Guilderland

GUILDERLAND — The town of Guilderland was the only municipality in the Capital Region to make it onto an annual list, produced by a home-security company, of “50 Safest Cities in New York Report.”

Visitors to the 2018 Altamont Fair will pay a couple of dollars more for admission, but some new attractions may help ease the sting.

ALTAMONT — They compete to see who can make cuts with a chainsaw the fastest. They measure the accuracy of axes they hurl at targets 20 feet away. And they swing axes down between their feet, to split the thick logs they are standing on.

The Guilderland Senior Services is offering the following activities the week of Aug. 13. Call the senior office at 518-280-7607 with any questions or for information.

Jay Milligan is following in his stunt-driver father’s footsteps of bringing motorsports events to fairs across the Northeast.

Without a GPS to route them to Meadowdale, Gardner, or Frederick roads, few current Guilderland residents could find their way to Meadowdale, and once there would wonder: What’s Meadowdale?

It seems like whenever we go to the grocery store, we walk up and down the aisles unsure of what to get.

Christine Duffy, Guilderland

GUILDERLAND — On Fletcher Road in Westmere — an older area of town where most houses were built after World War II when households typically had one car and driveways are not as long as they are in some newer parts of town — many residents have made L-shaped additions onto their driveways, to park more cars off the road.

“It’s been one heck of a summer for them,” said Rob Scholz, father of one of the boys on the team.

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