Gloria Kirchner Ozimek started her own real-estate business after retiring from a career working in the Guilderland schools and for Albany County.

After an arduous 12-year battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, she died on Sunday, June 4, 2023, in Port Charlotte, Florida, where she had lived. She was 78.

GUILDERLAND — For the sixth year, Guilderland is honoring veterans of the armed forces with its Hometown Heroes banner program.

A dedication ceremony, open to the public, will be held on Friday, June 9, at 10 a.m. at Tawasentha Park off of Route 146.

On May 31, a public hearing was held on Pyramid’s requests for $2.2 million in tax exemptions and condemnation of town-owned roads. On Monday, June 5, paperwork was filed in Albany County Supreme Court to stop the project from moving forward.

John B. Haluska, Guilderland Historical Society

Matthew Pinchinat, the district’s director for diversity, equity, and inclusion, presented a chart detailing a “cultural proficiency continuum,” which he said was the “primary tool” used by the district schools to “measure our cultural competence.”

A public hearing is required before the board can vote on whether or not to adopt the tax break. Superintendent Marie Wiles noted that “people scatter” in the summertime and recommended scheduling the hearing for the board’s next meeting, June 13.

Pyramid’s latest tax-break request for Costco has drawn criticism from two long-time vocal opponents of the project.