In the first year of 9-8-8, New York has received well over 185,000 calls routed directly to the state’s 9-8-8 Contact Centers. This is nearly a 30-percent increase in annual call volume.

In 2020, a paper published in Ethics and Information Technology, “We need to talk about deception in social robotics!,” begins with a quote from T. S. Eliot: “Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.” The authors find a risk of users neglecting human relationships in favor of their relationship with the robot.

Arthur Y. Webb has literally written the book on civil service.

This summer, he published “Honorable Profession: My Years in Public Service” because he feels the United States is at a juncture when public servants are not valued.

John Wemple said he got to see most of the town over the last 20 years. “And it’s a beautiful town. And we’ve got a real good board, which will keep it beautiful.”

Thomas F. McGrath, 71, of Slingerlands, was arrested by Bethlehem Police on Tuesday on charges stemming from a two-car crash on May 11 that killed 17-year-old Michael J. Kleinke of Colonie.

ALBANY COUNTY — A temporary bridge for the Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail over Route 85 in Slingerlands is expected to be in place by the end of September, according to George Penn, Albany County’s director of operations.

The bridge had buckled on July 12, just weeks after being put in place.

All of New York state will be feeling the heat on Thursday and Friday, Governor Kathy Hochul warned as she spoke in Oswego, in central New York, on Wednesday.

The “real feel of temperature” in New York City, Long Island, and the Mid-Hudson area is expected to be over 105, she said.

Dave Byrne said that the Pruskowski family is taking an “innovative approach” to promote agriculture on the solar facility site. “We propose to conduct sheep grazing on the site,” he said. “A local friendly pollinator mix will be planted and sheep grazing will be used,” says an Agricultural Data Statement submitted to the town by Ecolegacy Values.

GUILDERLAND — Two Guilderland High School students, Elca Hubbard and Angelica Sofia Parker, will soon be competing against each other in the Miss Teen New York pageant — and yet they are supporting one another as friends.

GUILDERLAND — Athletes from Pil Sung Taekwondo brought home 84 national medals after competing this month in the AAU Taekwondo National Championships held in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.