, Altamont

We can’t argue with a father’s grief but we believe, if 20 years were not enough to establish an Afghan government and army that could stand on its own, staying on would have caused only more American deaths and more grief.

For well over a year, said Superintendent Marie Wiles, a shared decision-making team has looked at research-based approaches and landed on the Positivity Project — which she described as a scientifically validated way of empowering youth and cultivating citizenship — as the way forward.

“It was not so much that I felt pushed out as I felt I could no longer be as effective as I wanted to be,” said Benjamin Goes. “What I mean is, when you’ve been labeled as I was labeled, it begins to color the work you’re involved in.”

On Aug. 24, the Guilderland IDA heard comments on whether it should grant about $5.8 million in tax breaks to the $70.8 million Hiawatha Trails project, 256 senior-living apartments. 

Raymond Clark is one of three Gold Star fathers in Guilderland who have lost a child to the war. “The day my son died was the worst day of my life. And this, the world events right now, comes a close second."

“We’re hoping to get all these projects started this year,” said Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber.

“The default mechanism is we literally do nothing, and December 31 comes and goes, then we are allowing both the dispensary and the places where you can actually use marijuana to take place,” said Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber during the town board’s Aug. 17 meeting.