Photo: Checks for Charity

Five local charities received checks totaling $13,000 on Wednesday morning during a check-presentation event at Phillips Hardware on the outskirts of Altamont.

Lamorte heads Guard’s state marksmanship team

GUILDERLAND — New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Robert Lamorte II, a Guilderland resident, will head a four-man team set to compete in the Army National Guard’s annual marksmanship competition in Arkansas, from April 29 to May 3.

On trip to D.C., Guilderland Girl Scouts inspired to ‘dream big’

Seven Girl Scouts from Guilderland’s Troop 1760 trekked to the nation’s capital where they toured the White House; spoke with Congressman Paul Tonko; and observed the House of Representatives and the Senate in session where they saw both their congressman, Tonko, and senator, Chuck Schumer, cast votes.

‘200 for our 200th’: Hamilton Union Church launches food drive to celebrate its bicentennial

by Melissa Hale-Spencer

GUILDERLAND — In 2021, soon after Kyle Delhagen became pastor of Hamilton Union Presbyterian Church, he told us a sort of riddle.