GUILDERLAND — An 8-year-old boy waiting for a school bus on Presidential Way off Route 155 was approached on Wednesday by a stranger in a car, who stopped to ask if the child wanted a ride to school, according to releases issued by both the Guilderland Police and the Guilderland school district.

Altamont native Julie Moore was named Tuesday as Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources, according to a release from Vermont’s governor-elect, Phil Scott.

The daughter of Judy and Joseph Slack, of Altamont, Moore is a 1992 graduate of Guilderland High School.

The Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission is thinning trees this fall and winter on 91 acres in the Rapp Barrens area of the preserve. This tree thinning at Trailhead 2 is being done now to lessen disruption to wildlife, avoiding the breeding season for species that inhabit the preserve.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s case against Tony Watson in the death of Justus Booze, 23, in a woodchipper in May continues, since Watson is now contesting the $141,000 fines against him.

A new store on Route 20 near Carman Road sells its own farm-fresh meat, wood-grown mushrooms, as well as other farmers’ market products. Co-owners Christine and Bob Chandler started selling their own products at farmers’ markets about 10 years ago and decided to open a store to bring fresh products to customers during the week and to expand their customer base, Christine Chandler said.