“We want to make sure we have as many tools as possible to preserve open space ...,” Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber told The Enterprise on Tuesday. “There could be people out there who want their land protected.”
The tax impact of Guilderland’s $17.4 million project is estimated at 22 cents per $1,000 of assessed value. The median assessment for a Guilderland home is $299,000, which would pay $64 per year if the bond passed. If the referendum passes this fall, it is expected construction would begin in October 2022 and end in August 2024.
GUILDERLAND — Beth Irwin, a junior at Guilderland High School, has been named as one of the 10 scholastic award recipients for 2021 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year.
ALTAMONT — Stephen P. Durant of Altamont, an ironworker with a passion for the outdoors, died on Friday, June 11, 2021. He was 75.
A graduate of Mohonasen High School and Utica College, Mr. Durant went to work for and retired from the Iron Workers Local Union 12 in Albany.
GUILDERLAND — Seven Guilderland High school athletes, each of whom competed in more than one sport, have won awards from the Guilderland Lettermen Foundation, now in its 24th year.
The recent graduates will be honored at an Aug. 6 golf outing.
Absentee ballots for the four candidates, according to the Albany County Board of Elections, were counted on Tuesday and came in the same order as the original vote.
GUILDERLAND — A buoyant stream of graduates flowed out of the county’s convention center into bright sunlight Friday afternoon — the young women in robes of white, the young men in robes of red.