John Haluska, Guilderland

Sam Crosby, Altamont

Jill Loew, Guilderland

Tim Wiles, Guilderland Public Library; Joe Burke, Altamont Free Library

Edgar Tolmie, Altamont

“This is by no means … our budget,” Altamont Mayor Kerry Dineen said during a recent budget workshop. “This is a very preliminary draft.”

ALTAMONT — Earl A. MacIntosh III was an active boy and a hard-working young man who helped his many friends without thinking of himself. He died on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. He was 31.

ALTAMONT — Richard Thomas Berschwinger, a master tile setter who was devoted to his family, died peacefully in his sleep in the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. He was 88.

“He was a kind and generous man and will be remembered as such by all who loved him,” his family wrote in a tribute.