McKOWNVILLE — “We try to protect our little neighborhood,” says Ellen Manning, president of the McKownville Improvement Association.

Airgas USA’s site plan was before the town’s planning board on Wednesday for review.

The Altamont Board of Trustees voted on Sept. 7 to hold a public hearing on Oct. 5 for a proposed law that would have Altamont opt out of allowing retail dispensaries or licenses for on-site consumption of marijuana, set an Oct. 19 budget workshop on sewer-rate increases, and also declined to immediately OK a conflict-of-interest waiver for the village’s attorney.

Next Tuesday, Sept. 14, Guilderland residents are invited to a 6:30 p.m. in-person meeting at Town Hall to learn about a nascent Neighborhood Watch Program.

Robert D. White, Past Chief, 9/11 Chairman, Altamont Fire Department

Pat Canaday, Altamont Fair

Mark Grimm, Albany County legislator, Guilderland

GUILDERLAND — Felthousen’s Florist and Greenhouse has opened a third location at Stuyvesant Plaza in Guilderland.

How does a municipality located entirely inside of another municipality that saw a 4.4-percent population increase between 2010 and 2010 lose residents?