ALTAMONT — An elderly woman died in a house fire on Marion Court on Tuesday, overcome by the heat and smoke just steps from her door.

ALTAMONT — Tours of beautiful local homes, Santa’s arrival by train, and a live Nativity made the 10^th annual Victorian Holidays event last weekend a success, according to organizers.

The group Altamont Community Tradition put on the event.

GUILDERLAND — The district is looking at ways to reshape the school day in order to save money.

In a lengthy presentation Tuesday, where school administrators described time as “our most finite resource,” new schedules were proposed for the high school, middle school, and five elementary schools.

GUILDERLAND — McKownville firefighters will be helping their flooded brethren with a boot drive on Saturday.

“We sent a crew to Schoharie after the flood,” said Jim White, president of the McKownville Fire Department.

GUILDERLAND — Guilderland High School has once again been recognized as a Grammy Signature School semi-finalist, based upon the quality and caliber of the music-education program in the school.

Homeless, Fisher charges with burglary

GUILDERLAND — A young man with a troubled past and a history of run-ins with the police department was arrested again last week.

ALTAMONT — The zoning board of appeals here denied a recent request to allow residents to park a trailer beside their home, as they had done for many years before new zoning regulations were enacted.

GUILDERLAND — A piece of property in Guilderland contains so much mercury it has been placed on the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s National Priorities List, meaning it is one of the most contaminated sites in the country.

Rheumatologist says patients will stand behind him

GUILDERLAND — A doctor accused of sexual harassment says he is not concerned about his reputation or the fate of his practice.

GCSD makes minor shifts in teaching literacy,
bigger shifts in math to meet Common Core standards