ALTAMONT —AVA, she’s a demanding mistress, and it’s taking a whole team of people to bring order to her life. AVA, of course, is the Altamont Village Archives.

Burger in the frontlines, shepherding the press

GUILDERLAND — Elizabeth Burger spent the hours preceding last week’s presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. shepherding reporters around her campus.

Paolino still hopes to stay an educator

GUILDERLAND — Michael Paolino wants to get on with his life.

GUILDERLAND — An unidentified white man snatched a woman’s purse as she and two friends left a Star Plaza restaurant last week, according to the Guilderland Police.

GUILDERLAND — Two weeks before the public hearing for Glass Works Village’s planned unit development designation, the developer has submitted amendments to the PUD legislation, after hearing some concern at the last town board meeting.

School board hangs on to rainy-day fund

GUILDERLAND — The school board here has decided to break the law to prepare the district for dire financial times.

ALTAMONT — In the last two weeks, Altamont residents have had an opportunity to envision how they want their village to look ten, twenty, even fifty years from now. 

McKenzie Grant reigns as Miss Pre-Teen Albany

GUILDELRAND — McKenzie Grant is the new Miss Pre-Teen Albany. She won her first pageant and is headed to Orlando, Fla. for an all-expenses-paid trip to continue competing.

GUILDERLAND — Two unidentified black men used handguns to steal money from people at Holiday Inn Express, according to Guilderland Police.

GUILDERLAND — The school district continues to be satisfied with its legal counsel, the Albany law firm of Girvin & Ferlazzo, said school board President Richard Weisz on Tuesday.