GUILDERLAND — Scouts from St. Madeleine Sophie’s Boy Scout Troop 50 kept themselves active over the summer. In July, the boys attended Camp Wakpominee.

Bryan Best, who is running for Guilderland’s receiver of taxes on the Republican line, also wants to secure the Independence Party line and, along with his fellow Republicans, has launched a write-in campaign for Tuesday’s primary.

We have no problem with that. It’s always good to give voters a choice.

A small country community named Knowersville was developing around the railroad station following the Civil War. With rail access, it was becoming a summer retreat for families from New York and Albany.

There were several hotels by the railway and a resort hotel on the hill beyond named Kushaqua.

The pressure is on for the defending Class AA champions from Guilderland, and the girls got off to a good start against Bethlehem.

On Aug. 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. This year marked the 50th anniversary of that famous speech that has moved many people around the world. We heard, this week, that Dr.

The worship schedule at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 140 Maple Ave., in Altamont on Sunday, Sept. 8, is as follows:

The Rally Day schedule resumes.

— 8:30 a.m., informal worship;

— 11 a.m., traditional service.

Guilderland YMCA will be offering its annual seven-week swim lesson session this fall. The lesson program runs from Sept. 9 to October 27.

 Guilderland Basketball Club for Girls will be celebrating its 21st season starting with tryouts for girls in grades 3 to 8 on Sept. 21 and 22 at Guilderland High School. 

GUILDERLAND — First-year Scouts Mihn and Quang Tran, Aiden Gallagher, Devin DiBianco, and Ryan Teaney took their first camping trip as members of Troop 50 this August as they headed north to Sacandaga State Park in August.