Locals can follow Slack as she maps the seafloor under the Thwaites Glacier

As scientists study a glacier many see as a keystone to the crumbling of glaciers in the Antarctic, teacher Sarah Slack will be on board, dispatching her observations so others can learn from the expedition.

Opinion

For a safety net to work, everyone has to hold up their end

We can’t let half of depressed young adults fall through the safety nets our society has put in place.

Guilderland

Quadrini prepared to pay over $2M to clean and build on Master Cleaners site

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has estimated the cost of remediating the brownfield site at more than $2.4 million.

New Scotland

86-year-old Voorheesville man flips car

When first responders arrived at the scene of an accident in Feura Bush on Tuesday, they found a car on its roof and the 86-year-old driver trapped inside.

Regional

Towns can choose the effect solar farms will have on property taxes

New York State has put into place tax exemptions to encourage development of renewable energy, which played out last week in Duanesburg, a rural Schenectady County town, that granted payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs, for two solar farms.

Hilltowns

Illegally demoted Berne employee raises over $5K in one day for legal, medical fees

Supporters of Emily Vincent, who was illegally demoted as a full member of the Berne planning board to alternate status, have donated more than $5,000 to a GoFundMe page dedicated to her just one day into its existence. She plans to use that money to fund her brain surgery, as well as take legal action against the town.

Sports

Photos: Plainsmen Sink Guilderville

The Guilderville boys looked to show their swimming abilities against Shenendehowa High School on Friday afternoon in hopes of qualifying for states. The team is made up of athletes from Guilderland and Voorheesville and competed at home, in the Voorheesville pool.