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If the University at Albany has 29 more COVID-19 cases before Sept. 25, then it would have to move to remote classes for two weeks.
With 29 more COVID-19 cases before Sept. 25, the University at Albany would have to move to remote classes for two weeks.
The moon and Earth, a cactus and mushroom are among the graffiti painted on the walls of the pavilion in Westerlo’s town park. Councilman Matthew Kryzak is offering a $500 reward for information that leads to the vandals’ arrest and conviction.
Vandalism was discovered in Westerlo’s town park this week, with graffiti artwork and crude phrases scrawled around the pavilion.
In the early 1980s, the former Feura Bush school was sold and six local boys were without a place to play.
In the early 1980s, the former Feura Bush school was sold and six local boys were without a place to play.
The state reached a record high for COVID-19 tests while the infection rate stayed below 1 percent.
The state reached a record high for COVID-19 tests while the infection rate stayed below 1 percent.
On Friday, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reversed its controversial guidance on COVID-19 testing.
On Friday, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reversed its controversial guidance on COVID-19 testing.
“We so depend on everybody doing their part,” said Superintendent Marie Wiles. This means, she said, continuing with wellness checks, maintaining social distancing, wearing masks, and frequently washing hands.
“We so depend on everybody doing their part,” said Superintendent Marie Wiles. This means, she said, continuing with wellness checks, maintaining social distancing, wearing masks, and frequently washing hands.
“It could be tied into how that federal aid stopped, the extra $600 …,” said the Albany County executive. “This is the barometer for all counties.”
“As jobs don’t come back and more and more people get laid off, people are going to need more assistance in the county than they ever did before.”
In the first week of September, Albany County saw an increase of over 500 percent, compared to the same week last year, of residents needing help to buy food, leading the county executive to call for federal support.
The state’s largest teachers’ union is suing the state over withheld aid to schools.
The state’s largest teachers’ union is suing the state over withheld aid to schools.
“The pedestrian was trying to assist our officers in stopping the vehicle before it sped away,” Guilderland Police Chief Daniel McNally said.
GUILDERLAND — A pedestrian was struck in the Crossgates Mall parking lot on Monday afternoon as a man suspected of larceny was driving away, police say. “The pedestrian was trying to assist our officers in stopping the vehicle before it sped away,” Guilderland Police Chief Daniel McNally told ...
Sports like soccer that are deemed a low or moderate risk for transmission of COVID-19, are set to start up again on Sept. 21, at Voorheesville. While normal fall sports that have been deemed high-risk — cheerleading, football, and volleyball —won’t start until March 1.
Voorheesville Athletic Director Joseph Sapienza updated the school board during its Sept. 14 meeting.
Could a solar farm proposed for Altamont Road in New Scotland impact the view from Thacher Park two miles away?
Could a solar farm proposed for Altamont Road in New Scotland impact the view from Thacher Park two miles away?
The University of Albany is now more than half-way to the metric of COVID-19 cases that would force classes to be given entirely remotely.
The University of Albany is now more than half-way to the metric of COVID-19 cases that would force classes to be given entirely remotely.
Of the 24 new positive COVID-19 cases reported Sunday morning in Albany County, 16 are connected to the University at Albany.
Of the 24 new positive COVID-19 cases reported Sunday morning in Albany County, 16 are connected to the University at Albany.
The former Clarksville Elementary School in New Scotland is already home to the sheriff’s public safety building; soon it will also house the county’s 9-1-1 call center.
The former Clarksville Elementary School in New Scotland is already home to the sheriff’s public safety building; soon it will also house the county’s 9-1-1 call center.
To cope with the economic strain caused by the pandemic and restrictions meant to stem its spread, several state and federal initiatives were announced this week.
The Albany County Business Development Corporation is being awarded $8,755,500 to help small businesses devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The award is being given by the Economic Development Administration as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security or CARES Act.
The award will establish an $8 million loan fund for small businesses in Albany County and also provides $755,500 to defray the cost of administering the loan fund.
Government programs were announced this week to help small-business owners, manufacturers, child-care centers, farmers, and workers who lost wages — all due to the pandemic.
The victim was a man in his seventies with underlying health conditions.
New York State announced a record-high number of test results as Albany County reported 28 new cases and its 134th death on Saturday.
The spike of COVID-19 cases at UAlbany can be traced back to athletes and to off-campus housing in the Pine Hills neighborhood of Albany, said Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy.
The spike of COVID-19 cases at UAlbany can be traced back to athletes and to off-campus housing in the Pine Hills neighborhood of Albany, said Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy.
“The focal issue for the legislature is we don’t want to become the dumping ground for New York State or for the Northeast,” says William Reinhardt, who chairs the county legislature’s Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives Committee and who sponsored the Clean air Act.
“The focal issue for the legislature is we don’t want to become the dumping ground for New York State or for the Northeast,” says William Reinhardt, who chairs the county legislature’s Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives Committee and who sponsored the Clean air Act.
With no federal bail-out on the horizon Wednesday, local Assembly members and the state’s largest teachers’ union called for New York to raise taxes on the wealthy to help poor school districts hurt by aid cuts in the wake of the pandemic.
Read our roundup of the week's state and local coronavirus developments.
With no federal bail-out on the horizon Wednesday, local Assembly members and the state’s largest teachers’ union called for New York to raise taxes on the wealthy to help poor school districts hurt by aid cuts in the wake of the pandemic.
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Volunteers are being asked to help out at schools that are laying off staff because of drastic, last-minute, pandemic-induced budget cuts. “We need volunteer organizations now more than ever,” said Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy on Friday. “We need parents to help out, teach.”
Volunteers are being asked to help out at schools that are laying off staff because of drastic, last-minute, pandemic-induced budget cuts. “We need volunteer organizations now more than ever,” said Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy on Friday. “We need parents to help out, teach.”
Resignations and allowing positions to go unfilled have permitted the Voorheesville Central School District to make about five COVID-related hires this summer while keeping the district’s budget in check at a time when the state is withholding aid to school districts.
With school reopening right around the corner, Voorheesville is gearing up for the new normal.
#labordayweekend The Altamont Fair is hosting the Fair Food and Farm Frenzy — today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Chris VanPatten, whose family owned a Guilderland farmhouse for nearly a century, before selling it five years ago, was sad to see it burn on Western Turnpike near 84 Lumber Company on Friday.
Chris VanPatten, whose family owned a Guilderland farmhouse for nearly a century, before selling it five years ago, was sad to see it burn on Friday.
The death of a 20-year-old man found at the bottom of the escarpment in John Boyd Thacher State Park has been ruled a suicide, according to the Albany County Sheriff's Office. Police say he was from from outside of Hong Kong and here in New York for education.
A 20-year-old man from outside of Hong Kong died by suicide at Thacher Park on Wednesday.
At noon on Wednesday, Scott Dansey, a senior staff member for SABIC Innovative Plastics in Selkirk, told the press that, in a day and a half, the hazardous situation, where a chemical had escaped from a train car, had been brought under control.
BETHLEHEM — At noon on Wednesday, Scott Dansey, a senior staff member for SABIC Innovative Plastics in Selkirk, told the press that, in a day and a half, the hazardous situation, where a chemical had escaped from a train car, had been brought under control.
From Bethlehem Police: As of 8:00 AM, all roads previously closed due to the SABIC Hazmat Incident will be open, and all businesses within the half-mile distance can re-open to full staffing.
- https://twitter.com/pdbethlehem/status/1301121139591319552?s=12
“SABIC Haz-Mat update - All roads will be open by 8AM. Haz-Mat mitigation efforts continue. @nyspolice @NYSDHSES @NYSDEC @ACSOTWEET”
“If you are being asked to evacuate, emergency responders will be coming to your location,” the alert from the town says.
BETHLEHEM — Alerts sent out to residents by the town of New Scotland said that there had been a “hazardous materials incident” this morning just over the town border at SABIC in Selkirk; residents who live within one mile of the facility are being advised to shelter-in-place while non-essentia...
Nearly 20 people showed up at a Normanskill Road farm to show support for the Donato-Neander family whose farm stand had been shut down by the town of New Scotland for violations of the zoning code.
The next move is the town’s planning board.
The new testing site in Albany County is Walgreens at 41 Holland Ave. The free tests will use a self-collection model; residents will stay in their cars while assisted by pharmacists when necessary.
The state and the county continue to urge residents — even those without COVID-19 symptoms — to get tested for the disease despite new CDC guidelines that say otherwise.
On Friday, a statewide association for nursing homes wrote the governor to ask that New York’s requirements for nursing-home visitors and COVID-19 testing be recast to match federal rules released this week.
On Friday, a statewide association for nursing homes wrote the governor to ask that New York’s requirements for nursing-home visitors and COVID-19 testing be recast to match federal rules released this week.
“The whole key to this is to get community involvement so that we foster that trust and fairness that I think we’re losing right now nationwide. It just opens up that dialogue so we’re all kind of on the same page, solving our problems together,” said Guilderland Police Chief Daniel McNally of the newly formed committee that will carry out the governor’s order to reform and reinvent the town’s police department.
“The whole key to this is to get community involvement so that we foster that trust and fairness that I think we’re losing right now nationwide. It just opens up that dialogue so we’re all kind of on the same page, solving our problems together,” said Guilderland Police Chief Daniel McNally ...
The Berne Town Board voted, 3 to 2, to approve a new labor union contract that guarantees a 10-percent raise by 2022 for the town’s highway workers, in addition to new longevity pay bonuses.
The Berne Town Board voted, 3 to 2, to approve a new labor union contract that guarantees a 10-percent raise by 2022 for the town’s highway workers, in addition to new longevity pay bonuses.
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