_{Christopher Aldrich, president; Judy Kahn, long-range planning chair; Guilderland Public Library Board of Trustees}

Christine Hayes, left, elected vice president of the Guilderland School Board this month in a 5-to-4 vote believes the board members need not be contentious although they have opposing views.

GUILDERLAND — Herman William Wyld, a dedicated coach and father, died on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, surrounded by his family at the Hospice Inn of St. Peter’s Hospital. He was 82.

Son of the late Herman and Ann Scully Wyld, he was born in Albany on Dec. 14, 1932.

The driver told police he did not see anyone in the roadway, but heard a “thump and a woman’s scream,” said the accident report.

Director Ginger Miller said the annual Soap Box Derby race, in Albany, generates between 40 to 50 competitors.

_{Yvette Terplak, president, Altamont Free Library Board}

A father with his baby in his lap was arrested on Saturday, July 3, for driving his ATV while drunk, resulting in a felony charge under Leandra's Law.

_{Mark Hopper, co-director, Guilderland Food Pantry}

When you’re a child, people tell you what matters. “When you become older…you need to figure it out for yourself,” said Superintendent Marie Wiles.

GUILDERLAND CENTER — Jean Bryson McCracken sewed not just to clothe her family but to engender in her daughters a creative spirit.

She died on Monday, June 22, 2015, twenty years after the death of her beloved husband. She was 86.