Town News & Announcements

On Tuesday, June 10 from 6pm to 8pm at Town Hall, the Town is sponsoring a Tick Awareness event, with presentations and opportunities for question & answer sessions by a panel of specialists in Lyme Disease and the potential life alerting impacts of tick bites. Holly Ahern, an award-winning professor of microbiology at the State University of New York at Adirondack, will provide a talk entitled “Tiny Bug, Big Problem.”   Saravanan Thangamani, PhD, Principal Investigator at the Thangamani Lab, SUNY Upstate Medical University, will discuss the work of his lab and the importance of testing ticks. The event’s speakers will include State Senator Pat Fahy and Assemblymember Gabriella Romero who will provide updates on the State’s efforts to combat Lyme Disease.  deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

New York State’s Path Through History takes place next weekend, with the Town’s historic properties playing a role in this celebration on Saturday, June 14. The Mynderse-Frederick House in Guilderland Center will be open from 1pm to 4pm, with the Guilderland Garden Club and Guilderland Historical Society hosting a tour of the newly painted historic house and the award-winning perennial garden. 

On Monday, June 9 at 10am at Town Hall, the Guilderland Garden Club’s featured speaker is Albany County Master Gardener Lee Ryan who will talk all about Dahlias. 

Guilderland Performing Arts Center’s 2025 summer season opens on Thursday, June 26 at 7:30pm, with a performance by the Guilderland Town Band.  GPAC’s nine concert season continues each Thursday evening through August 14, with performances by popular local groups and the return of Park Playhouse Stage Company’s showings of Oklahoma! at 7:30pm on Thursday, July 31 through Saturday, August 2, and a matinee on Saturday, August 2 at 3pm, and The Refrigerators for National Night Out on Thursday, August 5.  

A reminder that Parks & Rec’s 2025 Summer Program is less than a month away, starting on Monday, June 30 through Friday, August 8, with one-week half-day camps, swimming lessons, and dozens of sports and enrichment camps.  The printed lime-colored 2025 brochures are available at Town Hall and the Park & Rec’s Office, and were delivered by back-pack mail at schools before the Spring break.  The program also lists events and activities during summer months and beyond for all ages.  

Tawasentha Park’s pool will open for this season, if summer weather is here and staffing permitting, on Saturday, June 15.  There are also Tot Swim and Learn to Swim programs.   Adult lap swimming takes place on Monday thru Thursday from 11am to Noon, and on weekends from 10am to 11;30am.  Lap lanes are limited, and are provided on a first come, first serve basis.

The Town’s extensive hiking system is open but please be aware that the trails might be slippery and muddy in wooded areas.  Please be aware that ticks are present, with reports of far more ticks this spring than prior years.  Please take efforts to protect from ticks, and consider attending the Tick Awareness Event next Tuesday, June 10 at 6pm at Town Hall. 

Hike Guilderland! has interactive mapping of all trails, including the Town’s hiking trails at Tawasentha Park and Vosburgh Open Space, and also hiking trails managed by the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission, DEC (Black Creek Marsh Wildlife Management Area), and Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy (Bozen Kill Preserve).  The interactive map allows you to zoom for each trail’s description, length, difficulty, and trailhead locations.

Please remember that, in all Town parks and open spaces, dogs must be on a leash at all times.  Your dog may be very friendly, but hikers and park patrons do not know that and the presence of an unleashed dog can be disconcerting.   The exceptions to this rule are the Town’s two dog parks at Nott Road Park and behind EMS Station 1 in Westmere.   

The Town’s Senior Services Department’s May newsletter has information about classes and seminars, book discussions, tax preparation assistance, trips, medical and shopping transportation, next month’s book discussion, legal aide, monthly meal calendar, games, and much more.  On Wednesdays from 11am to 12:30pm, the Guilderland Public Library is the home for Senior Connects!, where seniors can have a friendly chat on a wide-range of interesting topics.  

Albany County has launched a new transportation program with GoGoGrandparent that provides residents aged 60 and older with two free round-trip rides each month to any destination of their choice.  The service is available Monday through Saturday, from 8am to 8pm.  The program is funded by the New York State Office for the Aging. To participate, you can call a dedicated County line at 855-915-6601. Once enrolled, rides can be scheduled in advance by calling 855-464-6872. 

The Senior Services Department’s popular summer outings still have space available for the luncheon cruise on the Lac du Saint Sacrament on Lake George on Thursday, June 17, and the showing of Guys on Ice at the Lake George Dinner Theater on Thursday, August 21.  

The Town is now accepting letters of interest and resumes from candidates interested in applying for the full-time position of Keyboard Specialist or Senior Keyboard Specialist in the Assessor’s Office. The Town is also accepting letters of interest and resumes from candidates for Police Officer, Telecommunicator/911 Dispatcher, and Laborer positions in the Highway, Parks and Water Departments.