Rosemary C. Revoir, president, Guilderland Library Foundation

The Altamont Village Board at its monthly meeting approved having the village’s engineer complete and submit a grant application to partially fund an emergency water connection to Guilderland.

The McKownville Fire Department, which like the Guilderland Center Fire Department is 100 years old this year, plans to go ahead with its $3.2M expansion plan, and will make it financially feasible by closing the firehouse throughout the construction period.

The grapes James Besha planted four years ago are just starting to come into production now, he said. He hopes to begin selling wine next year.

By September, Guilderland school leaders expect, each middle school and each high school student will have a Chromebook laptop.

If the townhouses in the Mill Hill development are declared condos, as their owners want, their combined assessment will fall by almost $10 million.

As for independent services within the town of Guilderland, Western Turnpike has become a fully paid service and Altamont Rescue has “a few volunteers,” the town's medical director said.